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Saguaro Signal desk
Border policy, housing, water, infrastructure, and Arizona's rapid growth.
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Lawmakers swimming upstream as restrictions loom
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The latest housing numbers don’t look good. According to HUD data, home construction in Arizona has fallen to its lowest rate since the start of the pandemic. The post Arizona needs to break Its housing stalemate first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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More transparency, community engagement and ratepayer protections could help allay growing concerns over data center development. The post State Affairs Insider: Experts stress data center transparency first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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PHOENIX – Advanced analytics have led to heightened player development with top prospects getting multi-year contract extensions earlier than ever. Former players explain how and why things have changed since they played while offering perspective on MLB’s future.
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Revenue grew more than 27% for private prison operator CoreCivic as the Tennessee company profited from contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that support the Trump administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda, according to a shareholders’ report released last week. Revenue from ICE, alone,...
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Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics — from arresting academics at airports to setting up a checkpoint at a popular creek in a National Forest — to boost their arrest numbers, leading to more arrests in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration. Though it is striving to fulfill the...
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A Phoenix grand jury filed 158 counts against 21 alleged gun traffickers after a two-year probe, as related plea deals reveal Arizona's retail market feeding Mexico-bound smuggling via straw purchases.
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Border Patrol says three unlawfully present Romanian nationals with ties to transnational crime were caught near San Miguel, the second such case in a week. The result is clear; the follow-through is what matters now.
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Arizona is usually offered two choices on immigration: accept illegal migration or demand more enforcement. The post Kelly’s visa bill gives Arizona a third option on immigration first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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HHS plans a $150 million legal-services award to a small Texas firm with no immigration specialty. Advocates warn the move could harm unaccompanied minors, including hundreds in Arizona, and demand transparency on capacity and outcomes.
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Lawmakers and water officials in Arizona, California and Nevada pushed back against proposed reductions to withdrawal allowances from the drought-stricken Colorado River. The post Lower Basin states brace for Colorado River cuts first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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AG Kris Mayes won't commit to defending Prop. 314 as lawsuits advance, leaving police and border communities waiting on funding, training, and clear rules even as a federal judge declined to block the voter-approved law.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin this weekend implored states and cities to cooperate with federal immigration officials, which he said would lead to safer and lower-profile arrests and deportations. Speaking to a group of Democratic and Republican governors gathered for the...
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After the latest round of political scrutiny threatened to derail its mission, the leader of an important and unique part of Tucson’s economic development wants not just to keep the momentum going, but to expand its scope. The post Fletcher McCusker: Surviving Arizona’s budget process first appeared on Arizona...
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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...
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A federal judge blocked the bid to cut immigration appeals to 10 days, but faster-case directives still shape daily life in Eloy's courtrooms as attorneys warn of burnout and due-process gaps. Arizona's governor's race adds a rural voice with Andy Biggs tapping Buckeye dairywoman
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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...
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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...
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PHOENIX – Attorneys and former judges say Trump administration policies aimed at efficiency risk limiting fairness.
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PHOENIX – The unchecked price of freedom from immigration detention.
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Championed as one of the most consequential and bipartisan federal housing laws in decades, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act enacted this month makes significant changes across federal housing policy. Included in the 139-page law are a host of provisions that will restrict some institutional investors from...
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The number of cases of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection linked to contaminated water or food that causes severe intestinal issues — has more than doubled to over 4,173 cases across 41 states this week, up from the 1,645 confirmed cases in 34 states reported last week by the federal Centers for Disease Control...
