Low-income Arizonans are already dealing with financial stress stemming from the ongoing government shutdown and other federal cuts. Now, they’re also dealing with price hikes on their utility bills.

At a recent town hall in Sun City about this issue, Attorney General Kris Mayes said that electricity prices in Arizona have risen faster in the past two years than in the previous nine. And those costs may get even higher in the coming months.

Kelly McGowan, the executive director of Wildfire AZ, an organization working to end poverty, joined The Show to explain why this is happening.