Analisa Valdez

Jul 8, 2024 | ktar.com | Damon Allred |Alex Cunningham |Analisa Valdez |Reagan Priest

WASHINGTON – Democrats are banking on abortion as their saving grace in Arizona, where President Joe Biden won by just 10,000 votes in 2020 and currently lags Donald Trump in their rematch. Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition that includes the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, submitted a stack of 800,000 signatures Wednesday morning to get an initiative in front of voters in November. That’s one in five registered voters. The measure would protect access to abortion through fetal viability.

Jun 11, 2024 | azmirror.com | Analisa Valdez

It might feel like there’s a dispensary on nearly every other corner in Phoenix. Billboards that tout marijuana products such as carts and eighths and promote specials such as “dope deals” or “BOGO” sales line Arizona freeways. Consumers might have trouble distinguishing between the stores and the products they sell, but one major difference sets apart Cookies dispensary in Tempe.

Jun 5, 2024 | phoenixnewtimes.com | Analisa Valdez

Consumers might have trouble distinguishing between the stores and the products they sell, but one major difference sets apart Cookies dispensary in Tempe. After Cookies opened last June, owner Alicia Deals became one of the few remaining social equity license holders to successfully open a dispensary and retain 100% equity. She also became one of the only Black women to own and operate a dispensary in Arizona, according to Phoenix New Times and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.

Jun 4, 2024 | cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Analisa Valdez |Stella Subasic

Inside the Cookies marijuana dispensary in Tempe on June 3, 2024. The dispensary opened almost a year ago, and the business has garnered 4.5 stars from more than 3,000 reviews on Google as of March. (Photo by Stella Subasic/Cronkite News) PHOENIX – It might feel like there’s a dispensary on nearly every other corner. Billboards that tout marijuana products such as carts and eighths and promote specials such as “dope deals” or “BOGO” sales line Arizona freeways.

May 14, 2024 | thefoothillsfocus.com | Analisa Valdez

Rattlesnake season in Arizona is ramping up, and while that means watching out for snakes — it can mean watching out for your pets, too. Experts caution Arizonans to be aware of their surroundings while hiking or walking their dogs and to keep their eyes and ears open for the telltale signs of rattlesnakes: their coiled bodies and the unmistakable rattle of their tails.