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Hobbs signs executive order stripping county attorneys …

6/23/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is moving to strip the state’s 15 elected county attorneys of their ability to prosecute doctors and other medical professionals who perform abortions and give it to fellow Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes.

Democrats announce plan for contraception protection …

6/22/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined a state lawmaker and the leader of a reproductive rights advocacy group Thursday to announce an effort to enact a law protecting the rights of all women to access contraceptives.

Chandler casino set to open June 30

6/21/2023
Arizona’s newest casino held a “soft opening” ribbon-cuttin event last weekend, with some public officials in attendance. The official grand opening of Gila River Santan …

Women-led organizations at odds for the fight of …

3/25/2023
The future of women in the Valley and Arizona is as tumultuous now as it has ever been.

Revisiting a painful past: Indian school survivors …

1/30/2023
Not long ago, the U.S. government tried to undermine Native American culture and take away tribal land by forcing children into Indian boarding schools across the country, including 47 in Arizona. …

New, re-elected Chandler leaders sworn in

1/14/2023
CHANDLER — Angel Encinas made sure to remove all doubt who he represents on the Chandler City Council. In his remarks just after being sworn in as one of two new at-large city councilmembers …

Chandler Council makes non-discrimination ordinance …

11/16/2022
CHANDLER — While the non-discrimination ordinance advanced by the Chandler City Council at its Nov. 10 meeting isn’t law yet, it seems to have passed its biggest hurdles. By a …

Chandler Council advances single-family home chickens …

11/16/2022
CHANDLER — An ordinance allowing chickens to be kept at any single-family home was advanced by the Chandler City Council at a recent meeting. Ordinance No. 5035, which has been worked on for …

Pima County judge won’t halt abortion ban

10/1/2022
PHOENIX — A Pima County judge won't halt implementation of her ruling that a territorial-era law outlawing virtually all abortions is once again enforceable. In an order late Friday. Judge …

Few answers from Biden health secretary at Phoenix …

8/18/2022
President Joe Biden’s secretary of health and human services met with leaders of Planned Parenthood Arizona and pro-choice advocates in Phoenix Thursday for a roundtable on the uncertain …

Southwest Valley lawmakers, hospitals slow to answer …

7/6/2022
When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Dobbs decision, which ended federal abortion protections, no one–not lawmakers, doctors, lawyers, hospital networks and least of all …

Local women’s, LGBT+ advocacy groups ‘enraged’ …

6/24/2022
A Glendale women’s advocacy group spoke out Friday after the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.