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Oct 20, 2022

Support voters rights, oppose Props. 132, 309

The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, which merged with Arizona Grantmakers Forum in August and represents more than 1,100 nonprofit organizations across Arizona, advocates for laws and initiatives that advance nonprofits’ role in Arizonans’ civic engagement.

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Oct 20, 2022

Hold ‘MAGA’ law-breakers accountable

If we, as a nation, allow those who violated their oaths to escape justice, it sends a signal to their followers that they can continue this behavior. If eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, we need to exercise that vigilance in the voting booth before that booth is closed to us, or its results ignored. 

Oct 13, 2022

Support Prop. 211 to end ‘dark money’

After Prop. 211 passes, voters will know who paid for every political ad and be able to evaluate the message in light of who is sending it. Equally important, dark money spenders will no longer dominate Arizona politics on behalf of secret donors. 

Oct 13, 2022

Use federal funds for cleaner, safer schools

Educate your faculty, staff members and students about new cleaning and disinfection practices and empower them to have skin in the game.  

Oct 13, 2022

Candidates address what matters to Arizonans – education

Our hope for EdVotersArizona.org is that people see it for what it is, a project by a nonpartisan organization striving to show that even in this divisive moment we can all still come to a neutral, public place and share how we’ll work to make our children’s future a little brighter – which will ultimately improve the quality of life for all Arizonans. 

Oct 13, 2022

Provide affordable housing for ‘missing middle’

We urge every city council member to support housing in their communities that meets the needs of everyone and to provide updated, inclusionary, and practical zoning designations. We urge private sector developers to bring their attention to the missing middle and join Greenlight in providing this housing.   

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Oct 6, 2022

We need PASTEUR Act to avoid health care crisis

The Covid pandemic created a situation that has brought about the need for the reminder that modern-day health care has many different priorities, all deserving of necessary attention.  

Oct 6, 2022

Arizona offers blueprint for parental empowerment

The reverberations are echoing across Arizona, and across the whole nation – the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office announced last week that teachers unions’ last-ditch effort to overturn the state’s landmark universal school choice reform has failed. Now, America can look to Arizona’s first-in-the-nation model of a groundbreaking, statewide expansion of school choice to any family that[...]

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Sep 30, 2022

Voters should know why U.S. Army Reserve is investigating Hamadeh

Republican candidate Abraham Hamadeh should tell voters why the United States Army Reserve is investigating him.

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Sep 26, 2022

State inaction kills young teen

Multiple people were shot at North Star Independent Living Services facility back in February of 2021. The frequent shootings and cold-blooded killings of these young men should serve as a clarion call for immediate investigation and reform.

Sep 26, 2022

Voting is your superpower for reproductive freedom

Elect officials who will not waste taxpayer money going after pregnant people, their healthcare providers, family members, or friends.

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Sep 23, 2022

Investigate Ducey for sending refugees to D.C.

Gov. Doug Ducey said he has spent millions of dollars on sending migrants to Washington, D.C., in recent months, with millions more dollars earmarked for it next fiscal year. While we do not know what taxpayer monies were used, we do know that the money would be far better used for humanitarian purposes.  

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