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Stories by Jennifer Shutt
Posted Jun 24, 2022, 9:46 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right, allowing each state to set its own abortion laws and leading to a patchwork of access throughout the country.... Read more»
Posted Jun 24, 2022, 6:36 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. House’s annual funding bill for the Defense Department would require the Pentagon to provide leave to troops and civilian employees seeking abortions, though service members will continue to face challenges even if it’s included in the final package. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2022, 6:50 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
Parents of children under 5 are one step closer to vaccinating their young kids against COVID-19 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s outside vaccine panel recommended emergency use authorizations of two COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 14, 2022, 4:50 pm
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The federal agency in charge of managing much of the West's water warned Tuesday that it will act unilaterally to reduce water usage in the Colorado River Basin if state and tribal leaders can't reach an agreement this summer.... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2022, 6:54 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
State and local health departments remain in limbo over whether they’ll need to single-handedly fund their own COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a stalemate in Congress drags into its fourth month. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 9, 2022, 11:42 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Senate is set to approve a sweeping bill in the coming days steered by the bipartisan duo of Montana's Jon Tester and Kansas' Jerry Moran that would expand health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits overseas — though a few final details linger.... Read more»
Posted Jun 3, 2022, 5:29 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The Biden administration is preparing to ship out to the states millions of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 in the coming weeks, likely ending months of waiting for parents and caregivers. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 2, 2022, 8:01 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. government is doling out $368 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements that will go to more than 46 projects in hopes of improving supply chains and passenger rail service.... Read more»
Posted May 25, 2022, 5:25 pm
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told Congress on Wednesday that he's found no evidence of intentional delay or malfeasance within the agency — though it took months to act on a whistleblower report of what he called "egregiously unsanitary" conditions at an infant formula plant in Michigan.... Read more»
Posted May 25, 2022, 1:26 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The group in charge of renaming military installations that have continued to honor Confederates - made up of eight individuals including retired military officers - proposed recommendations that show where changes are likely to occur in the final report. ... Read more»
Posted May 19, 2022, 5:52 am
Jennifer Shutt & Jacob Fischler/Arizona Mirror
Both the Biden administration and Congress moved Wednesday to try to relieve a national infant formula shortage, as the White House invoked the Defense Production Act and the U.S. House approved $28 million for the Food and Drug Administration. ... Read more»
Posted May 9, 2022, 11:46 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t ruling out bringing a nationwide abortion ban up for a vote, should the Supreme Court end the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and his party regains the chamber in the November elections. ... Read more»
Posted May 4, 2022, 5:56 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
U.S. Senate Democrats pledged a new vote codifying the right to an abortion after publication of a draft court ruling that showed the Supreme Court on track to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision.... Read more»
Posted May 2, 2022, 11:26 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. House committee looking into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent letters to Rep. Andy Biggs and two other lawmakers asking them to share information.... Read more»
Posted Apr 29, 2022, 6:07 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to use the framework of a World War II-era program to allow the federal government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine as it resists Russia’s invasion.... Read more»
Posted Apr 28, 2022, 9:46 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve $33 billion more in funding to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion that has lasted more than two months and renewed calls for additional funding to fight COVID-19.... Read more»