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The governor, Legislature, agencies, and the choices made at 1700 West Washington.
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Kelly challenged DNI nominee Jay Clayton over 2020 hedging, warning of politicized intelligence that could cloud local election confidence.
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An independent oversight program created in response to a horrific rape, meant to protect some of Arizona’s most vulnerable people, will cease at the end of this year unless it finds a new funding source, a casualty of Arizona’s newest bipartisan state budget. In 2018, a 29-year-old woman who had developmental...
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House advances permanent daylight saving time. Arizona already on standard time since 1968, so clocks here would stay put, but year-round alignment with Los Angeles and a persistent in-state split with the Navajo Nation could follow if the Senate...
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., joined at left by Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., questions Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies, as he appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 15,...
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A survey cited by the Arizona Mirror reports 1,000-plus unmet help requests for American Indian and Alaska Native survivors after federal funding cuts. Arizona now needs the denominators, time frame, and in-state breakout to target any fix.
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Trump's CDC pick left a tense Senate hearing short of support, the Arizona Mirror reports. Arizona needs a director who leads with transparency, restraint, and respect for state authority, otherwise the guidance turns into noise.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t appear to secure the support needed to take over the public health agency during a lengthy and often tense confirmation hearing Wednesday. While Dr. Erica Schwartz told lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Committee...
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House passes the Sunshine Protection Act 308-117 to end clock changes. For Arizona, nothing changes yet. The state's next move depends on what the final bill says and when it takes effect.
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Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new report. The Urban Indian Health Institute, an Indigenous health research group, surveyed 201 tribes, tribal organizations and urban...
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Controversial leader’s incident featured in story posted by Libs of Tik Tok
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A Senate hearing last week tackled the possibility of ending daylight saving time nationwide and bringing the other 48 states in line with Arizona and Hawaii – the only two states where residents don’t spring ahead and fall back. (Illustration by Alexis Heichman /Cronkite News) " data-image-caption=" The U.S. House...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide in a bipartisan move that pushes the country one step closer to ending the long-contested ritual of semiannual clock changes. The House passed the measure, called the Sunshine Protection Act, 308-117. Its future in the...
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As state and federal officials work to identify the source of the recent outbreak of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis, Michigan health officials have identified lettuces or salad greens as one potential culprit. “Early information has shown lettuce as a common product that regularly comes up during the...
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Darline Graham joined the U.S. Senate Tuesday, temporarily filling the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham. Darline Graham was sworn in just a day after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her, as a Republican, to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term. President Donald Trump...
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Democratic governors warned OMB that a proposed overhaul of federal grant rules could jeopardize maternal and reproductive care. For Arizona's clinics and counties, even a technical tweak from Washington can mean delayed hires, cut hours, and fewer appointments.
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Arizona organizers are training hundreds of locals as election observers amid a report that the Trump DOJ plans to send election monitors to the state. The plans, not yet outcomes, put a premium on clear rules and calm execution at polling places.
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A coalition of 23 state governors and the governor of Guam, all Democrats, submitted a joint comment to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on Monday objecting to a proposed rule that would drastically change the federal grantmaking process, saying it threatens programs related to maternal health and...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night of a “brief and sudden illness,” the South Carolina Republican’s office announced early Sunday. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement added. Graham, who...
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The Trump administration is continuing its pushback against state artificial intelligence laws that it views as ideologically biased, proposing a new Federal Trade Commission policy. The proposed policy statement, which is open for public comment through July 31, would affect how the FTC regulates AI companies. The...
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest attack on the Smithsonian Institution represents an attempt to replace a shared American history with his own ideology, academics said as the Smithsonian defended its longstanding position as a nonpartisan actor. A July 4 White House report accused the Smithsonian...
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Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order Thursday prohibiting state employees from using nonpublic government information to make bets on prediction markets in light of revelations that classified military information has been used to do so in other parts of the country. Prediction markets are open markets that...
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No one involved can explain why former psychiatrist Peter Morey was appointed to the Arizona Sex Offender Management Board last year, 15 years after his Oregon medical license was suspended for inappropriate behavior toward vulnerable patients. When it issued an emergency suspension of Morey’s license in 2010, the...
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Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance program. Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act made major changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance...
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Argues that the Mayes Admin is an anti-Trump partisan lawfare weapon
