Politics
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Arizona’s rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
Arizona’s Democratic governor and the GOP-controlled Legislature are at odds over regulating groundwater pumping in the state’s rural areas—and time is running out.
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Arizona Republicans want to tie school vouchers to public education funding, jeopardizing Prop 123
Arizona Republicans are using Proposition 123, a large source of public education funding, to get the controversial ESA school voucher program enshrined in the state constitution.
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The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that’s sacred to Apaches
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred.
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Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona over laws regulating abortion
Arizona healthcare providers and advocates have filed a lawsuit to expand abortion access in Arizona and knock down restrictions on abortion care.
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Trump bill may repay $196M Ducey spent to turn shipping containers into short-lived border wall
House Republicans approved $12 billion to reimburse states for border security spending during Biden’s presidency. That could allow Arizona to recoup some of the money spent on a short-lived barrier installed by former Gov. Ducey.
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Arizona Republicans vote to take healthcare, food aid away from constituents
House Republicans just voted to pass massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. All Arizona Republicans voted for the cuts, except Rep. David Schweikert, who was late to the vote, but said he would have supported the bill if he’d gotten a chance.
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ICE arrests at Phoenix immigration court an ‘all-out assault on due process,’ advocates say
The arrests appear to be part of a nationwide trend this week in which individuals have shown up for their hearings only to have their cases dismissed by judges at the request of government prosecutors, and for ICE agents to then arrest them on courthouse grounds.
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20 people, health care business and church charged in sober living scheme in Arizona
Twenty people were charged in an indictment involving billing that focused on sober living homes.
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Retired Arizonans tell Rep. Schweikert to protect Medicaid as GOP pushes for massive cuts
Retired Arizonans gathered outside Rep. David Schweikert’s Scottsdale office, urging him to oppose GOP-proposed Medicaid cuts that could strip coverage from millions, including thousands in his district.
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Taxpayers in metro Phoenix still footing the bill for Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns
Eight years after then-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was voted out, taxpayers still pay legal and compliance bills from the crackdowns.
