Politics
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Arizona lawmaker sends hate-fueled reply-all email after a colleague called for unity
Arizona Democrats are alarmed as a slur-filled email was replied to all 60 members of the state House of Representatives from a GOP colleague.
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Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’
Hospitals across the US sometimes return uninsured noncitizen patients in need of long-term care to their countries of origin. Advocates call this “medical deportation.”
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Prop 409 aims to expand care for Maricopa County’s only safety net health care system
A bond initiative on the November ballot would expand emergency and behavioral health care for Maricopa County’s only public teaching hospital and safety net health care system.
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Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans at risk of losing full voting rights
Arizonans are at risk of disenfranchisement as county recorders take different approaches in correcting a voter registration glitch discovered in 2024.
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Phoenix woman with leukemia has been without medical care in ICE detention for 7 months
US Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) conducted her second oversight visit of an Arizona ICE detention facility, meeting with her constituent dying without medical care.
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Gallego calls Jan. 6 rioter Babbitt a ‘traitor’ in failed bid to block military funeral honors
Sen. Ruben Gallego tried but failed to block military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter killed by police keeping the mob out of the US House.
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that drew renewed attention to the threat of political violence across the United States.
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ICE detainee dies in Arizona prison; cause of death under investigation
A man in ICE custody died of unknown causes while in an Arizona prison, according to the federal agency.
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12 Maricopa County libraries quietly remove sex-ed books from kids’ sections
More than 50 sex-ed and puberty books were quietly removed from kids’ sections at 12 libraries across Maricopa County this summer after complaints from conservative Christian activists and residents.
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Could Phoenix draw Trump’s attention for a National Guard deployment?
President Trump has not floated the possibility of sending troops into Arizona—but the violent crime rate in Phoenix is higher than the rate in Chicago, the next city on the president’s list.
