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President Biden approves Arizona's major disaster request for July flooding
PHOENIX – President Joe Biden on Monday approved Arizona's request to declare a major disaster over monsoon flooding earlier this summer and ordered federal financial assistance.
PHOENIX – Wednesday, President Biden directed the nation's top education official to take action "against governors that are trying to block and intimidate local school officials and educators" by prohibiting them from requiring the use of masks.
President Joe Biden faced rare, bipartisan criticism Monday from Arizona's members of Congress who were troubled by the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan and the chaotic evacuation from Kabul.
Politics by proxy: Arizona House members cast hundreds of remote votes
WASHINGTON – More than half of Arizona's House delegation cast votes by proxy this year, including two who were among the top remote voters in Congress and another who once called proxy voting "shameful and unconstitutional" but did it anyway.
AZCentral: Democrats seek $92 million for surface transportation projects across Arizona
Arizona could see $92 million in federal funds for proposed transportation projects ranging from improving dangerous intersections in Phoenix to adding pedestrian and bike space to roads in Tucson.
Jewish Insider: Bipartisan House members to urge Biden to take action on antisemitism
A bipartisan group of House members, led by Reps. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), is expected to send a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday urging him to take swift action to combat rising antisemitism and antisemitic hate crimes, Jewish Insider has learned.
Cronkite News: Over GOP objections, House OKs panel to probe Jan. 6 Capitol assault
The House voted Wednesday to create a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, despite the opposition of 175 Republicans, including all four from Arizona.
Cronkite News: Another Hill to climb: Obscure law denies Dreamers congressional jobs
WASHINGTON – Gilbert resident Jose Patiño remembers the moment he knew he wanted to work in Congress: It was 2018 and he had just spent months in Washington lobbying to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Payson Roundup: Counties plead for federal help to secure water supply
The Gila County Board of Supervisors has joined in a statewide plea for federal help in upgrading the state's increasingly overwhelmed wastewater and drinking water infrastructure.
AP: Arizona fails to add seat in US House after 2020 census
Arizona was among the fastest-growing states during the last decade, but its population of 7.1 million was not enough to give it a 10th congressional seat.
U.S. Census Bureau data released Monday shows Arizona will continue to have nine congressional seats. It also will be unable to add a 12th presidential electoral vote as some had anticipated.