Rural lawmakers are paid twice as much as their Maricopa County peers
What was originally sold as a way to ensure state legislators from rural Arizona wouldn’t have to go broke trying to do…
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They Were Injured at the Super Bowl Parade. A Month Later, They Feel Forgotten.
Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR
KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas…
State leaders misled public about scope of Medicaid fraud crisis
In the 10 months since Arizona officials announced an investigation into massive Medicaid billing fraud, they’ve maintained the abuse was mostly…
Democrats push for ‘strongest ever’ vehicle emissions standards, transition to EVs
Arizona Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to pass the “strongest-ever” federal clean air regulations as…
Democrats tried to force a vote on contraception access, but Republicans shut it down
Arizona Republicans unanimously blocked an effort by Democratic lawmakers to force a vote on legislation guaranteeing…
Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks
The Social Security Administration’s new chief is promising to overhaul the agency’s system of clawing back billions of dollars it claims was…
I’m a trans teenager. Why can’t GOP lawmakers focus on real problems, not where I go…
My name is Mya. I’m 14 years old, I have two sisters and I am the youngest. I live in Tucson with my parents and one of…
Movimientos en contra de las vacunas perjudican a los niños más vulnerables
Gayle Borne ha cuidado a más de 300 niños en Springfield, Tennessee. Niños que rara vez han visto a un médico y que han sido tan descuidados que ni…
Solar projects in the Navajo and Hopi nations to electrify homes win federal funding
Two projects in Arizona have been preliminarily selected as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s funding for…
GOP-Led States Expand Crackdowns on Transgender Care
South Carolina’s legislature is poised to pass a bill prohibiting doctors from offering some health-care services to transgender minors — part of a…