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Saguaro Signal desk
Border policy, housing, water, infrastructure, and Arizona's rapid growth.
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When Arizona business leaders talk about our state's economic future, the conversation usually turns to jobs, water, workforce development, infrastructure and our ability to compete for new investment. The post Arizona’s economy starts with our youngest children first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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WASHINGTON — Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communities. The nonpartisan Government...
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In politics, it often feels as though common ground is in short supply. But in Arizona, a bedrock principle continues to bridge our deepest political divides: the fundamental duty to steward our public lands and protect the water that makes life in the desert possible. The post Conservation Is a conservative...
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The water situation this year has been bad, and next year could be worse
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PHOENIX – Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, 84, was remembered for decades of public service and a major role in Western water policy, including the 2004 settlement that resolved longstanding Gila River disputes.
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Four in 10 pediatricians reported kids in immigrant families are avoiding coming in for healthcare out of concerns around immigration status, according to a new survey published Tuesday. More than 1,600 pediatricians responded between April and June to the survey by American Academy of Pediatrics researchers. In...
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Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t...
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States, cities and counties filed a pair of lawsuits Monday challenging new federal rules that will allow immigrants’ use of safety net resources to be taken into account for green cards and other applications to stay in or enter the country. The new federal policy goes into effect Friday and broadens the...
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PHOENIX — CAP board members aired concerns over federal plans cutting nearly half of Arizona’s Colorado River access, doubting the system can meet post-2026 two-year recovery targets for Lake Mead.
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WASHINGTON – Water researchers say data centers are not causing Arizona’s Colorado River shortage, but rapid growth, limited water-use data and rising power demand are fueling calls for more transparency as the state faces steep cuts.
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WASHINGTON – The Colorado River cuts ordered by the Bureau of Reclamation didn’t hit most Arizona farmers. But if the drought forces deeper cuts, water supply will likely be pinched in Yuma, which produces most of the nation’s green vegetables during the winter.
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PHOENIX – Katie Hobbs and Andy Biggs' approaches to border security give insight into how the rivals for Arizona governor are trying to attract centrists, while distancing themselves from their parties’ hardliners.
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Wall construction revives a long-running clash
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Federal officials have apparently chosen a company with no experience conducting environmental reviews to perform one for a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Surprise. The post DHS says environmental review of Surprise ICE facility is progressing first appeared on Arizona Capitol...
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As Arizona responds to cuts to the state’s Colorado River allocation, the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority must find new, reliable water sources. The post WIFA Director Chelsea McGuire: Finding Arizona’s water solutions first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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In Minnesota, an elementary schooler has gone without surgery to treat a rare, life-threatening neck infection that isn’t responding to antibiotics. Another young child can’t use their hearing aids because the family ran out of batteries and hasn’t come to get replacements. Yet another child’s cochlear implant...
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With Arizona facing Colorado River cuts, the region’s water experts are turning to both short-term reserves and long-term alternatives to prepare for a drier future. The post Arizona prepares for deeper Colorado River water cuts first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Valentina was in her cell at Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center when, shortly following an afternoon headcount in June, a corrections officer came for her. With the guard by her side, she was led to an office where a wheelchair and several other officers were waiting. They patted her down, shackled her wrists behind...
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Indigenous groups are irate with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, a Cherokee and only the second Native American cabinet member, after masked agents forced their way onto Tohono O'odham land to facilitate border wall construction.
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Interior Secretary James Burgum has just ordered a drastic and punitive reduction in Arizona’s share of the Colorado River. We must now respond both by preparing for possible litigation, and by accelerating our efforts to develop new in-state water supplies. The post Butler Valley: A water transfer basin ready for...
