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Arizona students demand education protections from the Trump administration
Dozens of Arizona students and activists rallied to protect education funding, amid Republican-backed budget cuts.
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Mental health is a complicated topic for Latinos. Mente wants to help.
Mente, a new mental health initiative, held a one-of-a-kind event in downtown Phoenix last week to address the stigma surrounding mental health among Latinos.
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‘Big whoop’: This advocate is not impressed by Hobbs’ anti-LGBTQ legislation vetoes
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed almost every anti-LGBTQ piece of legislation that made it to her desk, except for one.
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Detained immigrants at Eloy detail dehydration, lack of medical care, and mistreatment
Arizona Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari made an unannounced visit to the center, where she spoke with 15 women amid allegations of racism, abuse, and inadequate medical care.
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Arizona Republicans want to tie school vouchers to public education funding, jeopardizing Prop 123
Arizona Republicans are using Proposition 123, a large source of public education funding, to get the controversial ESA school voucher program enshrined in the state constitution.
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The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that’s sacred to Apaches
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred.
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Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona over laws regulating abortion
Arizona healthcare providers and advocates have filed a lawsuit to expand abortion access in Arizona and knock down restrictions on abortion care.
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Arizona Republicans vote to take healthcare, food aid away from constituents
House Republicans just voted to pass massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. All Arizona Republicans voted for the cuts, except Rep. David Schweikert, who was late to the vote, but said he would have supported the bill if he’d gotten a chance.
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ICE arrests at Phoenix immigration court an ‘all-out assault on due process,’ advocates say
The arrests appear to be part of a nationwide trend this week in which individuals have shown up for their hearings only to have their cases dismissed by judges at the request of government prosecutors, and for ICE agents to then arrest them on courthouse grounds.
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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.
