By Annika Good and Amelia CooneyManzanita City Reporters On June 7th, after leaving the lunch hall, Girls State citizens headed to the state hall, nervously anticipating their next guest speaker. As they chatted amongst themselves, Governor Ester Marish grabbed everyone’s
Breakfast and Barnstorming
By Juliana Li and Sydney SchurzOcotillo City Reporters On Wednesday morning, the night after Meet the Candidates, the patio was colorfully decorated with posters galore! Delegates were abuzz with excitement, because it was finally election day for County and State!
Arizona Governor comes to town
By Gargee Tamboli and Delia RileyPinon City Reporters Throughout the week, we’ve had the pleasure of hearing from many Girls State alumni, from our JCs and past Girls Nation delegates to Governor Katie Hobbs. The program has its good reputation
Doers, Thinkers, and Dreamers
By Jordan Casey Juniper City Reporter Today I had the absolute entertainment of witnessing county and state elections. I enjoyed every step of the process and hearing all of the girls give marvelous, well-oriented speeches for their position. As I
“Why County Government”
By Sania Patel and Payton RobbinsYucca City Reporters To start off our day, the members of the Girls State program attended a lecture from Lisa Matthews, the current Assistant to the County Administrator in Pima County. During the meeting, she
CHOLLA RISING TO THE TOP
Starry Hopkins and Sarah KibbeyCholla City Reporters The citizens of Cholla City are making great strides to rise to the top of the ranks. Today all the citizens of Supai county met up together to decide nominations for various county
Meet the “Syc” Officials of Sycamore
By Gabby Comer and Elyse GonzalesSycamore City Reporters After a very close election on Monday afternoon, Sycamore City elected the Mayor and City Council. Isabella Nickolls was elected Mayor. Sycamore City MayorIsabella Nickolls “I am excited to work with the
Special guest speaker at Arizona Girls State
By Reidiny AguirreSaguaro City Reporter Today, the incredible speaker, Lisa Matthews, came down to talk to the women of Girl State discussing “Why County Government?”. She graciously answered many of our citizens’ questions through genuine discussion. Then, goes into depth
Rally the Valley…except it’s Tuscon!
By Sydney SchurzOcotillo City Reporter It was a dark and stormy night on the University of Arizona Campus. Well, to be more specific, it wasn’t a regular storm. It was a storm of thundering rally-ers! Our first political rally took
The Breakfast Club
By Jordan CaseyJuniper City Reporter Everyone knows the famous movie: The Breakfast Club. In a quick summary, the movie is about how five high school students meet in Saturday detention and they discover they have a lot more in common