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States are already grappling with workforce shortfalls caused by exhausting work conditions that have led many nurses to burn out and leave the field
Trump's new student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees | Arizona Mirror
States are already grappling with workforce shortfalls caused by exhausting work conditions that have led many nurses to burn out and leave the field
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December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
States are already grappling with workforce shortfalls caused by exhausting work conditions that have led many nurses to burn out and leave the field
The Christmas Crusade event is being hosted by NicoPAC and Republicans for National Renewal, whose founder Shane Trejo, previously hosted a podcast called "Blood Soil", a reference to a phrase most commonly associated with Nazi Germany.
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GOP lawmakers back out of event hosted by group with white nationalism connections
Arizona GOP lawmakers backed out of an event hosted by Republicans for National Renewal after they learned of its ties to white nationalism.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Christmas Crusade event is being hosted by NicoPAC and Republicans for National Renewal, whose founder Shane Trejo, previously hosted a podcast called "Blood Soil", a reference to a phrase most commonly associated with Nazi Germany.
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Story by @jerodmacevoy.com
"She wasn’t pepper sprayed," Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said. "She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement."
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Arizona's Congresswoman Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raids | Arizona Mirror
Arizona’s U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva was involved in a clash with federal agents during a protest of immigration raids in west Tucson Friday, during which she claims she was hit with pepper spray.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"She wasn’t pepper sprayed," Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said. "She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement."
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The Trump administration argued in its petition to the court that the amendment, which was adopted in 1868, was meant to apply to newly freed slaves. It was not meant to provide citizenship to the children of immigrants without legal status, Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote.
Trump order ending birthright citizenship to be argued at US Supreme Court | Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case to decide if President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship is constitutional.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Trump administration argued in its petition to the court that the amendment, which was adopted in 1868, was meant to apply to newly freed slaves. It was not meant to provide citizenship to the children of immigrants without legal status, Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote.
“If Republicans block our bill, there’s no going back. We won’t get another chance to halt these premium spikes before they kick in at the start of the new year.”
Health subsidies would continue for 3 years under Dem bill to be voted on in US Senate | Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Senate will vote next week to extend enhanced tax credits for three years for people who purchase their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplace, though the plan seems unlike...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“If Republicans block our bill, there’s no going back. We won’t get another chance to halt these premium spikes before they kick in at the start of the new year.”
The pilot program that is being tested in six states, including Arizona, will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers | Arizona Mirror
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The pilot program that is being tested in six states, including Arizona, will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
"Nothing in the Constitution suggests that a judge’s jurisdiction over an individual gives that individual an affirmative right to vote for that judge,” the Arizona Supreme Court wrote.
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Goldwater Institute loses bid to change how judicial retention elections work
The Goldwater Institute lost its bid to change how Arizonans have votes to retain appeals court judges for the past 50 years.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"Nothing in the Constitution suggests that a judge’s jurisdiction over an individual gives that individual an affirmative right to vote for that judge,” the Arizona Supreme Court wrote.
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“Although the Secretary wrote...that ‘there were no details that would endanger our troops or the mission,’ if this information had fallen into the hands of U.S. adversaries, Houthi forces might have been able to counter U.S. forces or reposition personnel and assets to avoid planned U.S. strikes.”
Signalgate report says Hegseth created a risk to national security with cellphone messages | Arizona Mirror
Pete Hegseth violated policy when he used the publicly available Signal app to message about military plans from his personal cell phone.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Although the Secretary wrote...that ‘there were no details that would endanger our troops or the mission,’ if this information had fallen into the hands of U.S. adversaries, Houthi forces might have been able to counter U.S. forces or reposition personnel and assets to avoid planned U.S. strikes.”
The senators blasted the move as “outrageous,” and “illegal,” saying it circumvented appropriations law — which is how Congress exercises its power of the purse — and would “jeopardize the funding and support that tens of millions of students, teachers, and families across the country rely on.”
