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Arizona Senator Revives Bill Requiring Hospitals To Check Immigration Status

January 2, 2026 12:19 pmJanuary 2, 2026 12:20 pm

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) has reintroduced legislation that would require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status during medical intake, according to reporting from Arizona Family and state legislative records. The proposal, filed for the 2026 legislative...

DOJ Halts California’s Unconstitutional Mask Ban on ICE Agents

January 2, 2026 11:48 amJanuary 2, 2026 11:49 am

The U.S. Department of Justice has successfully paused enforcement of California’s controversial “No Secret Police Act” (SB 627), a law championed by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) that sought to prohibit law enforcement officers—including federal ICE agents—from wearing face...

AZ Rep. John Gillette Cites ICE Detainer After Registered Sex Offender Accused in Phoenix School Assault

January 2, 2026 9:11 amJanuary 2, 2026 9:11 am

Arizona State Representative John Gillette issued a statement in late December following a federal immigration enforcement action involving a registered sex offender accused of the sexual assault of an elementary school student in Phoenix. In a press release dated Dec....

The Steep Price of Tolerance

January 2, 2026 4:30 amJanuary 2, 2026 4:31 am

I truly feel sorry that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in cold blood by their own son. It doesn’t matter to me that I did not agree with Reiner’s politics. Besides being a severe drug addict, Reiner’s son...

More Prop. 50 Redistricting Contributions and Expenditures and $31M to Consultants

January 2, 2026 3:30 amJanuary 2, 2026 6:14 am

The Daily Caller is reporting that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting map guru employs man who got $31 million to fight Prop 50. They report that California’s redistricting map author, Paul Mitchell, told lawyers during a deposition that he was paid...

How Many Bills Are on the Inactive Files?

January 1, 2026 8:34 pmJanuary 1, 2026 8:34 pm

As we begin the second year of the 2-year Session, we need to not only be concerned with 2-year bills in policy committees, but also those pending on the Floors. While there are quite a few bills on second house Inactive...

Students Against Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against UC System for Race-Based Admissions

January 1, 2026 9:00 amJanuary 1, 2026 11:45 am

The coalition suing the University of California System for illegally making race-based admissions decisions throughout its schools scored a big victory in December when a federal judge ruled the case can proceed. United States District Court for the Central District...