Government
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This state rep won’t stop pushing for Arizona affordability despite lawmakers blocking them
Drawing on lived experience, state Rep. Lorena Austin fights to ease Arizona’s cost-of-living crisis as their proposals fail to get hearings in a GOP-controlled legislature.
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Planning to strike? Where May Day events are at in metro Phoenix
Twenty-three May Day events were planned for Arizona, including 10 across metro Phoenix. Here’s where.
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Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Arizona seeking voter data
The dismissal of the Arizona lawsuit follows a string of other rulings against the Department of Justice in similar cases in other states.
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What readers say about an Arizona bill to criminalize ICE warnings
Arizona Republicans want to make it a crime to alert others about ICE activity. Here’s what our readers think of the bill.
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The son of a farmworker is now leading Arizona House Democrats
Oscar De Los Santos says Democrats need to stop bowing to billionaires.
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Election denial looms large in Arizona contests for governor, AG and secretary of state
Republicans angling to replace Arizona’s governor, attorney general, and secretary of state all have a history of amplifying President Donald Trump’s disproved claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
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Arizonans continue to struggle as Democrats’ affordability bills stall at state capitol
Arizona’s 2026 legislative session is nearing a close, but what has been done to make the state more affordable? Not much, Democrats say, and they say Republicans are to blame.
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Arizona leaders to challenge Trump’s executive order attacking mail-in ballots
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes, both Democrats, are among the first elected officials to pledge legal challenges to Trump’s order, arguing he’s unlawfully trying to control who gets to vote.
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Teachers say they feel politically attacked as education funding hangs in limbo
Vital education funding faces another year without renewal, and state lawmakers can’t agree on a plan to revive or replace it.
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Representation gap: Nez doubles down on Eli Crane’s votes against constituents’ best interests
In Arizona’s CD2, Jonathan Nez is challenging GOP Rep. Eli Crane over a disconnect from tribal communities.
