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Sandy Bahr, director of the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club (left) and Carletta Tilousi, Havasupai tribal member and leader (right) hand off over 17,000 petition signatures to Governor Katie Hobbs, urging her to shut down the Pinyon Plain uranium mine outside of the Grand Canyon on Thursday, June 27, in Phoenix, Ariz. This follows a letter sent to the governor earlier this year, which requested her action to limit the mine's activities to closure and maintenance activities.

Activists submit 17,000 signatures urging closure of uranium mine near Grand Canyon

Jun 28, 2024 Groups like the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity along with Tribal members say the mine risks drinking water.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks about legal exceptions to the state's 15-week abortion law at her office in Phoenix on June 27, 2024.

AZ doctors can perform later-term abortions in emergencies, AG says

Jun 27, 2024 Mayes clarified the exceptions to Arizona law in an opinion released Thursday.
Migrants wait to be processed after crossing into the United States near the end of a border wall Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Homeland Security says border arrests fall more than 40% since Biden's halt to asylum processing

Jun 26, 2024 Border Patrol’s average daily arrests over a seven-day period have fallen below 2,400 from before President Joe Biden’s proclamation took effect June 5.
Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, left, and Sheriff Russ Skinner speak Tuesday, June 25, 2024, during a news conference about a tabulator security fob theft from the elections office in Phoenix. Authorities are investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker had political motivations when he stole a fob that allows access to vote tabulators in Arizona's largest county.

Arizona authorities are investigating theft of device that allows access to vote tabulators

Jun 25, 2024 “This is not your average theft,” Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner said at a news conference in Phoenix.
Downtown Phoenix viewed from City Hall on March 4, 2024. The city's water leaders say they're nearing the ceiling on how much water can be saved through traditional conservation, and are instead turning their eyes and budgets toward new technology that will help decrease demand for water from the Colorado River and underground aquifers.

Does Arizona have enough water?

Jun 25, 2024 Phoenix-area cities are spending big to make sure it does.
Senator Mark Kelly speaks at press conference with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Infrastructure Act funds in Phoenix on February 22, 2022.

Kelly supports new bump stock ban after Supreme Court decision

Jun 25, 2024 He said that already-existing restrictions on fully automatic weapons provide the bill plenty of legal cover.
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for reproductive rights in Phoenix. June 24, 2024

Abortion rights will play a big role this election, VP Harris says at Phoenix event

Jun 24, 2024 Harris told a crowd of hundreds Monday that access to IVF and contraception, and possibly same-sex marriage, are now at risk because of former President Donald Trump
The administration building of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe welcomes new council members

Jun 24, 2024 The tribe celebrated the newly elected officials during an inauguration Saturday evening.
Two "Vote Here" signs sit outside the Armory Park Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in downtown Tucson.

Democrats spend big hoping to snag two of Arizona’s congressional seats

Jun 24, 2024 Democrats view abortion as pivotal to success in Arizona.
Lights mounted on the tops of Tucson Police cruisers in a parking lot outside of the department's headquarters.

Pedestrian deaths up in Tucson

Jun 24, 2024 So far in 2024 there have been 17 pedestrian and 6 bicycle fatalities.
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra (right) speaks to Dr. Sigrid Williams (left) and Dr. Gayle Dean (middle) about reproductive healthcare access in Arizona during his Reproductive Healthcare for All Tour at the YWCA of Southern Arizona in Tucson on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Arizona is one of six states he will be visiting.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services visits Arizona to talk abortion access

Jun 21, 2024 Secretary Xavier Becerra stopped in Tucson and Phoenix for his Reproductive Healthcare for All tour.
A scale and gavel

Judge grants restraining order to put part of the state budget temporarily on hold

Jun 20, 2024 The request was made by Attorney General Kris Mayes after a sweep of opioid dollars.
The Central Arizona Project moves water from the Colorado River to southern Arizona. July 2021

Hobbs under pressure to call special session on groundwater

Jun 20, 2024 Arizona lawmakers didn’t pass significant bipartisan policy on groundwater reform this year.
Arizona State Capitol building.

With 1864 abortion ban repealed, Arizona doctors don’t need emergency licenses in California and none have signed up

Jun 20, 2024 Arizona abortion providers and abortion rights advocates voiced appreciation for the neighborly gesture.
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs arrives to give the state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.

Arizona governor signs budget into law after fierce negotiations to make up a massive shortfall

Jun 19, 2024 The spending plan is the result of weeks of negotiations between the Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders.
Tucson City Hall

Tucson special election for proposed sales tax canceled

Jun 18, 2024 The city's mayor and council unanimously moved to cancel the election during a Tuesday meeting.

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