Reagan Priest expects to graduate in May 2024 with a master’s degree in mass communication. Priest is interning as an education reporter at The Copper Courier. Priest has also worked at The State Press, Cronkite News D.C., The Arizona Republic and Arizona PBS.
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Outcry grows from educators as Republicans approve far-right material for classrooms
PragerU material features an animated Frederick Douglass praising the Founding Fathers for not outlawing slavery, videos that downplay climate change, and conservative activists ridiculing the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Republicans push termination of economic growth agency, Democrats call for reform
The agency has been hailed as essential to combating past economic recessions, but has recently been criticized for wasteful spending on luxury gifts for business leaders.
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Local drag queens stole the show at Chappell Roan’s Phoenix concert
When Chappell Roan performed in Phoenix last month, three local drag queens greeted the audience at the start of the show: Benaddiction, Sayyora DeMornay, and Salem Vee.
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Meet the Gen Z school board members fighting Moms for Liberty
Members of Gen Z are running for—and winning—school board seats in Arizona to represent the interests of students.
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Many Questions Left Unanswered at First Hearing Of Arizona’s School Voucher Oversight Committee
The committee won’t meet again until November, and only has until Dec. 31 to publish its findings on whether the voucher program is running as intended as it expands.
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After a Rocky Start, Arizona’s School Voucher Oversight Committee Meets This Week
The committee was established in May, but vacant seats and rescheduled meetings have delayed its first hearing. It has until Dec. 31 to release a report on the state’s voucher program.
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Phoenix Sky Harbor Workers File Complaint, Vote to Strike Over Dangerous Working Conditions and Low Wages
Two groups of airport workers are speaking out about what they say are dangerous working conditions and low wages at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
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Housing, Heat and How Not to Feel Completely Hopeless in Arizona
As Arizona’s hottest summer on record slowly comes to an end, local activists share their coping strategies for housing and climate anxiety.
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Pima County Medical Examiners Hit With Sharp Increase in COVID-19 Cases
As the nation enters a third year under the threat of COVID-19, Arizona medical examiners say they are struggling to keep up with rising caseloads driven largely by rising deaths from the virus at a time when there is a shortage in forensic pathologists.
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Republican States Win Delay, for Now, in White House Plan to End COVID Restrictions at Border
The law, known as Title 42, has been used to turn away more than 1.8 million migrants since it was invoked in March 2020.