Trump’s Education Department transfers illegal, US Senate Dems say | Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Senate Democratic caucus slammed the Education Department's plans to shift several responsibilities to other agencies.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The senators blasted the move as “outrageous,” and “illegal,” saying it circumvented appropriations law — which is how Congress exercises its power of the purse — and would “jeopardize the funding and support that tens of millions of students, teachers, and families across the country rely on.”
Across the country, local newspapers are shrinking — and with them, statehouse reporters are disappearing.
At the Arizona Mirror, our nonprofit newsroom is working to fill that gap with independent reporting that keeps our elected officials accountable.
At the Arizona Mirror, our nonprofit newsroom is working to fill that gap with independent reporting that keeps our elected officials accountable.
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Across the country, local newspapers are shrinking — and with them, statehouse reporters are disappearing.
At the Arizona Mirror, our nonprofit newsroom is working to fill that gap with independent reporting that keeps our elected officials accountable.
At the Arizona Mirror, our nonprofit newsroom is working to fill that gap with independent reporting that keeps our elected officials accountable.
Nearly 60% of enrollees surveyed could not cover the costs of a $300 annual increase in their premiums, while an additional 20% said they couldn’t afford a $1,000 jump in prices per year.
Most ACA marketplace users can’t afford potential increases, poll shows | Arizona Mirror
Many Americans who purchase their health insurance through the ACA marketplace say they can't afford steep impending cost increases.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Nearly 60% of enrollees surveyed could not cover the costs of a $300 annual increase in their premiums, while an additional 20% said they couldn’t afford a $1,000 jump in prices per year.
Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee strongly criticized some tactics used by federal law enforcement officers under President Donald Trump, and Republicans denounced such criticism as fueling violence against police.
High tensions around law enforcement, ICE tactics on display in heated US House hearing | Arizona Mirror
Members of a U.S. House committee decried violence against law enforcement, but made little headway in identifying how to address the issue.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee strongly criticized some tactics used by federal law enforcement officers under President Donald Trump, and Republicans denounced such criticism as fueling violence against police.
Republicans and Democrats on the panel appeared to accept that enhanced tax credits for people who purchase their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplace should not expire at the end of the year. Just days are left for open enrollment and premiums are expected to greatly increase.
US Senate panel seeks speedy bipartisan deal on health insurance subsidies | Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Senate committee that oversees health care is coalescing around an approach to lower costs for Americans, but hurdles lay ahead.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Republicans and Democrats on the panel appeared to accept that enhanced tax credits for people who purchase their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplace should not expire at the end of the year. Just days are left for open enrollment and premiums are expected to greatly increase.
“Consequently, viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong,” wrote Judge Beryl Howell, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama.
Federal judge blocks sweeping, warrantless immigration arrests in D.C. | Arizona Mirror
A federal judge barred federal agents from carrying out warrantless arrests in D.C. unless they can demonstrate probable cause.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“Consequently, viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong,” wrote Judge Beryl Howell, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama.
“I worked in the field for three years,” one worker said. “Many times, I was dehydrated, but my company didn’t have a water distribution system. I worked 16-hour days. There are no words to describe how difficult it was.”
Arizona workers rights orgs call for extreme heat protections
More than three dozen worker’s rights organizations are calling for a statewide law that ensures people have access to shade, water and breaks on the job during extreme heat.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“I worked in the field for three years,” one worker said. “Many times, I was dehydrated, but my company didn’t have a water distribution system. I worked 16-hour days. There are no words to describe how difficult it was.”
ACA marketplace plans are expected to increase by 26% on average next year, though a failure by Congress to extend enhanced tax credits would lead monthly payments for subsidized enrollees to increase by 114% on average.
No ‘clear path forward’ in US Senate on spiraling health care costs, with deadline near | Arizona Mirror
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week on legislation that could help Americans, but they can't decide what should be ...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ACA marketplace plans are expected to increase by 26% on average next year, though a failure by Congress to extend enhanced tax credits would lead monthly payments for subsidized enrollees to increase by 114% on average.
“Pete didn’t know about a second attack having to do with two people. And I guess Pete would have to speak to it. I can say this, I want those boats taken out, and if we have to, we’ll attack on land also, just like we attack on sea,” Trump said.
