Amelia Monroe expects to graduate in Spring 2026 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and mass communication and economics. Monroe has written for the Glendale Star and the Palo Alto Weekly. She is interested in business and politics reporting and hopes to gain more experience at her internship with MadridMedia in spring 2025.
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to cut incentives for solar power under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act could undermine a green industry that has exploded in the last decade.
WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth – the Fox and Friends host tapped by President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of defense – lacks national security experience. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is skeptical. Others are stunned.
WASHINGTON - Arizona was one of 10 states where voters considered ballot measures to expand abortion rights. Seven of those passed, including Arizona’s Prop. 139, but that wave of support didn’t deliver victories Democrats assumed would come their way.
Arizona voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, approving Proposition 139 by a decisive margin of nearly 2-1. Passage means Arizona will protect a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy through fetal viability – roughly nine weeks beyond the state’s current 15-week ban.
WASHINGTON – In response to persistent contamination from PFAS, a known “forever chemical,” the EPA, Arizona and other government agencies are coming up with strategies to maintain a clean water supply. Critics say what they are doing is not enough.
WASHINGTON – As Hurricane Helene pushed disaster relief to the political forefront, former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have leveled false claims about FEMA diverting funds to help migrants.
WASHINGTON – The 2-year-old Inflation Reduction Act gives incentives for clean energy projects. Democrats tout job growth and progress against climate change, but Republicans remain skeptical at the high cost.
