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Saguaro Signal desk
Cities, counties, school boards, and the state decisions that land closest to home — including Capitol, elections, and border coverage.
Includes Local Government plus State Capitol, Elections, and Border & Growth coverage.
Capitol
Border
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 .
Elections
Arizona law already forbids trans girls from joining school sports teams that align with their gender identity, but Republican lawmakers want voters to ban them from school locker rooms and private sports leagues, too. In November, voters will decide the fate of the “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act”, also known...
Elections
At a Thursday commemoration, speakers celebrated the Voting Rights Act's legacy and warned of efforts to roll it back following recent Supreme Court rulings, Arizona Mirror reported.
Capitol
NY Times star scolds state for SNAP reductions with no context only heartstrings
Border
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.
Capitol
After a 51-44 vote described as a divisive fight over vaccine policy, Dr. Erica Schwartz takes the CDC helm. The test for Arizona now is not the rhetoric but whether guidance arrives on time, in plain English, and with receipts.
Local
Olympic gold and the PWHL are fueling a surge in Arizona girls' hockey. With two new rinks slated and more growth coming, cities need clear, public ice-time rules before the schedules turn political.
Capitol
U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics released Friday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. “There’s no sugarcoating the overarching message in the July...
Elections
Junelle Cavero's House campaign made Brianna Westbrook its top payee. In July, Phoenix police charged Westbrook after an alleged knife-and-duct-tape break-in. Cavero still has not explained the money or the judgment.
Elections
No Labels' Teri Ann Hourihan tapped Angela Harrolle Mohan ahead of Friday's deadline, using the moment to fault Gov. Katie Hobbs for APS-friendly "securitization" that critics say could extend coal plants. Here's the fiscal angle for ratepayers.
Elections
Rep. Junelle Cavero's 2024 House committee paid Brianna Westbrook $14,000, its largest check. In July 2026, Phoenix police charged Westbrook with felony burglary and aggravated assault after an alleged knife-and-duct-tape break-in. Westbrook called it a planned BDSM scene. The alleged victim told police she never agreed.
Border
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 .
Capitol
WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday. The Senate confirmed, 51-44, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the national public health agency within the Department of Health and Human...
Capitol
I spent years in the Arizona Legislature fighting for the people who too often get left out of the conversation. The post The health system Arizona’s working families can count on first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Capitol
Public-school budgets rose after universal ESAs. The scholarship moves state formula aid with the child, not local taxes, not federal dollars, and not the Classroom Site Fund.
Elections
Democrats hold advantages across the ballot, but older and more motivated voters favor Republicans
Capitol
Capitol
Capitol
Elections
No public evidence links Hobbs to rate hikes as a pre-election decision looms
Capitol
Angela Harrolle Mohan, a registered independent, spent more than a decade as CEO of The 100 Club, a nonprofit. The post No Labels’ Hourihan names running mate first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
The only Green Party candidates who made it onto Arizona’s primary ballot for governor and secretary of state, and who the party disavowed as frauds, won their races against Green Party-backed write-in candidates. In the July 21 Primary Election, Risa Lombardo took the governor’s race with 430 votes to Green...
