#Arizona news

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About a dozen workers were on strike Monday at a preschool in Lacey, continuing an effort they launched Friday to improve wages and training. The child-care workers, who could be seen on Martin Way east of Marvin Road on Monday, are on strike against Cadence Academy preschool, said Rose Bayer, who said she works in a “float” position at the school. She spoke to The Olympian on Sunday and was back at the strike Monday morning. The plan was to strike all day, she said. The school is at 8911 Martin Way E. A representative of the Arizona-based operator of preschools and elementary schools touched base with The Olympian Monday morning, but didn’t immediately follow up with reaction to the strike. According to the website for the Cadence Academy Preschool in Lacey, it provides child-care, preschool and other programs for children 6 weeks old to 10 years of age. Bayer, 21, who has worked at the school for about a year, said she earns $16 per hour, just 26 cents per hour more than Washington state’s minimum wage of $15.74 per hour. When she was hired, she claims she was told the school raises tuition every six months so that those increases can be passed on to staff in the form of higher wages, but that hasn’t happened, she said.

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Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-ask-supreme-court-block-100050322.html

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A story to boost the morale of a broken country.

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Seen in Arizona yesterday ...

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Arizona’s Booming Tech Future: TSMC Invests $100 Billion in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Arizona is solidifying its reputation as a leader in semiconductor manufacturing with a game-changing $100 billion investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). This massive expansion will boost U.S. chip production, create thousands of jobs, and strengthen America’s role in global technology. A Major Win for Arizona’s Economy Arizona Congressman Abe Hamadeh recently celebrated…

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"Doctors and women now have the final say about when an abortion should be performed, after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge struck down the state’s 15-week ban following last year’s vote to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona Constitution. 

Two local OB-GYNs and the Arizona chapter of Planned Parenthood took the state to court over the ban late last year. The trio argued that the 2022 law, which prohibited abortions after its gestational deadline unless a patient was facing death or the impairment of a major bodily function, should be struck down because voters in November [2024] overwhelmingly decided to make the procedure a fundamental right via Proposition 139. 

Judge Frank Moskowitz agreed, writing in a two-page ruling that the 15-week law is instantly nullified and no one will ever be able to carry out its punishments. The law threatened doctors who violated it with up to two years in prison. 

“(The state of Arizona), its respective agents, officers, employees, successors, and all persons acting in concert with each or any of them are hereby immediately and permanently and forever enjoined and restrained from implementing, enforcing, or giving any effect to (the 2022 law),” reads Moskowitz’s order. 

The 15-week ban directly conflicted with Prop. 139, because the voter-approved constitutional provisions explicitly allow abortions to be performed to the point of fetal viability, generally regarded to be around 23 to 24 weeks. It also includes a carveout for abortions beyond that point if a doctor deems one is necessary to preserve a patient’s life, physical or mental health. 

Abortion rights advocates celebrated the ruling, which has been long-awaited and represents the first win in tearing down Arizona’s many hostile abortion laws. More than two dozen anti-abortion laws remain on the books, including laws that mandate a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion can be performed and forbid the use of telehealth to prescribe the abortion pill. Each of those will likely need to be individually challenged in court. 

Dr. Paul Isaacson, one of the OB-GYNs involved in the lawsuit and the co-owner of a private abortion clinic in the Phoenix area, said the ruling restores his ability to offer his patients critical care without worrying about being criminalized for it. 

“For nearly three years, my hands were tied because of this cruel ban,” he said in a written statement. “It is a relief to no longer have to turn away patients from essential health care.”"

-via Arizona Mirror, March 5, 2025

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