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Should abortion access be a constitutional right in Arizona?
This proposed constitutional amendment was added to the ballot by citizens initiative. The backers of the Arizona Abortion Access Act gathered a total of more than 820,000 signatures, and approximately 578,000 were confirmed to be valid, far more …
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4 days ago · BY: Jen Fifield/Votebeat - October 31, 2024. Arizona’s long ballot has already caused a few slight delays in Maricopa County during the first few weeks of early voting, along with other complaints that may continue through Election Day on Tuesday and beyond. The county had to stretch its ballot onto two sheets of paper, front and back, for ...
Federal court blocks lithium mine drilling near Hualapai sacred site ...
Aug 21, 2024 · A federal judge granted the Hualapai Tribe’s request for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, freezing an exploratory drilling lithium project in the Big Sandy River watershed near the tribe’s sacred spring.. The order prohibits the BLM from authorizing or allowing any ground disturbance, construction, operation, or other activity approved in the Big ...
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Number of voters affected by MVD citizenship proof 'glitch' grows …
Sep 30, 2024 · State elections officials have identified another 120,000 Arizona voters who are improperly registered to vote because of a glitch in the state’s driver’s license database, bringing the total number of affected voters to 218,000 — a number that may grow as officials continue to identify more longtime voters who were never required to ...
Appeals court rules Gallegos’ divorce records should be unsealed
Oct 10, 2024 · The divorce records of U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego should be unsealed, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative political news outlet, sued to unseal the records back in January. In an opinion column, the editors of the publication wrote that they did so because ...
Gila River Indian Community receives $107 million for Colorado …
Sep 27, 2024 · The Gila River Indian Community has been a leader in Colorado River conservation efforts in Arizona, and their efforts are growing as funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will help the tribe launch new water conservation projects in October.
GOP lawmakers spread debunked ‘body double’ conspiracies
Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, giving a speech Feb. 25, 2022, to the white nationalist America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC).
Arizona's existing abortion limit costs the state up to $3.4 billion a ...
Oct 9, 2024 · The source of those economic pitfalls is Arizona’s gestational ban, which prohibits abortions performed after 15 weeks. There are only two exceptions: a life-saving procedure or one provided to avert the impairment of a woman’s “ major bodily function.”Doctors who violate the law face a class 6 felony, which could result in a prison sentence between four months and two years.