Jessica Swarner
Content Producer
is the content producer for The Copper Courier. She is an ASU alumna and previously worked at KTAR News 92.3 FM in Phoenix.
Most poll workers in Arizona are retirees in their 60s and 70s who are at elevated risk for COVID-19, so younger volunteers are stepping up to help.
A group of undocumented youth are working to get 25,000 people to the polls to vote in the November election — because they can't.
Some teachers have received minimal supplies, including one bottle of cleaning spray per educator and a small number of face coverings.
Arizona's student-to-counselor ratio is the worst in the nation, with only one counselor for every 905 students.
Additional unemployment insurance benefits were approved by Congress in March, but thousands of Arizonans are still waiting for help.
While local leaders urged residents to avoid crowds, Sen. Martha McSally invited donors to join her for tacos and "martha-ritas."
The immigration status of Nearly 7,000 DACA recipients in Arizona who have been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic is at risk.