After hours of contentious debate, Arizona House Republicans approved a bill that would purge voters from the state’s popular mail-ballot system.
Senate Bill 1485 would end the permanent aspect of the Permanent Early Voting List, the roster of voters who’ve elected to receive a ballot by mail weeks before Election Day. The Republican-approved measure would remove voters from the list if they don’t use that early ballot to vote for two consecutive two-year election cycles.
The bill had stalled for over a month in the House after narrowly clearing the Senate in March.
The bill’s sponsor, Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, held a fiery press conference on Monday where she lashed out at the bill’s critics, but also promised changes to the bill to make it more palatable. A day later, before approving the bill on a 31-29 party line vote, Republicans adopted amendments to SB 1485 to give voters who fail to vote often enough more time to respond to confirm to election offic
Tucson police chief tapped by Biden to lead US Border Patrol
President Joe Biden has offered Tucson s police chief a new job. Chief Chris Mangus has led the Tucson Police Department since 2016. Author: Adriana Loya (12NEWS) Updated: 3:24 AM MST April 13, 2021
ARIZONA, USA Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus has a new job: He was offered the chance to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency in charge of policing the U.S.- Mexico border.
Magnus has led the Tucson police department since 2016. During his time there, he’s implemented de-escalating training, an event review process and programs to promote officer health and wellness.
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PHOENIX The Republican-controlled Arizona House on Thursday approved a sweeping abortion bill that makes it a felony for a doctor to terminate a pregnancy because the child has a survivable genetic abnormality and imposes a raft of other provisions Democrats contend unnecessarily add to the state’s already tough restrictions on abortion.
Opposition by one Republican lawmaker who had been concerned that a woman would have to carry a fetus that could not survive were addressed by an amendment that allows a pregnancy to be terminated in that instance. But Democrats argued the bill still provides for felony charges for doctors and the loophole is so subjective that physicians will be be too scared to provide needed medical care.
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Late last week, Gov. Doug Ducey reluctantly gave permission for Pima County to work with FEMA to set up vaccination centers in minority and low-income neighborhoods.
Why Ducey decided to pick this particular fight remains a mystery. In an effort to get more minority and poor people vaccinated, FEMA has been working with some local authorities to set up vaccination centers with a dedicated supply of doses. Pima County happens to be transitioning to indoor vaccination clinics (as efficient as the drive-thru mass vax sites are, you can t expect your staff to stand out in
triple-degree digits for nine hours as cars roll by) at the Kino Event Center and El Pueblo Neighborhood Center. So it seemed a perfect fit that would help roughly 210,000 more Pima County residents get vaccinated.