Politics

Students pose for a photo during a Fight4HER campaign at the Memorial Union on the ASU's Tempe campus on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.

New bill could make it harder on organizations to petition for awareness

HB 2404 could prevent petition circulators from getting paid by the signature.

By Victor Ren | March 22, 2017

Illustration published on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The State Press and The Blaze radio station co-hosted a Tempe USG debate between candidates on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

Tempe USG executive tickets debate transparency, the Arizona Legislature and sexual assault

The debate featured proposals ranging from increasing TUSG's transparency, to introducing new advocacy plans at the State Capitol.

By Isaac Windes and Mitchell Atencio | March 22, 2017

The Forks Estate is a politics podcast. Graphic designed by Chuck Dries.

The Forks Estate: Undergraduate Student Government Elections 2017

In this episode of The Forks Estate, politics editors Allie Bice and Chris Wood break down the choices for the executive tickets in this year’s Undergraduate Student Government elections.

By J McAuliffe , Allie Bice and Chris Wood | March 21, 2017

Meet the Dangremond 2017 ticket

The State Press sits down with the Dangremond executive ticket, the only ticket running in the 2017 Undergraduate Student Government Downtown elections.

By Isaac Windes | March 21, 2017

Meet the Anderson 2017 executive ticket

Get to know the Anderson 2017 ticket, the only ticket to be running in this year’s Undergraduate Student Government elections on the Polytechnic campus.

By Allie Bice | March 21, 2017

Meet the Snider 2017 executive ticket

Get to know the Snider 2017 ticket, one of two tickets to be running in this year’s Undergraduate Student Government elections on the West campus.

By Allie Bice | March 21, 2017

DeRay Mckessen, a civil rights activist, speaks to students at Arizona State University about the Black Lives Matter movement, Monday, March 21, 2017.

Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson addresses ASU students about activism

Mckesson spoke to ASU students about achieving activism by working inside and outside political system.

By Rebecca Dominguez | March 21, 2017

Meet the Pruter 2017 executive ticket

The State Press sits down with the Pruter executive ticket, one of four tickets running in the 2017 Tempe Undergraduate Student Government elections.

By Mitchell Atencio | March 20, 2017

Meet the Benedict 2017 executive ticket

The State Press sits down with the Benedict executive ticket, one of four tickets running in the 2017 Tempe Undergraduate Student Government elections.

By Mitchell Atencio | March 20, 2017

Meet the Smith 2017 executive ticket

The State Press sits down with the Smith executive ticket, one of four tickets running in the 2017 Tempe Undergraduate Student Government elections.

By Chris Wood | March 20, 2017

Meet the DeGravina 2017 executive ticket

The State Press sits down with the DeGravina executive ticket, one of four tickets running in the 2017 Tempe Undergraduate Student Government elections.

By Chris Wood | March 20, 2017

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on the downtown Phoenix campus during the fall 2016 semester.

Journalism under the Trump administration

The relationship between journalism and politics is changing. Professors and associate deans at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication weigh-in on how these changes will affect future journalists.

By Andrea Neff and Abdel Jimenez | March 20, 2017

The Arizona Senate Education Committee meets in Senate Hearing Room 1 on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

ASU professors, students have mixed feelings on recently revoked education legislation

Education regulations created by the Every Student Succeeds Act, an Obama-era achievement, has been repealed by the U.S Senate. Now, states will be given more power to hold their schools accountable for student performance.

By Victor Ren | March 16, 2017

The financial aid office at the ASU Downtown Phoenix, Arizona campus on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

FAFSA applications just got more complicated

In the final days for many colleges FAFSA priority deadlines, the online submission platform lost one of its innovative tools.

By Isaac Windes | March 15, 2017

Arizona Department of Transport Transportation spokesperson Doug Pacey in the ADOT monitoring room on Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

ADOT caps more than a year of quirky messages with competition

The Arizona Department of Transportation grows its social media presence with the help of quirky safety message signs.

By Mitchell Atencio | March 15, 2017

Everything you need to know about USG elections, a voter guide

Campaign season for Undergraduate Student Government has officially begun!

By Allie Bice | March 14, 2017

Students gather around a Pregnant on Campus tabling event at Hayden Lawn on Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

Pregnant on Campus holds four-day tabling event on Hayden Lawn

Pregnant on Campus hopes to educate, not debate, during their four-day tabling event.

By Chris Wood | March 14, 2017

New Trump immigration ban prompts faculty-wide email and instruction

Trump's March 6 executive order temporarily banning immigration from six countries and halting the issuance of student visas prompted ASU officials to notify faculty about how to address it.

By Allie Bice | March 13, 2017

ASU College Republican Club hosts Maricopa County School Superintendent Steve Watson at a meeting on March 2, 2017.

ASU College Republicans Club continues to push conservative ideas on campus

During the first month of President Trump's administration, ASU College Republicans continues to advocate for conservative ideals on campus.

By Brooke Hanrahan | March 2, 2017

ASU Health Services Community Health Center at the Downtown Phoenix, Arizona campus, on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016.

ASU study says repeal of Obamacare would cost state nearly $5 billion

A recent study from ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business estimated Arizona's loss if Obamacare were to be repealed with no replacement.

By Mitchell Atencio | March 1, 2017

Notice