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ADI reports Sen. Mike Lee filed the Senate version of Rep. Abe Hamadeh's "Kayleigh's Law" to require permanent no-contact orders for victims of sexual and violent crimes.
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Trump asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court halt on his $400 million White House ballroom unless Congress authorizes it, a clean test of who controls the Executive Mansion's build decisions.
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State auditors say PPCG cost controls were not fully implemented, citing delays that continued to cost the state hundreds of millions. GOP leaders now talk cuts or closure while Hobbs and Mayes defend emergency rulemaking that paused a key tool.
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A new CMS rule would bar Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming hormone therapies and procedures for minors, forcing AHCCCS to retool benefits.
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A former Arizona mayor says home construction has sunk to a post-pandemic low and urges leaders to speed permits and balance water rules, not chase scapegoats.
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An en banc voting-law ruling, a voucher ballot fight, and Attorney General Kris Mayes' investigation are shaping Arizona's governor's race more than stump speeches, according to a new Arizona Globe analysis.
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An Arizona Daily Independent column says advocates sent Gov. Katie Hobbs 70+ meeting requests on planned September Salt River horse removals with no reply, and are building a records trail to press for science, transparency, and accountability.
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Anti-abortion groups asked new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to review DOJ authority to use an 1873 anti-obscenity law against abortion medication, raising immediate uncertainty but no policy change yet.
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Yes-on-318 files a complaint over an alleged copycat website as GOP statewide hopefuls back Prop 318. The ballot fight heats up while regulators weigh next steps.
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Arizona spends over $1.5 billion a year on corrections and $3 million on reentry workforce efforts. Advocates say career paths work, but lawmakers have yet to fund a $1.5 million independent oversight office.
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Arizona Mirror says "corporate money" failed to sway Democratic primaries and that a legislative flip is in play. That is a projection, not a result.
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No Labels nominee Teri Ann Hourihan named Angela Harrolle Mohan as her preferred lieutenant governor, pairing a public-safety nonprofit resume with a third-party ticket while taking swings at Hobbs on affordability and an APS-backed energy law and...
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A Tucson grandson's blistering testimony ties early release and plea deals to deadly consequences and rising private security costs, putting Hobbs and City Hall on the fiscal and political hook.
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BLS figures show U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July and earlier months were revised down by 103,000. Arizona's answer should be steadiness, not spin: fewer new costs, faster permits, and a laser focus on getting people into durable work.
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GOP leaders insist Prop 145 is legally sound even if it undercuts a rival voucher initiative, while critics say a key clause would erase Prop 212. The stakes are clarity, stability, and honest ballot language for Arizona families and schools.
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The Daily spotlights Arizona's SNAP cuts, but the math points to verification rules, staffing losses, and incentives, not cartoon villainy, as the drivers of a roughly 50% caseload drop versus an 11% national average.
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Sen. Mark Kelly's state-sponsored visa pilot promises a "third option" on immigration. If Arizona joins, cities and counties will need hard guardrails on wages, mobility, geography and due process to protect local workers and keep the program honest.
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After a 51-44 vote described as a divisive fight over vaccine policy, Dr. Erica Schwartz takes the CDC helm. The test for Arizona now is not the rhetoric but whether guidance arrives on time, in plain English, and with receipts.
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Public-school budgets rose after universal ESAs. The scholarship moves state formula aid with the child, not local taxes, not federal dollars, and not the Classroom Site Fund.
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A Phoenix killing tied to a paid-sex rendezvous is a reminder that the illegal sex market bleeds into our neighborhoods. Arizona can fund reentry and still reassert the boring but vital work of order.
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The Legislature sent a bipartisan, tailored kids-and-AI bill to the Ninth Floor. Hobbs swatted it away at the buzzer, and Arizona's families pay the price.
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The Senate's stopgap keeps the lights on but lets $38.6 billion a year in extra transportation cash expire Oct. 1.
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Mayes promises a pre-election finish to the Hobbs pay-to-play probe as the governor avoids committing to an interview, Sunshine's rates surge, and disclosure gets vetoed twice.
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A U.S. Senate stopgap that leaves expiring transportation dollars unrenewed collides with Arizona's lieutenant governor sweepstakes, testing the state's appetite for governing partners over campaign vibes.
