Government
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Local news to take major hit in rural Arizona once Trump takes office
News outlets run by colleges and high schools provide valuable job training, but could be forced to close next year.
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Republicans maintain total control of the Arizona Legislature. Here’s what you need to know.
According to Democratic leadership, bipartisan solutions will be hard to come by this legislative session.
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Is this Kari Lake’s least serious proposal yet?
A conservative estimate on Lake’s idea to slash the budget by 50-75% would defund nearly the entire federal government and terminate almost 3 million jobs.
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Banned Books Week to remind Arizonans of growing censorship in public schools
Reading assignments in public schools for books like The Great Gatsby and To Kill a Mockingbird now come with a permission slip, as they’ve been designated as “sexually explicit.”
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How this nonprofit has helped Arizonans grow their families for 50 years
Contraception, doctor’s visits, and breast and cervical cancer screenings are a few of the many healthcare services made affordable and accessible by Affirm and federal family planning grants.
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Nearly 100,000 Arizona voters could be prohibited from voting in local elections this November
A clerical oversight allowed people to register to vote without providing proof of citizenship, which is required by Arizona law in order to vote in non-federal elections.
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Smaller class sizes, teacher retention, working A/C: Educator candidates make their 2025 wishlist
Legislative candidates discussed the possibilities a pro-public education state budget could bring if voters opt for Democratic control of the state legislature.
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JD Vance chose a homophobic, misogynist pastor’s church for Arizona visit
Ryan Visconti has said victims of abuse should remain married to their abuser and called same-sex marriage and abortion care an “abomination.”
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38 times Kari Lake praised foreign authoritarian leaders
A US Senate led by authoritarian sympathizers like Lake, who is running for Arizona’s open senate seat, could help Donald Trump fulfill his campaign promise to act as a dictator.
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Mesa Mayor John Giles invites fellow Republicans to vote for Kamala Harris at DNC
“We need an adult in the White House, and we’ve seen what happens when we don’t have one.”
