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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed Arizona Ballot Measure Would Freeze Municipal Rate Hikes for Four Years Amid Rising Cost of Living]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A proposed Arizona ballot measure would freeze municipal sales tax, fee, and utility rate hikes for four years in response to rising living costs and recent water rate increases in Gilbert.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arizona Republicans Force Investigation Into Pima County Over Anti-ICE Policies]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arizona Senate Republicans launched an investigation into Pima County's policies restricting immigration enforcement access to county property, citing state law violations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:57:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arizona Democrats File Legal Challenges Against Multiple Third-Party Candidates]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Democratic attorneys are filing multiple legal challenges against third-party candidates in Arizona, including Hugh Lytle running for governor and Michael Zepeda running for state treasurer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:24:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen Calls on DOJ to Investigate Mayes, Fontes Over Election Records]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is asking the Department of Justice to investigate Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes for obstruction of justice and witness tampering over a federal grand jury investigation into 2020 election records released by the GOP.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clean Energy Team Wins Control of Salt River Project in Unprecedented Arizona Election]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Climate activists win majority control of Salt River Project's power board in historic election that drew unprecedented turnout and national attention to Arizona's utility governance]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arizona Bill Would Make Social Media Encouragement of Minor Suicide Felony Manslaughter]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arizona state senators unanimously approved legislation that would classify encouraging a minor to kill themselves on social media as felony manslaughter if they die. The bill, supported by the family of a teen who died by suicide in 2022, adds social media activity to the state's existing prohibition on advising or encouraging suicide.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eight Bills Target Arizona Mobile Home Utility Costs, Manager Training, Abandonment Rules]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arizona manufactured home residents are pushing eight new bills through the legislature to address utility overcharges, require manager training, and establish clearer rules around abandonment and tenant complaints]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:26:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Six GOP Bills, Including Library and School Education Measures]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed six Republican bills on Tuesday, including measures that would have barred public school libraries from funding professional associations and required adoption information to be provided alongside sex education and contraceptives in schools.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:54:23 GMT</pubDate>
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