Alexis Heichman expects to graduate in spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and a minor in psychology. Heichman is a marketing intern for Make-A-Wish Arizona and serves as the executive editor for The State Press.
PEORIA – Arizona Game and Fish Department employees teamed up with nest watchers from the Southwestern Bald Eagle Management Committee to band and perform veterinary checks on a trio of eaglets at Lake Pleasant last month. This area is a long-time home to many eagles, with about half a dozen more nests in the area.
PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes recently joined the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against John Deere. She and other attorneys general are fighting for farmers’ right to repair their own equipment.
PHOENIX – State legislators and local officials are at odds over a bill that would use tax money for Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field improvements.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Ted Cruz led a Senate hearing to discuss ending daylight saving time nationwide, bringing the other 48 states in line with Arizona and Hawaii – the only two where residents don’t spring ahead and fall back. The twice-yearly ritual is much despised. But Congress hasn’t been able to agree on whether permanent time should be one hour forward or one hour back.
ELGIN – Arizona’s wine and spirits industry may face hurdles in supplies and production amid President Donald Trump’s tariff war and other struggles within the market.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Ruben Gallego and other Arizona veterans are concerned with DOGE cuts at the VA, which they rely on for medical care and other benefits.
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s senators called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign, accusing him of egregious carelessness for sharing plans of an impending attack in a chat group that included a journalist.
SCOTTSDALE – Arizonans are already feeling the impact of talks to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding – and it’s not because any actions have been made, but the uncertainty that looms.
PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon and other Arizona national lands are navigating the Trump administration firings and hiring freeze ahead of the busiest season.
PHOENIX – The Arizona Women’s Climbing Coalition partners with Granite Mountain Guides to empower and educate women and genderqueer individuals on outdoor rock climbing.
PHOENIX – The Arizona Two Spirit Powwow at South Mountain Community College creates a space for Native LGBTQ+ individuals to connect, empowering marginalized communities while challenging recent anti-transgender policies. This event celebrates culture, identity and unity across tribal nations.
PHOENIX – Travelers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport might catch more than a flight. Once a month, the airport’s new Culture Corner showcases the cultural diversity of the state. It’s just one of the ways the airport is trying to enhance the guest experience, said Misty Cisneros-Contreras, superintendent of guest and employee experiences at the airport.
PHOENIX – A protest at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday was part of a nationwide group of rallies across 50 states to express concerns about the Trump administration.
PARIS - Social media has become such a large part of our lives that it’s nearly impossible to lead a normal life without having at least one account. For Olympians including Ilona Maher and Simone Biles, they are experiencing the good and bad of the various platforms.
PARIS - Kirsten Kasper dreamed of Olympic glory growing up, and with years of training in the Valley area, now looks to realize it on the roads and in the waters of Paris.
PARIS – With individual and team sports highlighting the Olympic slate, the USOPC hopes its athletes are as united as ever in pursuit of glory. Its marketing department has come up with a “One For All” campaign as the official rallying cry for the Paris Games, which is one part fundraiser, one part attempt to numb the divisiveness that has come to divide the U.S.
