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Explained: Universal school vouchers are destroying Arizona’s budget, but it doesn’t need to stay this way
Gov. Katie Hobbs would have the power to regulate or restrict universal vouchers if Democrats win control of the state House and Senate in 2027.
WATCH: This Arizona Republican wants to unseat Attorney General Kris Mayes
Abortion restrictions are being fought in court. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes isn’t defending the laws she claims are unconstitutional. So who is?
Petersen wants a promotion: The AZ Senate president who voted to jail doctors is running for AG
Warren Petersen has consistently voted against constituent wishes when it comes to reproductive rights. Now, he wants voters to elect him as the state’s top law enforcement officer.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns
The US Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ in Arizona are deceiving pregnant women
There are over 40 crisis pregnancy centers in Arizona, and their goal is to distract women from accessing legal abortion care.
Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services, citing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ restrictions
Every Republican in Arizona’s congressional delegation voted for the bill, while all Democrats voted against.
WATCH: Arizona Republicans are doing the opposite of what voters want
More than 60% of voters said they want abortion to be constitutionally protected, and yet just this year Republicans tried to push a ‘backdoor abortion ban.’
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.
Deja Foxx is running for Arizona, but her campaign is for America’s future
With a campaign fueled by social media and defiance of the establishment, Deja Foxx is putting youth power on Arizona’s ballot.
2 million Arizonans could be impacted by a US Supreme Court ruling for South Carolina
A recent US Supreme Court decision gives Arizona the green light to enforce a long-blocked law that would strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood and other providers.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
Arizona Legislature approves bill that would provide up to $500 million for Chase Field renovations
The Arizona Diamondbacks are one small step from securing up to $500 million to help with renovations to the team’s downtown home Chase Field.
House GOP fast-tracks budget bill that would cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
Abortion is already excluded from coverage—the new bill is going after all health care services the clinics provide for low-income Americans.
Arizona still doesn’t have an LGBTQ license plate. Here’s why
Yet another casualty of Arizona’s Republican legislative majority: a license plate benefitting an LGBTQ organization.
HCR 2025 would require 60% of AZ voters to change the state constitution—with one massive exception
Arizona Republicans want to make it harder for voters to pass future constitutional amendments—and easier to repeal them.
Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce
The holds — a maneuver used on occasion in the Senate — means that it is impossible for the chamber to move quickly to confirm the nominees and would potentially have to tie up hours or days of floor time to advance each nominee.
Arizona Supreme Court taps AI avatars in effort to make judicial system more accessible
Arizona’s highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices.
A Republican rep in Arizona is trying to reverse Prop 139—by twisting voters’ own language
The bill would give the state government control over reproductive freedom again after voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 139. And with a Republican majority in the House and Senate, it could bypass Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk altogether.
Arizona lags in childhood vaccinations and fluoride—public health measures targeted by Trump HHS nominee RFK Jr.
Arizona’s lag in childhood vaccinations and access to fluoridated water is leaving public health experts concerned about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming head of Health and Human Services.
Arizona’s governor appoints Maria Elena Cruz, first Latina and Black justice to state Supreme Court
Governor Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state appellate judge from rural Yuma County the first Latina and first Black person chosen for the state’s high court.
Way more Americans are getting sterilized since Roe was struck down, research finds
A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time.
Arizona state senator ignores LGBTQ community, continues 12-year crusade against transgender students
Sen. John Kavanagh, who was the first legislator in the country to propose a bathroom bill in 2013, brings similar bills back for another legislative session — this time he’s confident he can get them on the ballot.
Looking back: Our 5 most popular stories of 2024
Copper Courier readers in 2024 were most interested in stories on the election, reproductive rights, and housing in Arizona.
Arizona’s fight against wrongful convictions gets $1.5M boost
A $1.5 million DOJ grant will support the University of Arizona Innocence Project’s work in investigating wrongful convictions via DNA evidence.
Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world.
OPINION: An Open Letter to My Unborn Daughter
My Baby Girl, If I could be granted one wish for the day you are born, I would wish for you to be born into a world where you are able to decide what is right for you. That’s the reason I have carried you in my belly — and my clipboard under my arm — all over Arizona...
2024 election canvass in Maricopa County reveals 80% voter turnout, highest ever in-person early voters
Maricopa County saw a total of 2,078,460 ballots cast—of 2,587,197 registered voters—for the presidential election, which was the second-most ever for the county.
Prop 139 will be part of Arizona’s constitution by Dec. 2. What happens next?
Prop 139 won’t eliminate Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban, so what needs to happen to fix contradictory laws? Here’s the answer.
Want to volunteer for a cause you’re passionate about? These Arizona advocacy groups can use help
These advocacy groups have volunteer opportunities for everyday Arizonans to get involved in creating political change.