A Week That Shapes a Lifetime!
By Megan BurkeSaguaro City Reporter As rallies heighten tension between Nationalist and Federalist Party, Saguaro City presents an intriguing perspective to the polarization. Allegra Canelos, Chairman of Federalist Party, and Lindsay Price, Platform Co-Chairman of Nationalist Party, both are delegates
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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