Hegseth denies he was present for deadly second strike on alleged Caribbean drug boat | Arizona Mirror
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he did not witness a controversial — and potentially illegal — second strike that killed two survivors clinging to a burning alleged drug-running boat off the Ve...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“Pete didn’t know about a second attack having to do with two people. And I guess Pete would have to speak to it. I can say this, I want those boats taken out, and if we have to, we’ll attack on land also, just like we attack on sea,” Trump said.
The administration says it will target funding in 22 states, including Arizona, that sued the administration over its requests for SNAP recipients' data.
Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states | Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The administration says it will target funding in 22 states, including Arizona, that sued the administration over its requests for SNAP recipients' data.
Nayra Guzmán was detained by ICE agents as she was headed to visit her daughter in the NICU, 15 days after she gave birth via C-section. The detention facility where she was taken supplied scant access to food and water, causing her to stop producing breast milk.
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Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nayra Guzmán was detained by ICE agents as she was headed to visit her daughter in the NICU, 15 days after she gave birth via C-section. The detention facility where she was taken supplied scant access to food and water, causing her to stop producing breast milk.
Story via @19thnews.org
Story via @19thnews.org
In 2025, our newsroom explored uranium transportation through tribal lands, exposed lawmakers calling for political violence and detailed the impacts of the Trump administration’s policies on everyday Arizonans.
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In 2025, our newsroom explored uranium transportation through tribal lands, exposed lawmakers calling for political violence and detailed the impacts of the Trump administration’s policies on everyday Arizonans.
Kelly said during a press conference that he and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who survived being shot in the head during a town hall in Tucson in 2011, have experienced a sharp increase in threats in the weeks since Trump reacted negatively to the video.
Arizona’s Kelly vows to stay outspoken despite threats over illegal order video | Arizona Mirror
Sen. Mark Kelly said the threat of a court-martial for a video he and other senators released telling military members not to follow illegal orders is an effort to silence the president’s political op...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Kelly said during a press conference that he and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who survived being shot in the head during a town hall in Tucson in 2011, have experienced a sharp increase in threats in the weeks since Trump reacted negatively to the video.
“In the wake of last week’s atrocity, it is more important than ever to finish carrying out the president’s mass deportation operation,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during Monday’s press briefing. “They must go back to their home countries.”
White House intensifies push for mass deportation after National Guard shooting | Arizona Mirror
President Trump has accelerated his drive to curb legal immigration, after a native of Afghanistan who had been granted asylum was accused in a shooting in the nation’s capital that left one member of...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“In the wake of last week’s atrocity, it is more important than ever to finish carrying out the president’s mass deportation operation,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during Monday’s press briefing. “They must go back to their home countries.”
“Since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are ‘patently illegal,’ anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both."
Congress to probe U.S. strikes on boats in Caribbean | Arizona Mirror
U.S. Congress will open bipartisan inquiries into U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are ‘patently illegal,’ anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both."
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 1,700 measles cases and 45 outbreaks in 2025. The largest started in Texas, where hundreds of people were infected and two children died.
South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation | Arizona Mirror
Spartanburg County, in South Carolina’s Upstate region, has been fighting a measles outbreak since early October, with more than 50 cases identified.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 1,700 measles cases and 45 outbreaks in 2025. The largest started in Texas, where hundreds of people were infected and two children died.
Rep. Nick Kupper, a Republican from Surprise, wants Arizona to follow in California's footsteps to require companies that sell digital downloads or streams of movies and video games to disclose to customers that they’re not purchasing permanent copies of that media.
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Republican proposal would tell AZ consumers when a digital purchase isn't really a purchase | Arizona Mirror
Companies that sell digital downloads or streams of movies and video games should have to disclose to customers that they’re not purchasing permanent copies of that media, an Arizona state representat...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Rep. Nick Kupper, a Republican from Surprise, wants Arizona to follow in California's footsteps to require companies that sell digital downloads or streams of movies and video games to disclose to customers that they’re not purchasing permanent copies of that media.
Story by @jerodmacevoy.com
Story by @jerodmacevoy.com