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Arizona lawmakers just passed 3-year freeze on data center tax breaks. Here’s why
No other state has done what Arizona just did to data centers. Tucked into the new $18.3 billion state budget: a three-year freeze on tax breaks for new data centers—the longest moratorium in the nation, according to House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos. Arizona has been handing out these exemptions since 2013, and more…
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Sen. Kaine blasts Kari Lake for cartel allegations against Sen. Gallego
Kari Lake stated multiple times, without evidence, that US Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona was affiliated with drug cartels during her failed bid to defeat him in the 2024 US Senate race. One particularly brazen instance came after Gallego denounced the Trump administration’s military operation in Venezuela, to which she responded via social media, “You…
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Rep. Ansari says Trump had no real plan for Iran
US Rep. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona pushed back on Trump’s claim about Iran, arguing that he is trying to have it both ways on whether regime change is the real goal of the conflict.
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Arizona is finally getting a lieutenant governor
Arizona has done OK without a lieutenant governor for 114 years. And the running mates haven’t been named yet—which means whoever’s on that ticket could decide the whole race. Current polling has Gov. Hobbs leading by just 4 points. Every pick matters. What does a lieutenant governor actually do?
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Trump’s war with Iran made Arizona No. 1 in rising gas prices
Gas prices in Arizona have jumped almost 40% since last year, a rise that is linked directly to the fallout of Trump’s war with Iran.
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Trump’s border wall destroys thousand-year-old Native American site
While Donald Trump’s border wall desecrates Native Americans’ historic cultural sites in the southwest, funding cuts are also stripping SNAP benefits from children in Arizona.
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Your eyes are now police data in this Arizona county
One Arizona city dropped its surveillance cameras after residents pushed back. Weeks later, its police joined an eye-scanning network. The same company running it just got $25 million from ICE—in a no-bid deal—to scan irises during deportation operations. And the sheriff’s office won’t say whether ICE can touch the data. Would you be okay with…
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Trump budget cuts continue to affect Arizonans
Changes to SNAP and Medicaid funding at the federal level and Arizona’s backlogged enrollment system are forcing people off of the program at record rates—a strategy that some warn will be used as a template for other states to strip away benefits.
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The feds are investigating ASU for DEI
The feds are investigating ASU for DEI. But ASU says it’s been following Arizona’s own anti-discrimination law since 2010. So who’s right? The DOJ is about to find out—and $1 billion in federal funding is on the line.
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Sen. Mark Kelly sounds alarm on inflation under Trump administration
US Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona shares his take as inflation rose to 4.2% in May—its highest level in more than three years—with energy costs accounting for much of the increase.
