Government
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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.
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Sky Harbor appeals to the public to donate to unpaid TSA workers
Amid a partial government shutdown affecting workers at Phoenix Sky Harbor, the airport is asking Arizona residents to support employees who continue to show up despite not being paid.
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Why Phoenix airport security lines are so bad this spring break
Airports nationwide continue to experience higher-than-normal wait times for security from a combination of spring break travel and a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
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As Arizona schools face funding and teacher shortages, Republicans advance measure attacking transgender students
An Arizona Republican Senator continues pushing legislation attacking transgender and nonbinary youth.
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Arizona Republicans push to ban teacher strikes and target union organizing
As GOP-backed measures move to curb education union organizing and penalize strikes, Arizona teachers are fighting back.
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Arizona teachers push ballot measure to end school voucher fraud
Voters may decide the fate of Arizona’s controversial universal school vouchers program as an accountability initiative heads for the November ballot.
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Arizona Republicans look to boost Trump’s mass deportation agenda
Republicans in Arizona’s State Legislature have introduced bills that would aid the president’s aggressive and violent crackdown on immigrants.
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Progressive org launches ‘Arizona We Deserve’ affordability campaign
The Arizona Center for Empowerment says working families deserve more than the bare minimum, and are demanding lawmakers tax the wealthy to deliver real material change.
