State Leaders
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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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OPINION: For Arizona’s working families, tax fairness is justice, not a luxury
A message from LUCHA to Washington, DC: an economy that doesn’t work for everyone, doesn’t work. As a mother of two and a community advocate in Arizona, I’ve seen firsthand how hard-working families struggle to balance their responsibilities—especially when it comes to caregiving. I’ve experienced these hardships myself. Like many Arizonans, I have to juggle…
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OPINION: Ruben Gallego is a champion for Arizona’s veterans—unlike Kari Lake
Self-interested politicians are not what our state needs. We need someone with character, who will stand up for democracy, and who will look forward — not backward.
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Arizona Democrats condemn Trump, Project 2025, and the far-right, ahead of presidential debate
Ahead of a presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Arizona democratic leaders released a dire warning of the harmful repercussions that could come from Project 2025 and Trump’s agenda. At a press conference in Phoenix Monday, Arizona state Sens. Eva Burch and Mitzi Epstein, and Maricopa County Supervisor Steve…
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Firefighters union endorses Ruben Gallego for US Senate
Firefighters cited Gallego’s work to provide more resources to first responders, additional health protections for firefighters with cancer, and efforts to establish a home loan program for rescue workers.
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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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John McCain’s son endorses Kamala Harris for President
Jim McCain, an intelligence officer for the US Marines, cited the Trump campaign’s bullying tactics at a hallowed military cemetery as the final straw that broke any lingering loyalty to the Republican Party.
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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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Phoenix lawyer tapped by Biden would be second South Asian federal judge in Arizona
President Joe Biden will nominate Phoenix lawyer Sharad Desai to the federal bench, making him the second South Asian federal judge in Arizona—after his older sister.
