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Prop 320, Yuma poll workers, remembering Dolores Huerta, water customers upset and Mayors' Bike Ride

By Sisko J. Stargazer,

Adelina Villalobos, Carmen Márquez, Victor Calderón, Public Radio Runner

Published November 1, 2026 at 12:41 PM MST

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In this week's Arizona Edition, Election Day in the 2026 Midterm Elections is Tuesday.

Education Solutions Reporter Sisko Stargazer informs you on Proposition 320 in Arizona. If it passes, it would require covered districts to spend at least 60 percent of their operational budget on direct instructional expenses.

Then KAWC student reporter Adelina Villalobos speaks with poll workers in Yuma.

Next, an Arizona Western College professor remembers Dolores Huerta, the farmworker rights leader who passed away Wednesday. KAWC reporter Carmen Marquez has that report.

Also, some customers of Cactus State in Yuma County are upset. They say the water company and the Arizona Corporation Commission that regulates state utlity rates are ignoring their concerns about sky high water bills, faulty meter readings and uranium in the water. KAWC reporter Victor Calderón attended a public meeting Wednesday and spoke with water customers.

And finally, we take you along for the Mayors' International Bike Ride, which starts in Yuma and goes through Somerton, Gadsden and San Luis, Ariz. before ending in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico.

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Sisko J. Stargazer

<b>Sisko J. Stargazer</b> is an award-winning education solutions reporter for KAWC in sunny Yuma, Arizona, where they also help with the KAWC Student Newsroom. Their 2025 coverage of Arizona school facilities funding earned a first-place Digital Writing award from the Public Media Journalists Association, and their reporting has been featured on NPR’s national newscast.

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Adelina Villalobos

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Carmen Márquez

Carmen Márquez is a Mexican-American journalist born and raised in Yuma. For almost a decade she worked in national TV and radio focusing on undocumented communities in the United States. She has produced documentary episodes for LWC Studios about Latina health (100 Latina Birthdays podcast.), worked with UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and produced for various outlets including Latinus and Channel 4 News London. She has also co-hosted What's Up Yuma? Radio on KOFA Border Radio.

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Victor Calderón

Victor is originally from West Sacramento, California and has lived in Arizona since 2012. He began his print journalism career in 2004 following his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Victor has been a reporter for the following daily newspapers: The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian and the Reno Gazette-Journal, where he covered stories including agriculture, education and Latino community news. Victor has also served as a local editor for Patch, a national news organization with hyperlocal websites, in Carmichael, Calif. in the Sacramento area. He also served as the editor for The New Vision, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which includes Yuma and La Paz counties. Victor lives in Yuma. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and following most sports.

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Public Radio Runner

Host and producer for Bonus Smiles

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