Former Gov. Doug Ducey officially turned over the governor’s office to Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday, marking a shift in party power at the state’s highest office and the end of a lengthy and consequential era in Arizona politics.
bill: hundreds of thousands of students in l.a. bracing for what could be the first teachers strike in 30 years. union members say they did not receive a new contract offer. they are holding out for smaller classes and more personnel. jonathan hunt is tracking that. jonathan, where do we stand? reporter: good morning, bill. the strike is part of a national movement under the hashtag red for ed. it began in west virginia and has emboldened teachers union. the la strike is the first in 30 years. we are expecting a large picket here at john marshall high school in l.a. what the teachers want is more money in terms of salary. they want smaller class sizes and more nurses, more librarians. they say that the district superintendent, austin buttner, is not negotiating those things in good faith. listen here. buttner says that our
frustration they fear might be contagious especially among youngers voters who are already notorious for not showing up for midterms. you voting for midterms? no. why not? it s too complex. i feel like there s a lot going on. it s easy to research it. there s a lack of interest. we just got back from canvassing. reporter: the young teachers here aren t giving up. they are trying to inspire students about the power of their vote. i have more faith in them than our generation and generations beyond us. i think these kids are frustrated with the overall tone of politics in america. they are like we re going to do something about this whether it s march fast break our lives or black lives matter or red for ed. the youth vote will matter. i think it could flip the state. reporter: so far here in arizona almost a almost 18 to
in fact, here in arizona 200,000 more young people have registered than the last midterm elections. now the question is are they going to turn out to vote especially after a really controversial supreme court decision? what do we want? reporter: it was a red wave of teachers crashing into arizona s capital that caught the nation s attention in was a different kind of red. a red for ed. show me what democracy looks like. this is what democracy looks like. reporter: in april we watched as educators marched, demanding more funding for the classrooms and singing about coming back to vote. we will be back to vote in november it was something that i ve never seen before. it was overwhelming but it was like exciting at the same time to see we finally have a voice. reporter: thousands of them millennials just starting their careers in teaching. like friends who helped collect some of the staggering 270,000