A State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly Raises Concerns
The Federal Trade Commission has long argued that competition makes the economy better. But some states have stopped the agency from blocking…
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States rush to combat AI threat to elections
This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can…
California Is Expanding Insurance Access for Teenagers Seeking Therapy on Their Own
When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California,…
More Women Are Drinking Themselves Sick. The Biden Administration Is Concerned.
When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow.…
A relentless power grab is behind the Supreme Court’s attacks on abortion
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the first of two cases on their docket that further threaten…
Indigenous advocates host townhall for victims, families of sober living crisis
Rosalie Nez traveled more than four hours from Coal Mine Canyon, on the Navajo Nation, to the Phoenix area in hopes of…
Bill allowing lawsuits if schools let trans students use locker room showers advances
Arizona Republicans want to give students free license to sue their schools if they were allowed to use a shower…
Kris Mayes OKs Tucson sales tax vote this summer
Despite an Arizona state law, the city of Tucson can move ahead with a planned July vote on a sales tax increase,…
Emergency Physicians Decry Surprise Air-Ambulance Bills
Emergency room doctors say insurers are increasingly declining to cover costly air-ambulance rides for critically ill patients, claiming they…
Why is it so difficult to teach sex-ed in Arizona?
In 2019, Arizona repealed a decades-old law that prohibited discussing same-sex relationships in a positive light. The…