Videos
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Arizona GOP rushed last-minute ballot measure to kill voter-driven voucher reform
HCR 2048 started as a way to help military families, but it got twisted into something different.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva speaks up for a local DACA recipient and calls out ICE
In Tucson, US Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona and local advocates stood up for Karla Toledo at a press conference. Toledo is a DACA recipient who was brought to the US at just 1 year old. She has a clean record, a history of community service, and active legal status—yet she is being targeted by…
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These moms took different paths to supporting Arizona’s voucher program
Two women had two different routes to supporting regulating Arizona’s $1 billion a year universal voucher program. Jean Cooper voted for universal vouchers in 2018, but has since changed her mind. Ruth Lambert grew up attending private schools outside Boston, but her parents paid for it themselves and taught her the difference between personal choice…
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Gallego to block Republican bills until ROAD to Housing Act passes
US Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona says a major bipartisan housing bill that could bring down costs is being held hostage by political games, despite having support from both Democrats and Republicans. Gallego’s response? He is pledging to block all Republican-led bills until leadership stops stalling and finally delivers the relief American families need.
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Arizona Republicans are coming for voting rights … again
A late-night move by Arizona Republicans could make it harder for millions of Arizonans to vote. The new measure will appear on the November ballot.
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Mark Kelly: Stop targeting Dreamers
US Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is speaking out in support of Dreamers and DACA recipients. Concerns have been growing over delays to renewals and actions that advocates say could leave some recipients vulnerable to losing protections. Kelly is calling on federal officials to stop policies he says undermine DACA recipients, many of whom have…
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Maricopa County sees first heat-related death before summer begins
More than 400 people in Maricopa County died from heat-related illnesses last year. This year’s first heat-related death happened back in April, over two months before the first day of summer.
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Could troops end up at polling places? Gallego says the risk is real
US Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is warning that Republicans blocked a bill meant to keep troops away from polling places. In a video posted to Threads, Gallego said the threat is not hypothetical, pointing to Trump’s continued focus on the 2020 election and federal scrutiny of voting in Maricopa County. He argued that sending…
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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…
