Tag Archives: Arizona

A person was shot Tuesday morning during an encounter involving U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona, authorities said, marking the latest shooting tied to federal immigration enforcement as scrutiny intensifies nationwide over the use of force by Department of Homeland Security officers. The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. near …

Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election to fill the U.S. House seat once held by her late father, longtime Rep. Raúl Grijalva, NBC News projected Tuesday night. Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, defeated Republican Daniel Butierez in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which …

Caitlin Sievers, Arizona Mirror U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego will be Arizona’s newest senator, according to the Associated Press, which called the race for Gallego Monday night. Almost a week after Election Day, with more than 93% of votes in the state counted, Marine veteran and Democrat Gallego was 2.2 percentage …

Jimmy Williams Vice President Kamala Harris announced new border restrictions during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, positioning herself as tougher on immigration than the Biden administration and directly challenging Republican nominee Donald Trump. Harris’s proposal includes stricter thresholds for illegal border crossings and a longer timeframe to …

Jimmy Williams Police are investigating an incident of gunfire damage at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office in Tempe, just days before Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit the state for her presidential campaign. The office, which also serves the Arizona Democratic Party and other key political campaigns, was …

Jimmy Williams Voters in Arizona and Montana will have the opportunity to protect abortion rights in their state constitutions this November, as both states have cleared the path for the issue to be placed on the ballot. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the 200-word summary used by …

Caitlin Sievers, Arizona Mirror Conservative media personality and former Donald Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has made a deal to cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in their case against the state’s GOP fake electors who sought to keep Trump in office even though he lost the election. Ellis, who was censured …

Jimmy Williams NBC News has projected Kari Lake as the winner of the Republican Senate primary in Arizona, setting the stage for a significant showdown against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego. Lake, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, secured 55% of the vote, outperforming Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, …

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Arizona Mirror The Department of Justice indicted a Prescott area man this week based on allegations that he planned to shoot up a Bad Bunny concert in Atlanta to initiate a “race war.” Mark Adams Prieto, 58, was indicted by a federal grand jury on firearms trafficking, transfer …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay the enforcement of a 160-year-old abortion ban that mandates prison time for doctors, granting women and health care providers across the state a reprieve until September. In doing so, the court granted a request from Arizona Attorney …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A 160-year-old abortion ban written before Arizona became a state that punishes doctors with prison time is now one step away from being repealed after a pair of Republicans in the state Senate on Wednesday crossed party lines to join Democrats in voting it down. …

Caitlin Sievers, Arizona Mirror Attorney General Kris Mayes has released the names of five more people who were indicted by a grand jury for the part they played in Arizona’s 2020 fake elector scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House. Mayes announced on April 24 that …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror After two weeks of thwarted attempts, the Arizona House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864, with three Republican lawmakers breaking from their party to join Democrats in striking it down. Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror For the second time in as many weeks, Arizona Republicans refused to strike down a near-total abortion ban from 1864, using a procedural move to block a Democratic effort to repeal the law. On April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total ban …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court ruled to make abortion largely illegal in the Grand Canyon State, reinstating a 160-year-old law that forbids all procedures except those to save a woman’s life. Justice John R. Lopez IV, writing for the court in a 4-2 split decision, said …