Arizona and at least 16 other states have restrictions barring abortion clinics from receiving public contraception funds - though 1 in 3 low-income people who use contraception rely on Planned Parenthood or other publicly funded clinics to pay for the often-costly pills or devices.... Read more»
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Officials with Save Our Schools Arizona, who said Friday that they turned in thousands more signatures than needed to force a vote on an expansion of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, conceded this week that they “definitely got the numbers wrong.”... Read more»
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said in a statement Tuesday that she does not plan to prosecute women who seek an abortion in cases of rape or incest and will seek the court’s guidance if they are asked to prosecute such a case. ... Read more»
Arizona GOP secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem pointed to a violation in Yuma Country during the Secretary of State debate, saying it changed the outcome of the 2020 election - but the winning margin in the race was too wide for the votes in question to change the results.... Read more»
A nearly 50-year-old federal law backed by Republicans allows the use of federal dollars for abortions in cases of rape, incest or the life of the pregnant person, despite new or planned abortion bans in some GOP-led states, where governors and lawmakers want to remove exceptions.... Read more»
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness plan - marking the first significant legal challenge to the policy - by claiming financial harm in the form of a tax liability, though individual borrowers can choose to opt-out of the plan.... Read more»
The U.S. Senate advanced a catchall spending package - after an energy bill from Sen. Joe Manchin was removed - that would help communities recover from natural disasters, provide billions to aid Ukraine’s war effort, and keep the government funded through mid-December.... Read more»
The following is a timeline of important developments in obstetrics and birth control between when the law that bans virtually all abortions in Arizona originated in 1864 and 2022, along with a few important historical markers for context. ... Read more»
The number of migrant encounters at the Texas-Mexico border has climbed from 114,184 in March 2021, the month the mission began, to 122,680 in August — a failure of Abbott’s office’s stated desire to “stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally.” ... Read more»
Compounds that give forests their scent are released differently during times of drought and may actually be nature's way of bringing rain.... Read more»
Pima County's work to provide legal and financial help to people facing eviction during the pandemic was recognized with a 2022 Award of Excellence from the National Association for County Community and Economic Development. ... Read more»
There are some 1,112 Department of Defense assets identified in the Naming Commission’s final report to Congress last week targeted for rebranding or renaming because they memorialize people or events tied to the Confederacy.... Read more»
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly’s Phoenix office - located in a plaza that holds other businesses - was evacuated briefly Monday afternoon after an unknown person left a voicemail implying there was a bomb in the building.... Read more»
On Saturday, nearly all of the bills signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey earlier this year went into effect - and some of them impact Arizonans in their daily lives, classrooms and voting booths. ... Read more»
Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been criticized for defending the filibuster before, but that did not stop her from repeating her position, stating that defending the filibuster may be “an unpopular opinion,” but that it’s needed to make the Senate work in a bipartisan manner.... Read more»
Planned Parenthood Arizona said Monday it will appeal a Pima County judge’s ruling that restored a territorial-era law that criminalized abortion in the state and effectively shuttered abortion services in Arizona, while seeking an immediate stay of the Pima County Superior Court ruling.... Read more»
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