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
Why Sine Kerr Is the Right Choice for Lieutenant Governor
Opinion | Jeremiah Cota, San Carlos Apache Tribal Member, Laveen, Arizona
Opinion
The feds just put Arizona’s water on the chopping block. Time to negotiate like adults.
Reclamation’s framework threatens to strip up to 77% of Arizona’s Colorado River allocation. Unity, a firm Lower Basin offer, and strict oversight are Arizona’s best leverage before the Record of Decision lands.
Border
The Trump administration’s ‘draconian’ water cuts could gut Arizona’s Colorado River supply
A new federal plan released Friday could mean cuts of up to 77% to Arizona’s share of Colorado River water, in the midst of a 25-year megadrought, something that state leaders say would cause catastrophic harm to the state’s economy. “Such reductions would devastate Arizona’s water users and its economy,” the...
Border
Bid to freeze Arizona’s ‘Secure the Border Act’ fails, but fight isn’t over
An attempt to temporarily block an Arizona law allowing state officials to jail immigrants failed, but there’s still a chance that opponents could pause the law’s implementation — though when that might happen and whether it will be too late to prevent any arrests is unclear. Earlier this month, the Florence...
Elections
Trump defends fund to pay ‘great American Patriots’ who attacked the US Capitol to overturn an election
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his highly criticized, nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund on social media and in a Cabinet meeting Friday, as two key Republican senators withheld support for the president’s nominee for attorney general over Trump’s refusal to formally end the pot...
Courts
Medicaid work rules move forward as judge denies bid from AZ, other states, to halt them
States will have to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, after a federal judge denied 25 Democratic-led states’ request to pause implementation of the rule. The broad tax and spending law President Donald Trump signed last summer, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, requires states that...
Courts
Closed-door justice: Policies and practices area increasingly restricting public access to immigration court
The post Closed-door justice: Policies and practices area increasingly restricting public access to immigration court appeared first on Cronkite News .
Capitol
Arizona facing deep Colorado River cuts under ‘unacceptable’ federal plan
Federal regulators will drastically reduce Colorado River allocations to Lower Basin states, including Arizona, leaving Upper Basin states relatively unscathed. The post Arizona facing deep Colorado River cuts under ‘unacceptable’ federal plan first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight
The auditors trying to learn how a dozen crisis pregnancy centers in Louisiana had spent nearly $1.2 million ultimately could not figure it out. Despite a new law, the state had failed to establish a process for the centers or to track how they spent taxpayer dollars. That was surprising enough, auditors said. But...
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