Elections
Arizona's GOP Primary Is a Test of Addition, Not Just Volume
The Biggs-Schweikert primary is really an argument about whether Arizona Republicans can turn intensity into a statewide majority.
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Opinion
Arizona has weeks to lock down rural health dollars. Show the plan now.
Billions for rural health are on the table. Miss August and October deadlines, and Arizona’s share can be clawed back. North Dakota is sprinting. Is Arizona even stretching? Show the plan now.
Courts
Arizona Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Proposition 145
Legal Fight Tests Legislature’s Plan to Neutralize Prop. 212 The post Arizona Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Proposition 145 appeared first on Arizona Globe .
Capitol
Rise in US preteen suicide rate alarms mental health experts
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the U.S. suicide and crisis lifeline, or access online chat at 988lifeline.org. For months, Marie’s 11-year-old daughter wasn’t acting like herself. The fifth grader was often fatigued, sleeping more. She wasn’t eating enough, and spent more...
Opinion
Two Arizonas: Subsidizing the wealthy while bureaucratizing hunger
When public policies reveal a double standard, it is rarely subtle. In Arizona today, two state decisions operating side by side present a stark moral and financial paradox: we have made it effortless for high-income families to access state subsidies for private education, while simultaneously constructing...
Capitol
States scramble to secure rural health fund allocations
It’s crunch time for states seeking to take advantage of a once-in-a-generation federal rural health grant program, state health officials and rural health experts said here last week. The post States scramble to secure rural health fund allocations first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Border
Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds
New estimates put the U.S. undocumented immigrant population in mid-2024 at 14.6 million to 15.8 million, a sharp increase from around 11 million in the 2010s. Since then the non-citizen population has likely dropped, but the number is unclear since immigrants facing hostility are reluctant to cooperate with...
Elections
Biggs Picks Sine Kerr as Arizona’s First Lt. Governor Running Mate
Former state senator brings rural, agricultural and water-policy experience to historic GOP ticket The post Biggs Picks Sine Kerr as Arizona’s First Lt. Governor Running Mate appeared first on Arizona Globe .
Elections
Biggs Picks Sine Kerr as Arizona’s First Lt. Governor Running Mate
Former state senator brings rural, agricultural and water-policy experience to historic GOP ticket The post Biggs Picks Sine Kerr as Arizona’s First Lt. Governor Running Mate appeared first on Arizona Globe .
Elections
Hobbs seeks renewal as competence questions and a 911 funding rethink test Arizona’s governing class
As Gov. Katie Hobbs seeks four more years, a State 48 News analysis flags management, ethics and affordability trouble spots while a Capitol Times op-ed urges a sober relook at 911 funding. The next term will turn on execution in a divided government that still has to deliver.
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