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Fact Check AZ: Claims in the campaigns for and against Prop 139

Oct 29, 2024 Both sides are pushing messages that sometimes leave out some key information.
President Joe Biden greets people as he arrives at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 in Phoenix.

Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the 'sin' of a 150-year boarding school policy

Oct 25, 2024 It was a moment of both contrition and frustration as the president sought to recognize one of the “most horrific chapters” in the national story.
Money in politics is a hot issue in Arizona.

The Buzz: Campaign finance in the 2024 election

Oct 25, 2024 How are all those signs, mailers and commercials getting paid for? Plenty of out-of-state money

Fact Check Arizona: Election Conspiracy Theories

Oct 24, 2024 With claims of voter fraud and election conspiracy theories abounding, we check in with a reporter who covers voting.
Salas and her daughter Rebeca went to a pro-choice rally together.

Want to understand the dramatic shift in Latino views on abortion? Go to Arizona

Oct 24, 2024 Pew Research Center polling shows that 62% of Hispanics in the U.S. believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
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.

Mayes joins 24 states to challenge Idaho's abortion ban

Oct 23, 2024 Idaho's abortion ban faces legal challenge as Mayes joins 24 states to uphold protections for emergency care.
Clint Bolick, Goldwater Institute lawyer, appointed to Arizona Supreme Court.

AZ Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick faces complaint over alleged judicial conduct violation

Oct 23, 2024 Bolick is under fire for allegedly violating judicial conduct rules at a Republican Party event.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Pima County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

Vance repeats mass deportation promises at second Tucson rally

Oct 22, 2024 "We gotta get those people out of our country," he said.
F-16 from the 162nd Fighter Wing, based in Tucson.

U.S. Air Force complies with EPA order on PFAS cleanup at Tucson Superfund Site

Oct 22, 2024 EPA approves Air Force plan to address PFAS contamination and water safety efforts at Tucson International Airport Superfund Site.
Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.

Border Patrol apprehensions in FY24 fall while Tucson Sector increases due to record highs of asylum seekers

Oct 22, 2024 The number of times Border Patrol apprehended migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2024 fell by more than a quarter while the number in the Tucson Sector increased, due to the sector reaching record highs in migrant crossings.
According to a 2023 Pew Research survey, tipping expectations have grown over the past few years.

The minimum wage for tipped workers is on the ballot in two states, including here in Arizona

Oct 22, 2024 In Massachusetts and Arizona, voters will decide if a lower official wage for tipped workers should be phased out or made permanent.
Cochise County District 3 Supervisor Peggy Judd. November 28, 2023.

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd pleads guilty in election interference case, gets probation

Oct 21, 2024 Judd will face 90 days of probation and a $500 fine.
Arizona Corporation Commission building in downtown Phoenix.

The Buzz: The race for open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission

Oct 18, 2024 We look at what the Corporation Commission does, and offer some analysis of the race so far.
United States Capitol Building

Fact Check AZ: We oblige factcheckthisad.com's request

Oct 17, 2024 The website is featured in online attack ads, and traces back to a major GOP congressional Super PAC.
Ruben Gallego speaking at an event in Phoenix, March 2016.

Ruben Gallego divorce records unsealed but reveal little about Democratic Senate candidate

Oct 17, 2024 GOP nominee Kari Lake has hyped the release of the records as part of a broader attack on Ruben Gallego's character.
Former President Barack Obama at Cesar Chavez High School in Phoenix, Ariz., for a Democratic rally ahead of the midterm elections, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.

Obama’s Tucson stop highlights push for early voting in Arizona

Oct 17, 2024 Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and former Obama speechwriter David Litt emphasize issues that matter to Arizona voters in advance of the visit.

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