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 [...]
A container ship arrives at the Port of Oakland on Aug. 1, 2025 in Oakland, California. President Donald Trump announced that his Aug. 1 deadline for trade deals will not [...]
Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorA Democratic PAC aimed at supporting statewide Democrats in 2026 launched its campaign against their GOP opponents Thursday, taking aim at their support of [...]
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin stands outside Woodlawn Coffee and Pastry in Portland, Oregon, on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)PORTLAND, Oregon — Democrats must be more [...]
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 student-led Democratic PAC has [...]
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora, operated by private prison firm GEO Group, is pictured on Jan. 30, 2025. U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said he was denied [...]
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, center, announces his agency's plans for deregulation from an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. At left is Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and at [...]
President Donald Trump and European Union leaders announced a trade framework over the weekend that will set 15% import taxes on EU goods. (Photo by Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald [...]
A Texas man’s lawsuit against a California physician he accused of sending abortion pills to his partner is the first test of a reproductive health shield law in federal court. [...]
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's order blocking President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order from going into effect nationwide, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court [...]
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., in a file photo from November 2024. Photo by Shauneen Miranda | States NewsroomWASHINGTON — The Trump administration said [...]
National Public Radio headquarters on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2025. Photo by Jacob Fischler | States NewsroomPresident Donald Trump signed into law Thursday the bill [...]
A hacker changed candidate photos on Arizona election results pages to this image of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the revolution that established Iran as an Islamic republic. Photo courtesy [...]
Federal agents block people protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm in Ventura County, California, on July 10, 2025. Photo by Mario Tama | [...]
President Donald Trump holds up the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that was signed into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White [...]
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration confirmed Friday that it’s releasing funds that [...]
The Trump administration is asking for voter lists and other election information from at least nine states, including Arizona. (Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror)The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking [...]
Arizona's appellate court says state Superintendent Tom Horne does not have the right to sue to block schools from using dual-language education. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)The state appellate [...]
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is taking criticism for not disclosing more broadly. that a hacker had gained access to the web portal Arizona candidates use to upload information about [...]
A “no trespassing” sign outside of Northwest ICE Processing Center, also known as Northwest Detention Center. (Photo by Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)WASHINGTON — Immigration advocacy groups sued the Trump administration [...]
Keri Rodrigues, president of the National Parents Union, speaks at a rally on Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C, protesting the U.S. Education Department’s mass layoffs and President Donald [...]