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Posted Apr 21, 2022, 1:12 pm
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The chairs of two U.S. House committees said Thursday they are asking election officials from Arizona, Florida, Ohio and Texas to detail what they are doing to “counter lies and conspiracy theories and protect the integrity of federal elections.” ... Read more»
Posted Jan 6, 2022, 10:57 am
Clay Jones
/Claytoonz
Shutting down schools and going to remote learning was the right thing to do in 2020 and parts of 2021, but it had a damaging effect on our children.... Read more»
Posted Sep 24, 2021, 6:58 am
Christine Vestal
/Stateline
The Texas anti-abortion law that incentivizes ordinary people to file lawsuits against health care providers has human rights advocates and legal experts worried that the legal maneuver will spread to other states—and other social issues.... Read more»
Posted Aug 27, 2021, 7:26 am
Andy Miller
/Kaiser Health News
Public health experts are voicing concern about the pullback of COVID information from state government websites, as states including Georgia and Florida have cut back their public case reporting despite the nation being engulfed in a fourth, Delta-driven COVID surge.... Read more»
Posted Aug 25, 2021, 10:19 am
JoNel Aleccia
/Kaiser Health News
Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas are among leaders touting experimental antibody treatments known as monoclonal antibody therapy, as they downplay vaccination and other measures that health officials say can prevent illness in the first place.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2021, 9:10 am
Jordan Rau
/Kaiser Health News
As the Delta variant spread threatens the safety of classrooms, a poll found nearly two-thirds of parents support schools’ requiring unvaccinated students and teachers to wear masks, but a majority of parents oppose requiring students now eligible for a COVID vaccine to get one.... Read more»
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Posted Jul 21, 2021, 11:29 am
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
State Democratic legislators from Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida outlined their efforts to protect voting rights and expand them in their Republican-controlled state legislatures, as nearly 400 bills with restrictive voting provisions have been introduced in 48 states. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 18, 2020, 12:56 pm
Catherine Fusillo
/Cronkite News
Arizona was identified by Democrats Monday as one of six battleground states for this fall’s election, a status that state lawmakers said has been 10 years in the making.... Read more»
Posted May 15, 2020, 1:01 pm
Robin Bravender
/Arizona Mirror
Former Arizona U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini said he is stunned that federal agents seized the cellphone of Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) as part of an insider trading probe.... Read more»
Posted May 15, 2020, 8:29 am
Wissam Melhem
/Arizona Mirror
CVS Health announced it will open 10 COVID-19 drive-thru test sites in Arizona Friday, as part of the company’s second phase of efforts to help slow the spread of the virus. ... Read more»
Posted May 13, 2020, 2:06 pm
Amy Martyn
/FairWarning
In its attempted crackdown on bogus coronavirus remedies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has encountered an old nemesis: a “miracle” solution made of chlorine dioxide that experts say is akin to drinking bleach.... Read more»
Posted Feb 14, 2020, 1:09 pm
Anthony Wallace, Daja Henry & Luke Simmons/Cronkite News
Advocates nationwide have been sounding the alarm over a Trump administration change to the so-called “public charge” rule – guidelines used to determine whether immigrants seeking legal status are likely to be a burden on the country’s resources. The update allows immigration officers to consider applicants’ use of certain public benefits, including Medicaid, in deciding to grant green cards, visas and changes in residency.... Read more»
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Posted Nov 15, 2019, 11:45 am
Wissam Melhem
/Cronkite News
Hispanics are expected to be the largest bloc of minority voters by the 2020 elections, but advocates say those numbers will be of little use if potential voters aren’t motivated to turn out at the polls.... Read more»
Posted Oct 20, 2019, 10:27 pm
Mike Spies, Derek Willis & J. David McSwane/ProPublica
Randy Perkins donated $500,000 to America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC, a day after his company won federal money as part of a contract. The same PAC was dubbed “Committee 1” in a federal indictment alleging illegal donations from two Rudy Giuliani associates. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 26, 2016, 12:14 pm
Rick Schmitt
/Center for Public Integrity
Federal regulators are investigating a possible defect in Ford Explorers following scores of complaints about exhaust and carbon monoxide pouring into the passenger compartments of the popular SUVs.... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2016, 4:02 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Orlando shootings bring back Tucson memories and the most uncomfortable truth of all: We think we know things, but we don't. Omar Mateen, a native New Yorker, appears to have massacred 50 people in an Orlando nightclub. This is the news today. Tomorrow? Who knows? We don't even know what we don't know we should ask about.... Read more»