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Joined by the state Legislative Women's Caucus and advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif., to announce legislation that would help Arizona women access abortions. The proposal would circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona by allowing Arizona doctors to give their patients abortions in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

Apr 24, 2024 It would apply only to doctors licensed in good standing in Arizona and their patients, and last only through the end of November.
Postal bins with tags for ballots in the 2020 general election.

Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020

Apr 24, 2024 Seven others were indicted, but their names were blacked out of records released by Attorney General Kris Mayes.
A view of the dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

AZ House approves repeal of near-total abortion ban

Apr 24, 2024 The bill now heads to the Senate.
Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

US Supreme Court rejects Lake-Finchem voting machine challenge

Apr 22, 2024 The decision ends the lawsuit brought by the two Republicans.
Bananas in the produce section of a grocery store.

Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to satisfy regulators

Apr 22, 2024 The companies now plan to sell 579 Kroger and Albertsons stores in markets where they overlap.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

Republican says abortion ban repeal will advance in the state House by midweek

Apr 22, 2024 The 29 Democrats in the House of Representatives have twice tried to alter House rules to vote to repeal the ban.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs discusses her new five point preparedness approach during a press conference at Casa Alitas in Tucson on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs sets veto record

Apr 22, 2024 Hobbs vetoed another 13 bills last week, giving her 185 total vetoes since she took office in January 2023.
A view of the mall at the University of Arizona taken from the Student Union.

Arizona students still unsure of financial aid for fall as Gov. Katie Hobbs announces FAFSA campaign

Apr 22, 2024 Students and parents are still unsure how much financial aid they will be offered for the 2024-25 school year.
A view of the dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Jim Weiers, former speaker of the Arizona House, dies at 70

Apr 20, 2024 Jim Weiers was born in South Dakota in 1953 and moved to Phoenix in 1965.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes talks with healthcare providers from Cochise County about how they would like to use the county's $11.8 million of the state's opioid settlement funds. July 26, 2023. *Photo by Summer Hom, AZPM News.*

AZ abortion ban is not in effect yet, attorney general tells hospitals

Apr 19, 2024 She said she would notify medical providers if the enforcement date changes.
The Arizona State Capitol building.

Arizona House again refuses to repeal 1864 abortion law but Senate agrees

Apr 17, 2024 House Speaker Ben Toma kept the bill from being brought up.
A key in a door lock.

‘Arizona is Home’ mortgage assistance program kickstarts statewide homeownership drive

Apr 17, 2024 Empowering first-time buyers and expanding housing access across Arizona.
An electric transmission line.

US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

Apr 16, 2024 The project — approved in 2015 following a lengthy review — has been touted as the biggest U.S. electricity infrastructure undertaking since the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s.
Two young children do arts and crafts at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

New data shows families continue crossing the border in large numbers in the Tucson Sector

Apr 15, 2024 Tucson Sector continues to have the highest number of migrants crossing, and by far the highest number of families and children, even as the total number of migrant apprehensions at the southern border dropped slightly from the previous month.
Rockin’ River Ranch State Park sits at the confluence of West Clear Creek and the Verde River. Photo taken on March 23, 2024.

‘Absolute beautiful place’: Rockin’ River Ranch State Park opens in Camp Verde

Apr 15, 2024 Arizona’s newest state park sits between Phoenix and Flagstaff, at the confluence of West Clear Creek and the Verde River.
Jacob Angeli-Chansley, left, said last year he planned to run as a Libertarian for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District seat this fall, but he failed to turn in the signatures needed to make the ballot. Angeli-Chansley is best known at the QAnon Shaman, right in 2020, who became the face of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Shaman sidelined: Chansley among more than 70 to miss signature threshold

Apr 14, 2024 Jacob Angeli-Chansley, better known as the “Qanon Shaman,” will not be going back to Washington – at least not in any official capacity.

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