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Voters sour on mass deportation as citizenship support holds strong, even with AZ Republicans
Voters overwhelmingly favor a path to citizenship for the 15 million immigrants living in the country without legal status and believe that President Donald Tr…
A wave of new laws is reshaping voting rights for people with felony convictions
A half-dozen states enacted laws this year changing voting rules for people with felony convictions, including when their rights can be restored and how they c…
Courts are weighing Trump’s ‘preemptive election interference’ as Election Day nears
Less than a week before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s unprecedented drive for power over elections has set the stage for a series of courtroom fights …
Voters turn out early in force ahead of a pivotal midterm
WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of Americans have already made their way to the ballot box as early voting is underway in a midterm election that will determine …
Commentary: Arizona’s anti-immigrant experiment failed once. What’s happening now feels like déjà vu.
Arizona was in the throes of anti-immigrant hysteria in 2010. The legislature enthusiastically passed the first major state laws targeting the undocumented, an…
Arizona health workers raise the alarm on how GOP Medicaid cuts will crowd ERs and raise costs
Local healthcare providers fear impending changes to Medicaid eligibility could leave hundreds of thousands of Arizonans without coverage, forcing people to de…
Can you understand your ballot? Many measures are written above a college level
This year’s statewide ballot measures are written, on average, at a graduate-school reading level, according to a new report. The readability of 2026’s ballot …
‘They deserve our gratitude’: group rallies behind Arizona election workers
Faith leaders and an Arizona Supreme Court justice gathered at the state Capitol a week away from the midterm election to call for the respectful treatment of …
Commentary: A classroom-spending mandate could cost students with special needs
What if a plan to increase teacher pay and improve Arizona schools actually hurts our most vulnerable population — our students with special needs? I’m a mom t…
As pivotal midterms approach, nearly half of US families can’t afford the basic costs of living
Americans’ growing frustration over high prices has defined many political campaigns ahead of November’s midterm elections. Rising costs of healthcare, gas and…
Maricopa County recorder restores 25 voters wrongly flagged as noncitizens, ending lawsuit
Arizona’s top election official and attorney general have dropped their lawsuit asking a judge to force Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to reinstate the v…
Commentary: Every election indicator points to a big Democratic win. Here’s why I believe the polls.
All of the indicators suggest we are on the brink of a very large Democratic victory in the 2026 election. Not only is polling consistent and increasingly stro…
Arizona Supreme Court limits Clean Elections’ power but lets fraud probe continue
The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Citizens Clean Elections Commission does not have the legal authority to overturn the secretary of state’s q…
Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship voting law heads to the Supreme Court in December
The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for early December in a case that could decide whether Arizona can require proof of citizenship to register to …
Commentary: The Cost of ‘I Do’ in the Disability Community
When Patrice Jetter and Garry Wickham became engaged, the first decisions were of small, giddy consequence: where to hold the ceremony, whom to invite, what to…
More than 95% of US House races aren’t competitive. It pushes lawmakers toward ideological edges.
WASHINGTON — Fewer than 5% of U.S. House races are seen by a top political analysis as truly competitive heading into November’s midterm elections, giving rela…
Mayes, Fontes sue Maricopa recorder to restore voting rights of 25 wrongly flagged as noncitizens
Arizona’s top election official and attorney general are asking a judge to force Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to reinstate the voting rights of 25 peop…