Video shows Arizona mother violently assault bus driver in front of 11 children: police
A Mesa, Arizona, mother has been charged with aggravated assault after she was caught on video punching a school bus driver multiple times for calling her daughter names. The Mesa Police Department announced that 27-year-old Hermenegilda Marquez was arrested April 17 and charged with one felony count of aggravated assault on a school employee. According […]
Arizona House Speaker finds himself in eye of abortion-rights tornado
Arizona House Speaker Ben Thoma, a Republican, is facing liquidation as he tries to overcome the fallout from the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that enforced an 1864 abortion ban. Since last week’s decision, Mr. Toma has twice helped block House Democratic efforts to repeal the ban on procedural grounds. Thomas faces pressure from national Republicans, […]
Arizona governor breaks veto record sparring with Republican legislature
The Republican-controlled Arizona legislature hasn’t agreed with Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) on much. As a result, Hobbs has used her veto power 185 times since January 2023, breaking a state record. The last governor to veto this many bills, Democrat Janet Napolitano, did so over the entirety of her term. Arizona Republicans hold slim majorities […]
Arizona GOP Again Blocks Effort to Repeal 1864 Abortion Law
Arizona House Republicans on Wednesday fended off a new attempt to repeal an 1864 law that restricts nearly all abortions. This law was recently upheld by the Arizona Supreme Court with a new 15-week abortion limit. However, the Arizona Senate left the door open to repealing the 1864 law after two Senate Republicans voted with […]
Trump risks losing key voter base with opposition to Arizona abortion law, pro-lifers say
Former President Trump’s opposition to Arizona’s strict abortion ban has put him at odds with pro-life and Christian activists who represent key voters in the presidential race. President Trump’s campaign issued a statement last week saying states should decide how to regulate abortion. That position was put to the test a few days later, when […]
Gallego targets Lake on abortion in new Arizona Senate ad
A new ad from Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D) Senate campaign targets Republican rival Kari Lake after the state Supreme Court last week upheld a Civil War-era law that made abortion a felony. Targeting abortion. Advertisement from Gallego campaign labels Lake as ‘abortion is wrong’ and releases clip of Republican candidate’s remarks call for abortion […]
Hillary Clinton slams ‘cruelty’ of Arizona abortion law in interview with emotional Kelly Clarkson
Hillary Clinton reacts to Arizona’s recent ruling that bans abortion in almost all circumstances, calling abortion an “atrocity” in an interview with Kelly Clarkson and calling it “an atrocity” that “changes the lives of the most people.” He encouraged Americans to vote in a way that “makes things better.” . “We were worried that it […]
Kari Lake tries to thread the needle on abortion after Arizona Supreme Court ruling
Senate Republican candidate Kari Lake is clarifying her stance on abortion while also pushing Republican lawmakers in Arizona to repeal a 19th-century restriction on abortion that was upheld by the state Supreme Court this week, shaking up the campaign in the critical battleground state. After the court ruling on Tuesday that upheld an 1864 Civil […]
‘Women Could Die’ from Arizona 1864 Ruling ‘Enabled’ by Trump
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the state’s 123-year-old law banning nearly all abortions except to save the mother’s life. said the woman could die. A partial transcription follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about what’s going on in your home state of Arizona. As you know, […]
Sen. Kelly says Arizona abortion ruling is ‘all because of Donald Trump’
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday that last week’s Arizona Supreme Court decision banning nearly all abortions in the state was the result of actions taken by former President Trump while in office. Ta. “First of all, let me say this has been a disaster for the women of Arizona. They have lost their fundamental […]