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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Retired Arizonans tell Rep. Schweikert to protect Medicaid as GOP pushes for massive cuts
Retired Arizonans gathered outside Rep. David Schweikert’s Scottsdale office, urging him to oppose GOP-proposed Medicaid cuts that could strip coverage from millions, including thousands in his district.
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Republicans’ Medicaid cuts pit working Arizonans against the ultra wealthy
An Arizona nurse sounds the alarm about a new Republican budget proposal that will strip hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid while providing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
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Unable to vote but with much at stake, undocumented migrants register Arizona voters
Arizona’s undocumented communities have much on the line in the 2024 elections, with former President Donald Trump vowing mass deportations.
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Arizona’s homeless could be targeted by police under Supreme Court ruling allowing bans on public encampments
Advocates for homeless people in Arizona fear the Supreme Court has raised the risk of violence at the hands of police by upholding ordinances that criminalize sleeping in public places.
