Gov. Katie Hobbs delivering the 2025 State of the State Address, as Speaker of the Arizona House Steve Montenegro and State Senate President Warren Petersen watch, on Jan. 13, 2025. [...]
Gov. Katie Hobbs in January 2026. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won’t sign any more bills until Arizona’s Republican legislative leaders reveal their budget plan. [...]
Ruben Gallego at an Aug. 9, 2024, campaign rally for Kamala Harris in Glendale. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego D-Arizona, pulled his endorsement of [...]
Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller speaks outside the Arizona Senate on Jan. 12, 2026, about upcoming legislation to criminalize interference with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Protesters shouted him down, [...]
An airplane sits on the tarmac at Mesa Gateway Airport on the evening of April 9, 2026, outside of the Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center, an ICE facility where detainees [...]
(Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)A Latino and immigrant rights group is suing the Republican leaders of the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, accusing them of violating the constitutional rights [...]
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to Native American leaders gathered at Gila River Indian Community’s Wild Horse Pass Casino on April 8, 2026. (Photo by [...]
Hugh Lytle, an independent candidate for governor, held a press conference on Feb. 16, 2026, outside of the state house to criticize a bill that would make his party name, [...]
Baskets of ballots sit at a new ballot processing center in Thurston County, Washington, on Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail [...]
Social media photos of Turning Point volunteers showing off the ballots they've gathered from voters for the April 7, 2026, Salt River Project elections. (Photos via X.com)In March 2022, Tyler [...]
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes on Jan. 6, 2023, at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry event. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Arizona’s county recorders, along [...]
Shipping cranes stand above container ships loaded with shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2026 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — One [...]
Photo via City of PhoenixIn response to growing backlash against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions, the Phoenix City Council last month adopted a policy that bars federal agents from [...]
Photo and illustration by Jim Small/Arizona MirrorPresident Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that attempts to restrict mail-in voting, a White House priority certain to face significant [...]
American labour activist Cesar Chavez (1927 – 1993) at a United Farm Workers of America rally in Guadalupe, California, 1977. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Just a day before the statewide [...]
Several thousand protesters gathered at a No Kings rally at a busy intersection in Scottsdale, Ariz., on the morning of March 28, 2026, to denounce President Donald Trump and his [...]
No Kings protesters march in the District of Columbia on Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Large crowds took to the streets Saturday in the nation’s [...]
A memorial honoring San Carlos Apache teen Emily Pike can be seen at the intersection of Mesa Drive and McKellips Road in Mesa, the location where she was last seen [...]
Travelers wait in long lines early in the morning at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 26, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump [...]
American labour activist Cesar Chavez (1927 – 1993) at a United Farm Workers of America rally in Guadalupe, California, 1977. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Arizona is steps away from eliminating [...]
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap shakes hands with a supporter on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. Heap recently referred 207 alleged noncitizen voters to local prosecutors for investigation [...]
The sun rises over Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025, in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a [...]
A child care provider and toddler look out the window at Rise for Baby and Family in Keene, N.H. A new analysis of federal data found the gender pay gap [...]
Photo illustration by Jim Small. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorThe annual battle over Arizona’s budget is getting nasty, after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs walked away from negotiations because [...]
Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election are examined for signs they are counterfeited by contractors hired by the Arizona senate at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 28, [...]
An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft lands on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford in support of Operation Epic Fury in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, March 2, 2026. [...]
(Photo courtesy Arizona Department of Economic Security)Republicans in the Arizona Legislature are trying to revive vetoed legislation that would place burdensome restrictions on food benefits and force hospitals to inquire [...]
The U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans pressed forward Tuesday with a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register [...]
A group of Maine residents protest a proposed electricity price increase ahead of an October public hearing in Freeport. A new report says investor-owned utilities are collecting more profits as [...]
U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin speaks to reporters after a vote at the on March 12, 2026. President Donald Trump has nominated the Oklahoma Republican to lead the Department of Homeland [...]
Lawsuits and legislation around the country would restrict access to or ban mifepristone, often based on the same talking points promoted by anti-abortion groups that experts say are not rooted [...]
A protestor holds a sign at an April 14, 2024, protest in favor of reproductive rights and abortion access in Scottsdale. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona MirrorOver a [...]
(Photo via Getty Images)A trio of Republican bills with bipartisan backing aimed at requiring hospitals to provide new protections for health care professionals against long-term radiation exposure risks is running [...]
Photo via Getty ImagesRepublican lawmakers would be able to sue people who use social media to criticize them and call them names under a bill they approved that would make [...]
Pentagon officials ascend stairs on March 10, 2026, as they leave a classified briefing for members of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill. (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats tasked [...]
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in Doral, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Trump spoke about his administration's strikes on Iran. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) President [...]
Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 6, 2026. All three major indexes continued to dip at opening [...]
Charlie Kirk speaking with supporters at a "Liberty for Trump" event at the Graduate Hotel in Tempe on Oct. 27, 2020. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs [...]
Maine House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Fecteau, flanked by legislative Democrats, last month called for a state investment of $250 million to offset federal health care cuts. State Medicaid programs [...]
Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched [...]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters during a press conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 3, [...]
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, speaks as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee March 3, 2026. Tillis is among the lawmakers who [...]
U.S. Reps. Kelly Morrison, Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig of Minnesota, all Democrats, arrive outside of the regional ICE headquarters at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Jan. 10, [...]
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego speaks to reporters at his Phoenix office on Feb. 27, 2026. (Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona Mirror)Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego says Congressional Democrats will continue refusing [...]
President Donald Trump in a video posted by the White House on social media announces a U.S. strike on Iran, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Screenshot of White House video)WASHINGTON [...]
President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on Jan. 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)As allies of President Donald Trump [...]
Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorDuring a 19-hour day that started early Thursday afternoon and ended in the early morning hours of Friday, Arizona lawmakers debated or voted on [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. Capitol with snow and ice on the steps on Jan. 29, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats will spend billions of dollars and countless [...]
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly speaks on the failed grand jury indictment against him during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)The [...]