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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Trump border wall demolishes 250-year-old trees in Arizona
On July 27, contractors for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) felled the first of the three trees located in Lochiel, Arizona.
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Arizona seniors are retiring—then going right back to work
A 72-year-old Walmart greeter, a retired mechanic bracing to go back to the fields, and an ASU cook who can’t stay retired all show why Social Security alone isn’t enough for Arizona’s aging workforce.
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Is JoAnna Mendoza secretly a millionaire? We checked
A GOP congressman says his opponent got rich off lobbying. Her financial filings suggest otherwise.
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Arizona primary results: every winner headed to November
Arizona’s primary is over. Here’s who’s headed to the general election.
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A Tucson hospital is closing its doors a year after Trump’s cuts
The closure will lay off 99 workers, making it the 10th Arizona health care facility to shutter since the law passed.
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Iran’s World Cup no-show in Tucson costs Pima County six figures
Iran’s national team was set to train in Tucson ahead of the World Cup. Wartime tension and visa delays sent the team to Mexico instead — leaving Pima County with a six-figure bill.
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Afghan refugees who escaped the Taliban now fear losing everything under Trump
The US promised to help Afghans who fled the Taliban. Now, a backlog from a federal freeze on their cases is threatening to unravel the lives they’ve built here.
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Data center developers rush for Arizona tax breaks before three-year moratorium
After Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a three-year pause on tax breaks for data centers, developers submitted 113 applications before the pause took effect.
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American Airlines lounge workers at Sky Harbor strike for better working conditions
Dishwashers, cooks, and bartenders took to the picket lines on Wednesday to demand living wages, a pension, and fair staffing from Compass Eurest.
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Days after July 4th, immigrant children fought DHS in an Arizona court
Undocumented children who are in the US without their parents faced the full weight of the federal government in a Tucson courthouse.
