Gilbert resident McKenna Faith Breinholt was eliminated from American Idol this week after making it to the top seven. She was adopted as a baby and found out her birth mother used to be a singer in Bisbee. Her mother has since passed away, but her biological grandma and aunt surprised her at her audition to meet for the first time when Breinholt was told she was going to Hollywood.
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has announced the creation of “STOPIT."
It is a taskforce focused on ways to reduce school overdoses through education and ideas like getting life-saving drugs into schools.
The Isaac School District is replacing six diesel school buses with electric ones. The clean bus grant from the Environmental Protection Agency paid for six new buses and charging stations, including a fast charger that can charge a bus in only two hours. This makes 47 total electric school buses across the Valley paid for with Bipartisan Infrastructure Act funding.
DACA recipients will be eligible to receive Affordable Care Act coverage starting in November. Mario Montoya with Aliento calls it welcome news since private health insurance is expensive and can be difficult to get for Dreamers.
The bill to repeal the 1864 abortion ban has been signed into law, but it won't take effect until 90 days after the end of the legislative session. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs says Planned Parenthood is asking for a stay, so the ban won't go into effect before the repeal. She adds budget negotiations are underway and she expects the session to wrap up soon.
Both chambers of the Arizona legislature have passed a bill to repeal the 1864 abortion ban, which Governor Katie Hobbs is expected to sign. However, the repeal will not take effect until 90 days after the legislative session. Only three Republicans in the House voted to repeal and just two in the Senate, along with all Democrats.
Illegal border crossings haven't spiked during the Spring for the first time since President Bident took office, and that could have to do a lot with our southern neighbor.
A bill that would repeal the 1864 abortion ban is heading to the Arizona Senate. The Arizona House of Representatives passed the measure yesterday with all Democratic members and three Republicans voting yes. The State Senate could vote on the bill as soon as next week. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has already said she'll sign it.
The U.S. Senate is considering a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Arizona U.S. Senator Mark Kelly says our allies are in real danger and that should be enough to compel Congress to act.
Governor Katie Hobbs presented the Triumph Over Tragedy Award to Dignity project manager Barb Strachan at this year's Arizona Crime Victims' Rights Award Ceremony. A sexual assault survivor herself, Strachan has dedicated the last 20 years of her career to empowering victims of sex trafficking and exploitation.