Saguaro Signal — Arizona politics, policy, and elections

Capitol

Charges Added Against Former Cottonwood Teacher for Child Sexual Abuse

Capitol

Surprise Police Looking for Other Victims of Party Promoter Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen

Capitol

Blue Alert Issued for Suspect in the Killing of Tucson Police Recruit

Elections

Mayes declines to prosecute Hobbs for Sunshine Residential bribery accusations

Attorney General Kris Mayes says there’s no evidence that Gov. Katie Hobbs broke the law when her administration awarded a pay increase to a foster care provider that donated more than $400,000 to her political campaign. Two years ago, an Arizona Republic investigation found that Sunshine Residential Homes received...

Elections

Supreme Court leaves Prop 144 on ballot, allows Fontes summary

Arizona's high court kept Prop. 144 on the November ballot and declined to order Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to rewrite his summary, leaving a multi-part GOP election amendment and the state-crafted description intact for voters.

Border

‘All hands on deck’ for immigration gutted fentanyl investigations, report says

WASHINGTON — Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators...