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KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly chaired a hearing on drought in the West Wednesday. Kelly told colleagues his state is on the front lines of a megadrought ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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The phrase “immigration reform” has been used by people of all political stripes for decades, and it can mean many different things. The new book "Immigration Matters: Movements, Visions, and Strategies for a Progressive Future" offers ideas for how true immigration reform could happen ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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The U.S. Treasury Department ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using federal COVID-19 relief funds to pay for two school grant programs that discourage public schools from issuing mask mandates ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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The statutory measure is titled the As Nearly Free As Possible Act would, if passed, require the Arizona Legislature to pay for at least 50% of tuition and fees for undergraduate resident students. Or it would add a 2 percentage point surcharge to corporate income tax ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate two women of color with ties to Arizona as chairs of the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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The Biden administration has revealed its Build Back Better World program. At its core, that program’s goal seems quite simple — to compete with China on global economic development. The U.S. appears to be most focused on Latin American countries with the idea, but the nation’s mixed and sometimes controversial history with those neighbors has raised concerns ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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After two public meetings this week, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission now has template maps for how the new congressional and legislative lines will look for the next decade ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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The head of the firm hired to conduct a partisan election review in Maricopa County declined an invitation to testify before the U.S. House oversight committee ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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After spending months gathering feedback from Arizona residents, the five members of the Independent Redistricting Commission spent Monday afternoon sharing some of that feedback with their mapping consultants ..read more
KJZZ Phoenix | Arizona Politics News
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Arizona officially launched its new cyber command center Monday to deal with threats to state and local government computers. The head of the state Department of Homeland Security insists that Arizonans should not worry that the state will be using all that expensive high tech equipment to spy on them ..read more