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Leah Britton

Leah Britton

Leah Britton is senior at the University of Arizona pursuing a bachelor's in broadcast journalism. She is the School of Journalism's 2024 Don Bolles Fellow. Previously, she worked on Arizona Public Media’s “Arizona Spotlight,” as well as the student-run UATV, during her time on campus.

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Abortion ban repeal sparks conversation about Black maternal mortality

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 30, 2024
The third-floor gallery in the Arizona House of Representatives, which was largely full of anti-abortion advocates, erupted in cheers on April 17, 2024, after GOP lawmakers successfully thwarted an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on legislation to repeal a near-total abortion ban that was first added to Arizona law in 1864. Courtesy of Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror

Normally quiet legislative proceedings were anything but last week

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 22, 2024
Reproductive rights advocates hold signs at an April 17, 2024, press conference at the Arizona Capitol by the Arizona for Abortion Access campaign. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror

Abortion rights advocates continue to rally behind initiative to amend the AZ constitution

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 17, 2024

Dems say Republicans broke rules by ignoring attempts to force a vote on an abortion ban repeal

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 15, 2024

Hobbs vetoes GOP bill aimed at barring homeless people from roadway medians

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 12, 2024

AG Kris Mayes: AZ Supreme Court ruling to ban abortion ‘changes everything’

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 9, 2024

Bill to ban reunification heads to Hobbs, despite lack of Democratic support

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 8, 2024

Fate of bill making it a felony for protesters to block highways is in Hobbs’ hands

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
April 1, 2024

Republicans continue to oppose extending operations for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
March 28, 2024

Arizona Republicans could ask voters to enshrine the right to a gas stove in the constitution

Leah Britton, Reporter
March 26, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks at El Portal restaurant in Phoenix on March 19, 2024, to kick off his campaign’s Latino outreach initiative.

Biden, in Phoenix, says Latino voters helped him best Trump in 2020: ‘Let’s beat him again’

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
March 19, 2024

Bills to protect Arizona kids from online porn advance with GOP support

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
March 20, 2024

Senate considers bill to prevent Arizona cities from ever being able to defund their police

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
March 18, 2024

Democrats push for ‘strongest ever’ vehicle emissions standards, transition to EVs

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
March 13, 2024

Obtaining police records may get easier for victims of domestic violence

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
March 12, 2024

Pro-Israel lawmakers back a bill to censor pro-Palestine student groups on AZ campuses

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 27, 2024

Republican bill would let AZ ranchers shoot and kill border-crossers on their property

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 23, 2024

Arizona could be the first in the nation to create an animal abuser registry

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 16, 2024

Kern bills take aim at public universities he calls ‘anti-American indoctrination camps’

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 13, 2024

Some mobile home owners aren’t allowed to install air conditioners. A proposed law would change that.

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 9, 2024

Should drunk drivers who kill someone be forced to pay child support for orphaned kids?

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 6, 2024

GOP proposal would ask voters to guarantee life sentences for child sex traffickers

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
February 2, 2024

Arizona looks to regulate AI and ‘deep fakes’ in elections

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
January 30, 2024
Sen. Anna Hernandez (center, in gray) poses for a photo with volunteers from Chispa Arizona at Environmental Advocacy Day at the State Capitol in Phoenix, Ariz. on Jan. 25, 2024. Chispa Arizona was one of more than 40 groups that participated in the lobbying event.

‘Fighting for a better system’: Activists come to the Capitol for Environmental Day

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
January 25, 2024

Democrats rally behind race-based hair discrimination protections

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
January 29, 2024

Hobbs hopes new child care funding will ‘pay off’ through the workforce

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
January 23, 2024

Arizona auditors found $1.8 million in fraud and theft in 2023

Leah Britton, Don Bolles Fellow
January 17, 2024
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