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Teachers, parents, Arizona senator rally against GOP plans to reduce education spending
- Arizona lawmakers have until July 1 to agree on an approximately $17.6 billion spending plan to prevent a shutdown of state government.
- The GOP-controlled House proposed a budget cutting education and Medicaid, raising hospital taxes, while the Senate plan removes the spending cap and has gubernatorial support.
- Governor Katie Hobbs and Democrats oppose the House plan, calling it "dead on arrival," while budget writers aim for an agreement by next week.
- Deja Foxx, a 25-year-old congressional candidate, builds a campaign funded 99% by small-dollar donors and emphasizes representing working families.
- The budget dispute and new political voices like Foxx suggest ongoing tension in Arizona politics over spending priorities heading into the primary on July 15.
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Republicans are arguing among themselves over Arizona's $17.7 billion budget battle, but agree to no changes in the growing education voucher program
Senate Republicans say they have a deal with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and legislative Democrats, but House Republicans have their own spending ideas.
Teachers, parents, Arizona senator rally against GOP plans to reduce education spending • Daily Montanan
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, speaks at a rally June 12, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined education advocates, parents, teachers and students Thursday to blast congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to education. The Arizona Democrat and demonstrators spoke out against GOP lawmakers’ “big, beautiful bill,” an attempt to slash billions of d…
Teachers, parents rally against GOP plans to reduce education spending
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, speaks at a rally June 12, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined education advocates, parents, teachers and students Thursday to blast congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to education. The Arizona Democrat and demonstrators spoke out against GOP lawmakers’ “big, beautiful bill,” an attempt to slash billions of d…
Young congressional candidate Deja Foxx is running to put families first
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A young congressional candidate from Arizona says it's time to put working families first. A young voice is making waves in the race for Arizona’s seventh congressional district Deja Foxx is traveling across southern Arizona, meeting voters and building support. She says it’s exactly how she plans to lead if elected — by listening, showing up, and challenging the status quo. Deja Foxx isn’t your typical congressional c…
Teachers, parents, Arizona senator rally against GOP plans to reduce education spending • Nebraska Examiner
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, speaks at a rally June 12, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined education advocates, parents, teachers and students Thursday to blast congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to education. The Arizona Democrat and demonstrators spoke out against GOP lawmakers’ “big, beautiful bill,” an attempt to slash billions of d…
Mark Kelly blasts GOP education cuts, $5B voucher program as ‘horrible idea’ at DC rally
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, speaks at a rally June 12, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined education advocates, parents, teachers and students Thursday to blast congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to education. The Arizona Democrat and demonstrators spoke out against GOP lawmakers’ “big, beautiful bill,” an attempt to slash billions of d…
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