For Immediate Release
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Contact: Hannah Goss, hgoss@azdem.org
WHAT THEY’VE BEEN READING: A Year in Arizona Headlines Since Biden Took Office
PHOENIX — Despite taking office during a global pandemic and corresponding economic crisis, President Joe Biden and his administration accomplished an enormous amount during his first year in office — and Arizonans read all about it in their local papers over the last year.
See below for a month-by-month breakdown of local headlines that Arizonans saw about how President Joe Biden delivered for their cities and towns, families and children, and schools and small businesses.
JANUARY
- Arizona Republic: ‘A new day in America’: Arizona’s politicians react to Biden-Harris inauguration
- Arizona Mirror: Biden administration unveils boost to state COVID-19 vaccine shipments
- Arizona Republic: President Joe Biden’s message of unity was what I needed to hear
- CBS Phoenix: Biden signs executive orders on climate change, coronavirus
FEBRUARY
- Arizona Republic: Joe Biden can pass COVID relief and still unify our nation
- Arizona Mirror: Biden’s executive orders on climate change bring welcome optimism
- Arizona Republic: Take it from a nurse: Biden’s American Rescue Plan is long overdue
MARCH
- Arizona Republic: Democrats pass $1.9T COVID-19 aid plan on party-line vote; Arizona could get $16B
- NBC Phoenix: Arizona gets $2.5 billion for education in new relief package for back-to-school needs
- Cronkite News: Tribes welcome COVID-19 relief funds, say deep-rooted problems remain
- Phoenix Business Journal: New Covid stimulus bill means $500 million for Arizona restaurants
APRIL
- Arizona Mirror: Biden to order $15-an-hour minimum wage for federal contract workers
- Arizona Public Media: Tribal nations: changes coming with the American Rescue Plan and a new federal administration
- FOX Phoenix: Biden address to Congress: President pushes policy goals, says US ‘turning peril into possibility’
MAY
- ABC Phoenix: Affordable Care Act sign-ups continued surge in Arizona, U.S. in April
- KJZZ: American Rescue Plan: Here’s How Much Arizona Cities And Counties Will Get
- FOX Phoenix: Restaurants in Arizona can apply for federal grant money for pandemic relief
- ABC Phoenix: Navajo Nation receives $1.8 billion through American Rescue Plan
JUNE
- NBC Phoenix: Phoenix Sky Harbor to receive $158 million in federal economic relief funds
- ABC Phoenix: 1 in 4 new Arizona customers able to get health plans for under $10/month
- Arizona Republic: Free COVID-19 testing program for Arizona K-12 schools to begin in fall
JULY
- Arizona Republic: The pandemic would be a lot worse for Arizona veterans if it wasn’t for federal relief
- NBC Tucson: Arizona families receive child tax credit
- Cronkite News: Direct child tax credit checks start for thousands of Arizona families
- Arizona Mirror: The future looks bright to my solar business, thanks to Joe Biden
AUGUST
- Arizona Capitol Times: American Rescue Plan lifesaver for disability community
- Arizona Republic: Arizona renters safe from most evictions under new Biden eviction moratorium
- Arizona Republic: Senate passes $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in win for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
SEPTEMBER
- Arizona Mirror: Biden’s American Rescue Plan is working for Arizona
- Cronkite News: Expanded Child Tax Credit program did a ‘world of good,’ politicians say
- CBS Phoenix: Pres. Biden approves disaster relief for 3 Arizona counties hit by flooding
- Yuma Sun: Guest Column: Tax cut is lifesaver for working families, but especially here in Yuma
OCTOBER
- Arizona Republic: Biden set to reinstitute federal protections for Bears Ears land
- KTAR: Arizona education chief says federal COVID funds ‘essential’ for safe schools
- FOX Phoenix: Biden administration to speed up at-home COVID-19 test authorization
NOVEMBER
- KTAR: White House offering more aid for winter heat, utility bills
- Cronkite News: Arizonans on hand as Biden signs bill worth billions in state projects
- Arizona Public Media: What does Arizona get out of the infrastructure bill?
- Cronkite News: Tribal leaders welcome return of White House meetings after four years
- Arizona Daily Star: $100M in grants aim to boost broadband access across Arizona
DECEMBER
- NBC Phoenix: Biden to send increased hospital support to Arizona; announce free at-home COVID-19 test plan
- KTAR: Arizona’s airports to get nearly $70 million from infrastructure law in first year
- NBC Arizona: Billions of dollars coming to Arizona to improve infrastructure
- Daily Independent: Tribes benefit big from infrastructure bill
JANUARY
- FOX Phoenix: Biden: US to make 1 billion at-home COVID-19 tests free for Americans
- KJZZ: Arizona airports get millions more in federal relief funds
- NBC Phoenix: US awards $1.6M to 2 Arizona tribes for COVID relief
- Arizona Republic: Biden administration announces 10-year, $3 billion push to tackle growing wildfire threat
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