State Politics
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Kari Lake uses campaign donations to pay her family business, financial records show
Campaign finance records show the Lake campaign paid her husband roughly $2,000 during her last campaign. This time around, that number’s already jumped to $8,000.
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VIDEO: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema won’t run for re-election
@coppercourier Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced today that she will not run for re-election this year, leaving the Senate after one term. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year,” Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said in a video posted on…
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BREAKING: Hobbs vetoes anti-immigration bill, calls for end to ‘political stunts’
The bill offered no logistical or humanitarian solutions to address issues at the US-Mexico border, and instead focused mainly on punishment and incarceration.
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OPINION: Republicans lawmakers want to ‘Alabama’ our Arizona
Even now, legislators want to define conception as when life begins, which would not only impact people in need of abortion care, but could also take away the opportunity to raise a child from people whose only option is IVF.
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BREAKING: AG Kris Mayes sues rental corporations for conspiratorial price-fixing
The lawsuit alleges the landlords secretly shared leasing data in order to create a “rental monopoly” that allowed them to implement massive rent increases and bring in millions of dollars in profit.
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Kari Lake’s plan for the US Senate: ‘The end of democracy’
If elected, Lake said she plans to unequivocally support a Trump presidency, and hopes he will model his time in office after authoritarian leaders in Hungary and El Salvador.
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Arizona Republicans rush anti-immigration bills through legislature with limited public input
Some provisions mirror a 2010 law that was determined to be a form of racial profiling, and was struck down by the US Supreme Court.
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Arizona Freedom Caucus proposal to restrict religious expression on public property fails
The bill raised legal questions, as The Satanic Temple is recognized by the federal government as an organized religion and therefore receives First Amendment protections.
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Nondiscrimination laws are popular in Arizona. So why hasn’t the state adopted one?
Republican legislators continue to place emphasis on anti-LGBTQ legislation, brushing off a bill expanding Arizona’s existing non-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Op-ed: Arizona Republicans are failing to make life more affordable for families
While Republicans push shortsighted tax cuts with ill-intended consequences, Democrats are committed to crafting a state budgets that are sound in policy and intention.
