Laura Gersony
Reporter at The Arizona Republic
Covering national politics for @azcentral. [email protected], 480-372-0389
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1 week ago |
azcentral.com | Laura Gersony
A highly watched congressional race came into clearer focus April 14 as candidates submitted signatures to officially qualify them for the mid-July Democratic primary set into motion by the death of longtime U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva. The three most high-profile candidates — former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, former state Rep. Daniel Hernandez, and social media strategist Deja Foxx — all submitted enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, their campaigns told The Republic.
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1 week ago |
azcentral.com | Laura Gersony
Read in EnglishLa joven estratega de redes sociales de la Generación Z, Deja Foxx, anunció que se postulará al Congreso de Estados Unidos. Foxx, cuyo perfil en Internet le valió un puesto como oradora en la Convención Nacional Demócrata del 2024, se une a un grupo de candidatos que compiten por suceder al difunto representante Raúl Grijalva, tras su fallecimiento el pasado marzo.
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2 weeks ago |
azcentral.com | Laura Gersony
Arizona’s GOP congressmen unanimously voted to approve a federal budget package backed by President Donald Trump, advancing a bill that three of them had criticized days before as “unserious” and “a joke.”U.S. Reps. David Schweikert, Andy Biggs and Eli Crane provided decisive votes April 10 to pass the budget plan, a measure approved by the Senate, which they had initially disparaged as not doing enough to cut spending.
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2 weeks ago |
azcentral.com | Laura Gersony
Pressure is mounting on several Arizona Republicans in Congress who are reluctant to support a Senate-approved budget blueprint backed by President Donald Trump. Though Trump has worked to rally the Republican caucus behind the budget plan — praising it as a "big, beautiful bill" and meeting with GOP members who had concerns — House Majority Leader Mike Johnson, R-La., still faced about a dozen holdouts on April 9, the day he wanted to push the blueprint through Congress.
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2 weeks ago |
azcentral.com | Jimmy Jenkins |Laura Gersony
Federal Bureau of Prisons employees face the loss of pay incentives and union representation. Prison employees express concerns about morale, recruitment, and safety due to potential budget cuts and increased responsibilities. The Bureau of Prisons may be tasked with housing ICE detainees, adding to existing strains.
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