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Capitol

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to Arizona to Engage in Sexual Activity

Elections

LGBTQ Arizonans emerge as a voting bloc that could tip close races

More than one in every eight Arizonans identify as LGBTQ, making up a demographic group that may prove consequential in the state’s close elections. A recent analysis of federal data across four years conducted by the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, estimated that 13.34% of...

Courts

9th Circuit sides with states in Kalshi gambling fight, potentially reviving Arizona’s prosecution

A federal judge’s order blocking Arizona from prosecuting online prediction market company Kalshi for violating the state’s gambling laws is living on borrowed time after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that gambling on sporting events is not protected by the federal law that otherwise allows prediction...

Courts

Trump administration appeals latest order freezing rule on mail-in voting

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a federal judge’s temporary pause on a U.S. Postal Service regulation that places new restrictions on mail-in voting, according to a Friday court filing. The administration is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to try to halt...

Elections

Progressives study the conservative playbook to build power in the states

Progressive activist Gaby Goldstein thinks her opponents are brilliant. Despite her deeply held liberal politics, she admires the work of conservative groups that for decades have built influence in state governments across the country. “We on the left have left a huge amount of power on the table,” said Goldstein,...

Border

Use of masked agents on Tohono O’odham land sparks Native outrage at Cherokee DHS chief Markwayne Mullin

Indigenous groups are irate with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, a Cherokee and only the second Native American cabinet member, after masked agents forced their way onto Tohono O'odham land to facilitate border wall construction.