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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.
Elections
Most incumbents advanced, but progressives ousted Democratic Reps. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton and Lydia Hernandez in safe blue districts, trading a veteran budget negotiator for new left-flank voices. A new optional ballot drop-off with ID drew more than 6,000 users in Pima, hintng
Capitol
Kaylie Ray came to a Senate Education Committee hearing to describe forfeiting a match. Sen. Catherine Miranda opened her response by assessing Ray's build, then questioned her competitiveness. The exchange went national within a day, and Miranda's office has never commented.
Elections
Hobbs declined a head-to-head with Biggs, who now says he will attend an Oct. 6 Clean Elections debate. With abortion polling and DHS's election-season assurance on ICE in the background, Arizona voters are being asked to accept more message control and fewer unscripted tests.
Border
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
Elections
Biggs' pick of Sine Kerr signals a rural-water focus while Arizona stares at a potential $208 million SNAP cost share and a data-center subsidy hangover. The next administration's math on error rates, utility cost shifts, and WIFA outcomes will decide who pays.
Capitol
Gov. Katie Hobbs says she will not debate GOP challenger Andy Biggs, repeating her 2022 tactic and shifting the contest to parallel events and documents. Voters lose a side-by-side test, so both tickets now owe Arizona detailed plans and unscreened Q and A.
Capitol
Oscar De Los Santos skipped his House ethics hearing. A bipartisan panel — Republicans and Democrats — still found him guilty of breaking three chamber rules. Then his caucus made him minority leader.
Capitol
Opinion | Jeremiah Cota, San Carlos Apache Tribal Member, Laveen, Arizona
Capitol
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
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
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
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...
Capitol
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
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...
Local
Arizona is on the rise. The Grand Canyon State is among the top 10 fastest-growing states in the nation. Our surging population contributes to rising energy demand. Fortunately, proactive planning […] The post Move to modify energy production will benefit Navajo County first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Capitol
Congressman Andy Biggs has selected former state Sen. Sine Kerr to serve as his running mate and potentially Arizona’s first lieutenant governor. The post Biggs taps former Sen. Kerr as his running mate in gubernatorial race first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Andy Biggs, the GOP nominee for governor, picked former state legislator Sine Kerr as his running mate, announcing on Friday that she was his choice for lieutenant governor. Kerr, a dairy farmer from Buckeye, was appointed to the Arizona Senate in 2018 to fill a vacancy. She then went on to win three full terms […]
Elections
For the second election cycle in a row, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is refusing to debate her Republican opponent. Hobbs narrowly won the governor’s seat by about 17,000 votes in 2022 after she declined to share a debate stage with Republican Kari Lake. Now, U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, the winner of the July 21 Republican […]
Elections
Arizonans won't get to see Katie Hobbs and Andy Biggs debate each other before the November general election. The post Katie Hobbs rejects debate with Andy Biggs first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
More than 475,000 Arizonans have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as a result of federal budget cuts last year. The post Arizona’s push to lower SNAP errors reaches people’s daily lives first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Rift reflects greater GOP, Dem approaches to AZ’s data center boom
Elections
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not planning an aggressive campaign at voting sites during the upcoming midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday in response to a States Newsroom inquiry about a letter from U.S. Senate Democrats voicing concerns about armed...
Elections
While most Arizona lawmakers seeking another term appear to have advanced to the general election, a few Democrats were upset in their primary races. The post Few Arizona lawmakers see upsets in their primary races first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
