Politics
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Massive congressional district back on the table after anti-Trump protests sweep Arizona
Democrats on Tuesday added US Rep. Eli Crane to the list of Republican congressmen they plan to unseat in their bid to retake control of the US House in 2026.
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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.
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Arizona Republicans are not keeping their affordability promise to voters
Republicans are ignoring these five affordability proposals that would have brought down housing and prescription drugs prices across Arizona.
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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.
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Arizona bill aims to ban ultra-processed ingredients in public schools
A bill that aims to cut out ultra-processed foods in Arizona’s public schools is now moving through the Senate after passing the House—but critics say it doesn’t provide additional funding to source healthier ingredients.
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Convicted of bilking investors, founder of Phoenix-based Nikola gets a presidential pardon
Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year for fraud, was pardoned by President Donald Trump, the White House confirmed Friday.
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Arizona ranks 3rd for missing Indigenous people. New bill hopes to change that with emergency alert system
An Arizona bill to create a missing Indigenous or endangered person alert system passed the House with unanimous support and is now in the final stages of review by the Senate before heading to the governor.
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Kelly, Gallego call for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over Signal chat group leak on Houthi attack plans
Arizona’s US senators called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign, accusing him of egregious carelessness for sharing plans of an impending attack in a chat group that included a journalist.
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‘Tone deaf’ proposal to ban pride flags, among others, meets dead end
Rep. Nick Kupper quickly moved to block his own bill that aimed to restrict the display of all but a few specific flags on government property, bringing First Amendment violation concerns.
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The bipartisan bill that could chip away at housing unaffordability in Arizona
The Starter Homes Act would legalize smaller and less costly homes in the state, allowing for younger generations to become homeowners
