State Politics
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Arizona (March 6-13)
A weekly roundup of Arizona political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide from Friday, March 6 to Thrusday March 13.
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Arizona Republicans push to ban teacher strikes and target union organizing
As GOP-backed measures move to curb education union organizing and penalize strikes, Arizona teachers are fighting back.
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Mayan translator who helps police, courts faces deportation from US
Olga Perez has spent the past 20 years helping agencies, hospitals, and nonprofits work with people who speak an indigenous Mayan language. Now, she’s in custody in Arizona and faces possible deportation.
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Arizona (Feb. 27–March 5)
A weekly roundup of Arizona political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide from Friday, Feb. 27, through Thursday, March 5. Want to get involved this week? You can attend ICE detention protests in Surprise and north Phoenix, join voter registration efforts in Tucson, sign abortion access petitions in Phoenix, and take…
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Arizona AG settles with 1 of 9 landlords accused of price fixing
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has settled with one of nine landlords it sued in February 2024 for engaging in a price fixing operation that the state said led to apartment rent hikes.
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Arizona sues RFK Jr. over vaccine, advisory committee changes
Arizona has joined its 36th lawsuit against the Trump administration with a case that challenges a new childhood vaccine schedule and remade vaccine safety advisory board.
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Watch, boycott, or tune out? Readers react to Trump’s State of the Union
Ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union, our readers share whether they’re watching—and what they hope he will (or won’t) say.
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Arizonans are carrying more documents to prove citizenship to avoid detention
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign has led many Arizonans to being more vigilant about the identification they carry every day.
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Arizona lawmakers respond after Mexican army kills leader of powerful Jalisco cartel
The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel and thrusting swaths of the nation into chaos.
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How to watch Trump’s 2026 State of the Union speech in Arizona
President Donald Trump is getting ready to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term. The nationally televised primetime speech will set the tone for the 2026 midterms.
