Retirement Security
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One of AARA’s Partners, Arizonans for Clean Energy, has a New Website
April 17, 2023: Please visit the new website for great news updates on Arizona environmental news. Arizonans for Clean Energy...Read more >
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Weatherization Assistance Program
October 05, 2022: The Weatherization Assistance Program aims to reduce utility bills for income-eligible households. An additional benefit is improving the health and safety of the residents of the home. This is a national program through the Department of Energy. w...Read more >
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Internet Assistance Available from the FCC
August 16, 2022: Great opportunity to get a discount on your internet being offered by the Federal Communications Commission! Check out the flyer and go to the FCC website to get the full information. ...Read more >
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AARA Challenges Arizona SB 1260
August 16, 2022: The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities USA and Voto Latino announced a legal challenge to Arizona SB 1260. The bill radically alters Arizona’s voting laws by threatening the ability of Arizonans to cast a ballot if they have previou...Read more >
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Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities USA and Voto Latino Challenge Arizona Voter Suppression Law
August 16, 2022: SB 1260 creates additional avenues to purge voters from the rolls and allows for the further criminalization of voters who attempt to assist those voting by mail. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities U...Read more >
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New Retiree Voting Record Report Released
February 17, 2022: Scores Congress on Votes Cast during Pandemic’s Second Year Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2021 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security is...Read more >
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HISTORIC VOTE: U.S. House Passes Build Back Better Act to Lower Health Care and Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Cut Pollution that Causes Climate Change
November 19, 2021: Dora Vasquez, Executive Director of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement after the U.S. House passed President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBB), sending the sweeping health care, jobs and climate legislative...Read more >
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Arizona Retirees Cheer House Action to Lower the Price of Health Care, Prescription Drugs, and Create Good Paying Jobs
November 19, 2021: Saundra Cole, President of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. House passage of the Build Back Better Act: (Phoenix) — “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Gallego, Grijalva, Kirkpatri...Read more >
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Retirees Applaud House Passage of Build Back Better Act that Lowers Drug Costs, Funds Home Care, Adds Guaranteed Hearing Benefit to Medicare
November 19, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, in the U.S. House: “The Alliance for Retired Americans applauds the House passage o...Read more >
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Senator Sinema Must Oppose the TRUST Act
February 12, 2021: Last week, Senator Kyrsten Sinema voted in favor of an amendment that paves the way for cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The amendment is based on Senator Mitt Romney’s TRUST Act bill, which would create “Rescue Committees” charged with...Read more >