Arizona's 11 fake electors sign a document in Phoenix on Dec. 14 2020, falsely claiming that they were the state's electors and that Donald Trump won the presidential election in [...]
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)This report has been updated WASHINGTON — The [...]
Turning Point USA co-founder and Executive Director Charlie Kirk at a TPUSA event in Florida in July 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A U.S. Department of Homeland [...]
Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce | Virginia Mercury/States NewsroomThe Arizona Department of Health Services issued a standing order Friday that will allow any Arizona resident ages 6 months and older to [...]
A nurse gives an MMR vaccine at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019, in Provo, Utah. The vaccine is 97% effective against measles when two doses are [...]
Austin Smith on July 31, 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Former Arizona legislator Austin Smith has been offered a plea deal in a multiple-felony criminal case that [...]
A man watches traditional folkloric dances during a Mexican Independence Day celebration in Phoenix on Sept. 15, 2025. The man is wrapped in a flag that honors both his Mexican [...]
Clinicians are providing medication abortion through telehealth services even to people in states where abortion is banned, thanks in part to shield laws in states where abortion is still legal. [...]
Rodney Glassman speaking with attendees at a campaign rally for Andy Biggs on May 31, 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0After numerous counties turned down the case [...]
Axon brought a mobile tactical simulator to the Arizona Capitol on March 4, 2025, as part of its effort to back legislation that would stop a ballot referendum in Scottsdale [...]
Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, in January 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0The House Ethics Committee will not investigate an ethics complaint by Democratic leaders against Kingman Republican [...]
A nurse holds a vial of COVID-19 vaccine and syringe. Photo via Getty ImagesGov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order Thursday that expands access to the COVID-19 vaccine, adding to [...]
Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, in January 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Arizona House Democratic leadership said Wednesday morning that they intend to file an ethics complaint against [...]
Axon brought a mobile tactical simulator to the Arizona Capitol on March 4, 2025, as part of its effort to back legislation that would stop a ballot referendum in Scottsdale [...]
Federal agents block people protesting an immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm on near Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025 . (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.)WASHINGTON — The U.S. [...]
A sign is seen outside the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Weaverville Town Hall on March 29, 2025 in Weaverville, North Carolina. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A broadly [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Nashville press conference on July 18, 2025, to discuss arrests of immigrants during recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps. (Photo by [...]
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery in October 2022. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne wants a state supreme court justice who [...]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by [...]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by [...]
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks at a public swearing in ceremony on Jan. 5, 2023. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorRepublicans are already threatening to take Democratic Arizona [...]
With a new law cutting Medicaid funding to certain clinics, Planned Parenthood estimates 200 of its clinics in 24 states are at risk of closure with the cuts, and nearly [...]
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, 2025. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)WASHINGTON [...]
An employee adds a stack of mail-in ballots to a machine that automatically places the ballots in envelopes at Runbeck Election Services on Sept. 25, 2024 in Phoenix. The company [...]
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson looks on as Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the [...]
A child gets an MMR vaccine at a clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, in March. States have been reporting steady increases in vaccination exemption [...]
Susan Monarez, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate [...]
The Hubert H. Humphrey Building, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., as seen on Nov. 23, 2023. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON [...]
Senate President Warren Petersen at a May 2025 campaign event for U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs' 2026 campaign for governor. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Arizona Senate President Warren [...]
Then-White House National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) listens to President Donald Trump as he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talk to reporters in the Oval Office at the [...]
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly. Photos by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0After a hacker broke into the Arizona Secretary of State’s election website, the state’s [...]
Photo and illustration by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorThe vast majority of Arizonans who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024 cast their ballot by mail — [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a lower court’s ruling, allowing the Trump administration to [...]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use to [...]
Navajo uranium miners at the Rico Mine in Southwestern Colorado in 1953. Photo courtesy of The Navajo Uranium Miner Oral History and Photography Project at the Center for Southwest Research, [...]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks to reporters in Phoenix on March 13, 2025. Photo by Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorArizona voters who were caught up in a state error [...]
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland has struck down [...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Metropolitan Police Department officers conduct a traffic stop near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — [...]
Photo via iStock/Getty Images PlusMarijuana sales in Arizona slid faster in the second quarter of 2025 than they did in the first quarter, marking the largest year-over-year decrease since voters [...]
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego speaks to a panel of health care leaders gathered to discuss the expected impacts of federal Medicaid cuts on Aug. 14, 2025 at Valleywise Health Medical [...]
The Arizona Republic building located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Photo by Kevin HurleyMultiple top reporters are leaving The Arizona Republic — and it’s unclear how [...]
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne during a press conference at the Capitol on Jan. 30, 2024. Photo by Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorThe Arizona Department of Education relied [...]
A sign in an Indianapolis store shown on Aug. 1, 2023, says SNAP benefits are accepted. A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office projects 2.4 million fewer people per [...]
Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long testifies before the Senate Finance Committee at his confirmation hearing as Internal Revenue Service commissioner on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Screenshot from committee webcastWASHINGTON — [...]
A worker installs solar panels on a roof. Photo by Getty ImagesSeveral congressional Democrats on Friday slammed the Trump administration’s announcement it will cancel nearly $7 billion in grants to [...]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks to reporters in Phoenix on March 13, 2025. Photo by Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorPinal’s County Attorney wants to prosecute a state Senator from [...]
Photo by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorUsing the signature-counting formula to double-count invalid signatures when determining whether a citizen initiative qualifies for the ballot is unconstitutional, the state’s Supreme Court [...]
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, surrounded by pharmacists, doctors and representatives of ArrayRx, signs an executive order instructing the Department of Health Services to enroll in the prescription drug discount program. [...]
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's badge is seen as federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court in New York City on June 10, 2025. Photo by Michael M. [...]
An advertisement for Kratom at a shop in Phoenix. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorThe federal government is seeking to restrict a synthetic kratom product that is already banned [...]