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OPINION | Did Andy Biggs just make identity politics part of his Latino outreach? Highlighting running mate Sine Kerr’s Mexican heritage signals Biggs is chasing Hispanic voters — but it won’t be enough on its own via @elviadiaz.bsky.social

Andy Biggs wants Latino votes. Touting Sine Kerr’s heritage won’t deliver them.

Biggs Latino outreach leans on running mate Sine Kerr’s Mexican heritage, but that alone won’t win Hispanic votes

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Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events. Republicans have framed it as a safety issue while critics warn it will only lead to intrusive policing and humiliation. By @glorihuh.bsky.social

Critics say 'Protect Girls Sports' act will lead to intrusive bathroom policing | Arizona Mirror

Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events.

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More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new agreement to take over their legal services after it let a longstanding contract with a nonprofit expire.

Unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation after legal services agreement expires | Arizona Mirror

More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children lost their legal representation because of the Trump administration's failure to act.

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Democrats succeeded in blocking provisions of the House bill that would increase spending for military action in Iran and allow transfers for immigration enforcement, while adding sections to extend housing and food assistance programs.

Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law | Arizona Mirror

A bipartisan deal would keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add controversial new criteria for federal grants.

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Gov. Hobbs says the reductions threaten farms, chipmakers and national security as the state weighs its legal options story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

The Trump administration's ‘draconian’ water cuts could gut Arizona’s Colorado River supply

A federal plan could impose Arizona Colorado River cuts of up to 77%, which state leaders warn would devastate the economy

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Anyone crossing Arizona’s southern border without authorization now risks state criminal charges while the legal case plays out story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

Bid to freeze Arizona’s ‘Secure the Border Act’ fails, but fight isn’t over

A judge let Arizona Secure the Border Act stand after opponents failed to block the law that lets state officials jail immigrants

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“Perhaps there has never been a group of people treated so badly in our Nation’s history. They are suffering still, many ruined, and I felt that they should be given compensation for what has been done to them,” Trump wrote

Trump defends fund to pay ‘great American Patriots’ who attacked the US Capitol to overturn an election | Arizona Mirror

Trump’s anti-weaponization fund for Jan. 6 defendants is stalling his AG nominee as two GOP senators withhold support

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Between 3 and 7 million people could lose coverage under requirements tied to work, school or volunteering

Medicaid work rules move forward as judge denies bid from AZ, other states, to halt them | Arizona Mirror

States will have to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, after a federal judge denied 25 Democratic-led states’ request to pause implementation of the rule. The broad ta...

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Andy Biggs picked Trump appointee Sine Kerr, a dairy farmer and former state legislator, as his lieutenant governor

Andy Biggs chooses Sine Kerr for running mate, leaning into rural Arizona

Andy Biggs running mate Sine Kerr, a former state senator and dairy farmer, will join the GOP ticket for lieutenant governor

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For the second election cycle in a row, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is refusing to debate her Republican opponent story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Katie Hobbs says she won’t debate Andy Biggs, opting instead to tour the state

For the second election cycle in a row, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is refusing to debate her Republican opponent.

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“The First Amendment... requires courts to exercise substantial deference to a religious institution's own doctrinal conception of ‘confession’ or ‘confidential communication,’” the court ruled story via @jerodmacevoy.com

High court says churches, not judges, define a ‘confession’ when it comes to reporting child abuse

The Arizona clergy reporting ruling shields LDS Church leaders who didn’t report a father’s child abuse

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Reporter links 'sham' Arizona Green Party candidates to Republican operatives

Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier are the nominees for governor and secretary of state, respectively, but the Green Party itself is disavowing them.

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The agency said plans could shift based on intelligence, as Democrats warn against federal interference in state-run elections

ICE has no plans to target polls, DHS says — but leaves the door open for mass enforcement | Arizona Mirror

DHS says ICE has no plans to target polling places in November, responding to Senate Democrats’ concerns

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Less than two years into RFK Jr.'s tenure at HHS, a string of outbreaks has repeatedly made headlines. Public health experts said the upswing is the result of several factors, including Kennedy's decision to cut back the country’s safety net while spreading misinformation about vaccines.

String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance | Arizona Mirror

Less than two years into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure at HHS, a string of outbreaks has repeatedly made headlines.

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Eight in 10 voters say protecting access matters, but rising costs and Medicaid cuts rank higher on their list of worries story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

Abortion matters to voters — but it may not mobilize them, poll suggests

A battleground abortion poll found the issue still sways Arizona voters, though a ‘believability gap’ blunts its impact

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The bipartisan panel flagged ‘serious questions’ about the order’s legality but said a challenge is premature

Dueling appeals rulings on Trump mail-ballot order push fight toward high court | Arizona Mirror

An appeals court let the mail ballot order Trump issued proceed, splitting with an earlier ruling and pointing to the Supreme Court

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The ruling says the GOP tried an unprecedented move to bar voters and future legislatures from reforming school vouchers story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Judge tosses GOP voucher measure that would have blocked all future reforms

A judge tossed the Arizona voucher ballot measure Prop. 145, ruling it would have blocked all future reforms

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A judge has nixed Prop 145, the GOP attempt to preemptively override the almost-certainly-going-to-pass Protect Education Act (Prop 212) to regulate universal private school vouchers. The court ruled the measure violates the Single Amendment rule and is unconstitutional

The Democratic Governors Association said the race between Katie Hobbs and Andy Biggs is “a true tossup,” so it's spending $10 million to boost Hobbs story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

National Dems pledge $10M for Hobbs as GOP group stays silent on Biggs

The DGA is putting $10 million toward Hobbs’ reelection, calling Arizona’s governor race the closest in the nation

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“Far from limiting the term to teachers’ unions or school employee associations, the definition does not even mention such organizations.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Judge: GOP ballot measure aimed at teachers union unconstitutionally guts police, fire unions too

A judge tossed the Arizona union ballot measure HCR2040, ruling it would have banned all public sector unions

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This provision completely flew under the radar during the legislative process. And even afterward. It wasn't until I saw the language and started asking people about it that anyone wondered: Did Republicans really want to kill off police and fire unions? A judge says they did.

Arizona's anti-AEA ballot measure could ban police, firefighter union bargaining, critics warn

Arizona anti-union ballot measure aimed at teachers could end bargaining for police and firefighters too

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A judge ruled that the GOP's ballot measure to kill off the AZ Education Association actually would ban every public sector union. "At no point are the terms 'state' or 'political subdivision' used exculsively to mean 'school district,' as (GOP lawmakers) urge here." The measure is off the ballot.