Despite HB 4117’s exceptions for peaceful protest, its opponents and even some supporters are worried the bill could cause a free speech chilling effect.
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Four republicans are fighting for GOP votes for the July 21 primaries.
The debate framed the question of data centers as not the main reason for electricity rate upticks, but overall usage problems.
The legislation mirrors a growing national movement framing Christian practice as under threat — and expanding criminal penalties in response.
A multi-state analysis shows at least $7 million in specialty plate revenue has been directed to groups backing anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns.
Volunteer teams are providing care at protests where heat, age and political tension collide.
Following a controversial 2025 cancellation, Arizona State University’s drag education event came back to the downtown Phoenix campus this spring, reclaiming a space for performance, learning and LGBTQ+ community.
The family-run Olla Olla Crepes turned its downtown space into a music venue and mutual aid hub
Queer Arizonans continue creating community despite political opposition and geographic isolation.
Often led by queer members, Southern Arizona’s community defense, mutual aid and ICE watch crews are responding to Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown.
Arizona lawmakers and advocates warn her continued detention at Eloy, despite severe medical decline and a history of leukemia, amounts to a “death sentence” as pressure mounts on federal officials to grant humanitarian parole.
A pregnant woman says repeated pleas for medical care were ignored at Eloy Detention Center.
Held for weeks in a men’s unit at Eloy, she was denied hormone therapy and other medical care before a judge ordered her release.
Council makes sweeping restrictions on harm reduction outreach and food distribution at city parks — a move critics say will cost lives.
At a public hormone injection event in Tucson, participants challenged stigma and growing political attacks on gender-affirming care.
Providers warn the city’s park ordinance could undermine HIV prevention efforts targeting unhoused residents.
As the Supreme Court weighs the future of state bans, a faith-based conference in Arizona shows how conversion therapy is being rebranded and revived.
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