Sahara Sajjadi is the Political Correspondent for The Copper Courier and a lifelong Arizonan. She earned her master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University.
Sahara Sajjadi
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Deer Valley school board member faces intense resignation demands after Nazi salute
Dozens of parents, teachers and concerned residents stood in the heat June 9 to call for Kimberly Fisher’s resignation from the Deer Valley School Board.
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Meet the Arizona teenager taking on ICE and her cyberbullies
Cali Overs has been in the spotlight for her activism against ICE. It’s earned her national media, interviews, and of course, online trolls. Here’s how she deals with it.
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Mesa residents are fighting a Tokyo tech giant’s data center
A Japanese company wants to build a 2.2-million-square-foot data center campus in Arizona. Residents say it will drain the desert’s most precious resource.
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Rising costs force tens of thousands in Arizona to drop the ACA
Following the expiration of federal ACA subsidies, local marketplace costs are soaring—and a looming shift to state Medicaid rules could kick off 240,000 more.
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Scottsdale residents vow to keep fighting police manufacturing company
A Scottsdale group lost its first court battle over the “Axon Law” — but it’s already promising to appeal.
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A Tucson Dreamer was taken by ICE. Now she’s speaking out
May 18 was a normal day for Karla Toledo. Until ICE showed up.
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Arizona lawmakers demand release of 8th grader detained by ICE
US Reps. Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari slammed ICE for detaining an eighth-grader ahead of his promotion ceremony, as his classmates staged a walkout and the school barred parents from the event.
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Why did an Arizona school board member do a Nazi salute mid meeting?
Kimberly Fisher, a school board member in Deer Valley, is facing criticism for doing a Nazi salute during a school board meeting.
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An Arizona congressman’s ties to three disgraced lawmakers
Juan Ciscomani, who represents Tucson, accepted more than $43,000 from three lawmakers now mired in sexual misconduct scandals.
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A Tucson Dreamer had active DACA status. ICE detained her anyway
Karla Toledo, 31, has lived in the US since she was 1. Her family says ICE raided her home without a warrant and took her in handcuffs.
