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.
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‘Deplorable’ conditions within Arizona ICE facility, wife of detained man says
A Maine woman says she is experiencing a nightmare as her husband remains detained in what she calls “inconceivable” conditions within Arizona immigration facilities.
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Arizona ‘Dreamers’ slam GOP Senate leader over DACA deportation threats
Arizona “Dreamers” are speaking out after Republican Attorney General candidate Warren Petersen vowed to assist the Trump administration in deporting DACA recipients.
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‘A voter suppression bill’: AZ Dems, advocates slam GOP effort to overhaul voting laws
Arizona leaders are speaking out against a new ballot resolution that risks disenfranchising Arizona voters.
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Who voted against making Juneteenth a federal holiday in Arizona?
The two men fighting to be the state’s next governor were both in the room for the 2021 vote — and they split.
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This Arizona senator wants to ban an Israeli minister from the US
US Sen. Ruben Gallego is calling on the Trump administration to deny a visa to Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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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.
