State Leaders
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OPINION: I loved serving our students. Now, I want to serve our state.
Being both parent and teacher gave me a front-row seat to the challenges our education system faces—and insights on how to solve them. That’s why I want to take what I learned on the Deer Valley school board to the state capitol.
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We unredacted the new DOJ report on how Trump tried to overturn Arizonans’ votes
The latest revelation details in excruciating detail the pressure the Trump campaign put on Arizona lawmakers to overturn Biden’s 2020 win.
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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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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.”
