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Katie Hobbs promised to build a strong campaign infrastructure to win the general election against “a weak GOP primary field intent on making itself unelectable.”

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Hobbs launches reelection bid promising 'real results' for Arizona | Arizona Mirror

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs launches 2026 reelection campaign emphasizing economy and bipartisan achievements.

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The audit will look into sexual harassment allegations, the controversial bailout of a nearby school district and the superintendent's business ties

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Tolleson Union High School District faces state audit over financial misconduct allegations

Arizona lawmakers order special audit of Tolleson Union High School District over harassment, conflicts allegations

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 9h

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears | Arizona Mirror

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown

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“Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.”

Trump considers stiffing federal workers furloughed in shutdown, despite 2019 law requiring back pay | Arizona Mirror

Trump administration may deny back pay to 750,000 furloughed federal workers despite law guaranteeing payment

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“The questions here are actually pretty specific, so having you respond with completely irrelevant far-right internet talking points is really not very helpful.”

Senate Democrats challenge Bondi on Trump-directed prosecutions | Arizona Mirror

Attorney General Bondi clashes with senators over Trump Chicago raids, Comey indictment during oversight hearing

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ICE Air Operations uses Mesa Gateway as headquarters for controversial third-country removals

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Trump's African deportation operation runs through a Phoenix airport

Arizona's Mesa Gateway Airport serves as hub for Trump's ICE Air deportation flights to Africa as ICE expands operations

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Physicians warn of devastating consequences as the Republican-led government shutdown blocks ACA premium subsidies

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Arizona doctors blame GOP for blocking health care tax credit extension | Arizona Mirror

Arizona doctors urge Republican delegation to extend ACA tax credits as shutdown blocks popular health subsidies

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OPINION | The math is simple: Arizona doesn’t provide enough funding to adequately fund one school system, much less two — a public system open to all and a selective private system

Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It's because of vouchers.

OPINION: Arizona's $1 billion voucher program is forcing public school closures while subsidizing wealthy families

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“To blame the minority party for any of this is a joke. Get it together. Children are starving. People are going to die.”

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Arizona Democrats call out GOP for government shutdown over popular health care credits

Arizona Democrats blame Republicans for shutdown as GOP refuses to extend popular ACA health care tax credits

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“I want to open a space where people can ask really basic questions. Because I think basic things are what prevent them from engaging with complicated things.”

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This Arizona professor lets strangers ask him about being trans — even the offensive stuff

Since the start of the year, Eric has traveled across Southern Arizona hosting “ask me anything” sessions about transgender people, cheekily titled “Trans 101.”

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Nearly 3-in-5 MAGA voters want to see the Affordable Care Act subsidies extended. Republicans in Congress so far haven't been interested in doing that.

Vast majority of Americans, including Trump supporters, want health care tax credits extended | Arizona Mirror

Poll shows 78% of Americans, including Republicans and MAGA supporters, want enhanced ACA tax credits extended

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"We're taking a giant step backwards from that public health and preventive health measure by excluding more people and draining federal resources from states that need it."

Trump law strips health care from legal immigrants as states cut back programs | Arizona Mirror

An estimated 1.4 million immigrants who are in the country legally but are not citizens stand to lose their government-subsidized health care coverage under the sweeping tax and spending bill Presiden...

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 6d

A sex-change surgery is no longer required for transgender Arizonans to change the gender on their birth certificates, a judge ruled

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Judge blocks Arizona's surgery mandate for transgender birth certificate changes | Arizona Mirror

Federal judge strikes Arizona surgery requirement for transgender birth certificates in class action ruling

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“I will not stand idly by while the federal government unjustly attacks people seeking protection from violence.”

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Arizona sues Trump administration over 'unconstitutional' immigrant crime victim exclusions

Arizona and 20 states sue DOJ over Trump rule barring undocumented immigrants from federally funded victim services

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"Representative Gillette’s comments were disorderly behavior of the highest order, reflect a broader pattern of inciting political violence that put lives at risk, and should not be tolerated."

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Dozens of groups call on GOP leaders to punish John Gillette for execution threat

Thirty statewide advocacy groups are urging the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives to take action against a GOP legislator who called for the execution of a Democratic congressw...

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Trump officials won't detail firing plans as Democrats call threats of massive layoffs "mafia-style blackmail"

White House warns of ‘imminent’ mass layoffs in government shutdown | Arizona Mirror

Trump administration threatens mass federal worker layoffs during 2025 shutdown as Vance seeks Democratic votes

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OPINION | It is wrong when a member of Congress dismisses the concerns of millions of Arizonans who will be hurt by health care cuts by saying they are “whining” and “bedwetting”

Arizona's Republican congressmen are dodging accountability for health care cuts

Reps. Schweikert and Ciscomani hid from Arizona voters after backing Trump's health care cuts.

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An Arizona mother became the expert on her severely disabled daughter because she had to be — and now the state won’t pay her to keep Lilyan safe

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A PhD in Lilyan: When 'ordinary parenting' is anything but ordinary

Arizona slashes developmental disability services up to 80% with new age limits, devastating families statewide

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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 8d

So, Rep. David Schweikert is running for #AZGOV.

My immediate thought is that his polling for reelection in #AZ01 must be utter garbage if he's willing to jump into an already competitive governor's primary contest, where he'll be the only major candidate without Trump's backing.

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David Schweikert is running for governor, but can he defeat two Trump-endorsed candidates?

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David Schweikert abandons Congress to enter Arizona governor's race

Rep. David Schweikert drops congressional reelection to run for Arizona governor against Biggs and Robson

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The fake video shows Chuck Schumer ranting that “if we give all these illegal aliens free health care, we might be able to get them on our side so they can vote for us.”

Trump posts vulgar and racist deepfake of Democratic leaders amid shutdown crisis | Arizona Mirror

Democrats condemn Trump's racist deepfake of Schumer and Jeffries as government shutdown looms with hours remaining

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In 2021, approximately 1 in 10 women used Medicaid to receive family planning services at a Planned Parenthood clinic

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Planned Parenthood stops accepting Arizona Medicaid as Trump ban takes effect | Arizona Mirror

Arizona Planned Parenthood stops accepting Medicaid as Trump ban on abortion provider funding takes effect

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Arizona Republican leaders so far have been silent on Rep. John Gillette's call for a Democratic congresswoman to be executed

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National Dems call for reprisals against AZ GOP lawmaker for 'unconscionable' call to hang colleague

House Democratic leaders condemn Arizona GOP Rep. Gillette's call to execute congresswoman over protest remarks

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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 9d

NO SHUTDOWN DEAL: Democrats as well as Republicans emerged a little while ago from a White House meeting with Trump on the shutdown, and there's no agreement reached. Shutdown looks inevitable. Our story from today on furloughs: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/hund...

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees face furloughs under Trump shutdown plans

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration began posting plans over the weekend that detail how hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed during a government shutdown, while others will k...

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 9d

Monday’s ruling reverses a trial court’s decision that the GOP legislators hadn’t been harmed and thus didn’t have standing to sue

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AZ Supreme Court allows GOP lawmakers to challenge voter-approved dark money disclosure law

Arizona Supreme Court allows GOP lawmakers to challenge dark money disclosure law but doesn't rule on constitutionality

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