Calling it part of the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate government bloat, Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, a Republican, recently introduced a bill to abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA has enforced health and safety standards in both private and public workplaces since the 1970s. Biggs argues OSHA is usurping authority best left to individual states.
"Even in states that have higher occupational safety health standards like Arizona does, we are always subject to federal meddling that in some cases, and frankly in most cases, is unconstitutional," Biggs said.
Biggs alleges the Biden administration violated the constitution by using OSHA to require private businesses to enforce vaccine mandates. A similar bill introduced in 2021 failed to make it out of committee.
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The Trump administration has announced a flurry of changes at the agency that oversees Social Security. Advocates warn these moves could lead to people having a harder time getting help with benefits. -
Six Voice of America journalists and a director at its parent agency have sued the Trump administration, alleging its moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network are unconstitutional. -
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday ordered the state Department of Agriculture to delay its rules mandating cage-free eggs until 2034. But consumers counting on a break in their breakfast budgets may be in for a disappointment. -
The University of Arizona announced it is pausing construction of a new biosciences building in Phoenix due to federal funding concerns. -
DHS confirms it is implementing a reduction in force in three oversight offices as part of the effort to cut the federal workforce.
