Live Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 Election Day 2026: Live from Arizona and Colorado LOOKOUT reporters are filing dispatches all day
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Over five months of conversations, a trans Phoenician, a rural New Mexico progressive, a conservative Colorado dad, a Utah labor organizer and a disillusioned Nevada independent found more common ground than the partisan noise suggests
In the final episode of Hate State: The tactics behind 1992’s Amendment 2 never went away, and next week’s votes on a trans sports ban and a ban on gender-affirming care for minors could make Colorado the first blue state to pass such measures.
Protect Kids Colorado is pushing two ballot measures in the name of children. The young people they would govern say their voices have been left out.
Shane Anderson described his mother physically isolating and verbally abusing him after he came out as gay, as well as making threats to other school-aged youth.
The trailblazing performer reflects on Arizona, queer identity, fearless humor and the landscapes that shaped her.
Growing up in the West taught me that being a cowboy has less to do with how you look and more to do with who you show up for.
A neighboring property owner to Barracks Bar Phoenix wants a judge to undo the state's approval of its liquor license, putting the future of a community leather space in continued limbo.
Two zine organizers in Colorado and Arizona talk on the politics of self-publishing across borders and how zines — especially in a world where zines are grounds for prosecution — are just as important today as they were decades ago.
After a raid, a seven-hour standoff and the felling of four cottonwoods, activists say they’re staying put. Overnight, agents moved on the last tree-sitter in Mexico.
Border Patrol agents arrested people protecting the tree Monday morning, ending a months-long protest.
A whistleblower says the warden didn’t make a federally required disclosure. Now the company is turning the Arizona prison into an ICE jail.
The report shows a highly detailed plan of attack against gay men, and a manifesto that planned to kill as many of them as possible.
The state’s official tally says 677 young people lack housing. Advocates say that number misses thousands living on couches, moving between shelters and trying to stay hidden.
When the libraries close and the cooling centers shut down, there’s nowhere left to hide from the heat. Six Phoenix residents told us how they survive the night on the streets.
Council makes sweeping restrictions on harm reduction outreach and food distribution at city parks — a move critics say will cost lives.
At a public hormone injection event in Tucson, participants challenged stigma and growing political attacks on gender-affirming care.
Una ola de letreros en el área metropolitana de Phoenix afirma que los demócratas apoyan a Andy Biggs. La letra pequeña apunta a un grupo de activismo conservador.
Una carta de CBP obtenida por LOOKOUT revela planes para una estación de la Patrulla Fronteriza de 87 acres en el sur de Arizona que, según la agencia, ayudará a aumentar los arrestos.
En Venture-N, amigos de Cameron Capara y Vincent Siqueiros regresaron para llorar, recordar y recuperar el lugar que consideran su hogar.
Más de 1,000 personas llenaron Catalina Park el miércoles para recordar a Cameron Capara y Vincent Siqueiros y llamar la atención sobre la violencia contra las personas LGBTQ+ y la violencia armada.
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