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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
WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. service members killed as a result of the Iran conflict, the two chambers of Congress were at odds over whether to rein in the president’s military powers in the monthslong war. While members of the U.S....
Elections
Kimberly Yee's reported 55 percent lead over Tom Horne with a margin above 32,000 votes came despite heavier spending against her, including a nearly $200,000 out-of-state ad that used racial imagery, according to the Arizona Globe. The money did not buy a lead, and the pass-thru
Capitol
Yee has built a commanding lead over incumbent Horne at 55%
Elections
After three failed preemption pushes and a raft of lawsuits, builders, landlords and mobile home operators poured money into Arizona's primaries, backing legislative allies and Warren Petersen for AG. The checks are big. The results voters want will come only if November winners,
Elections
Housing interests were some of the biggest players in Arizona’s primary elections, spending heavily in statewide and legislative races as the industry hopes to shape affordability and development policies in the coming years. The post Housing industry becomes big financial force in Arizona election first appeared...
Elections
Five legislative contests clarified by the primary now look decisive for control of the narrowly divided Arizona House and Senate in November.
Elections
Key points: Several key general election races are already taking shape after Tuesday’s primary election Incumbent candidates in competitive districts led their primary races after initial primary results Both Republican […] The post The races that will decide the balance of power in the Legislature first appeared...
Border
Immigration arrests reached 1,593 per day in early July in a new push to detain and deport immigrants that has led to deaths in traffic stops. There were more than 43,000 arrests in June, the highest recorded by the Trump administration, according to statistics released Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
Border
A federal stay in Texas keeps three immigrants detained and offers a rare boost to Trump's policy, as Arizona's campaigns and courts tee up the next round of border and enforcement fights.
Local
Arizona districts are paying premium rates for contracted teachers, with opaque pricing and big-market vendors raising fresh transparency questions for local boards.
Elections
Maricopa County’s first Native American justice of the peace, Deborah Ann Begay, is facing charges of judicial misconduct for a complaint that she used her status as a judge to obtain special treatment for a friend’s son. Begay, who is Navajo, worked as a justice of the peace for the Moon Valley precinct of the […]
Elections
A look back at the interviews, exclusives, and investigations that defined our 2026 primary coverage.
Elections
The stage is finally set for Congressman Andy Biggs to take on Gov. Katie Hobbs in November after he sailed through the Republican primary on July 21. The post Arizona governor’s race kicks off with battle over affordability, bipartisanship first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Arizona voters, the Republican-led state legislature is so scared of you having a voice in how your tax dollars are spent that they will resort to trickery, deceit, and downright unconstitutional behavior in order to void your vote on the Protect Education Act — a citizen’s initiative to reform Arizona’s $1 billion...
Capitol
Hobbs and Biggs must name running mates by Sept. 4. With the role largely undefined, their choices will determine whether Arizona gets efficiency or another layer of bureaucracy, and taxpayers will foot the bill either way.
Capitol
The website provides a point-by-point list of what people can do when confronted by ICE agents. The post Judicial Watch sues Gov. Katie Hobbs over Arizona ICE rights website first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
House Republicans jammed voter ID to a curb on congressional stock trading. Clever politics, sloppy governing. Arizona has its own trust test: concede the AG primary and make the case to voters.
Elections
Arizona’s primary voters have picked the candidates they want to see on the ballot in November. Now the top-of-the-ticket contenders have decisions of their own: choosing who should become the state’s first lieutenant governor. The post The decision after the decision: Who will be Arizona’s first lieutenant...
Elections
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans passed a measure to curb stock trading by members of Congress that was packaged with an unrelated voter ID bill, part of President Donald Trump’s push for major federal involvement in elections. The legislation passed by a vote of 232-198. All Republicans and 13 Democrats voted...
Elections
Gov. Katie Hobbs banned Arizona executive branch employees from using nonpublic information to wager on prediction markets, as a federal judge blocked the state's criminal case against Kalshi. The shift puts ethics enforcement, not prosecutions, at the center of Arizona's next-m0
Elections
Glassman support will be crucial as Arizona heads into general election
Capitol
At least seven governors have banned state employees from using insider information to place bets, as questions around ethics and insider trading continue to hound prediction market operators. The post 7 govs have banned state employees from prediction market wagering first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Homeland Security's threats to jail election officials over noncitizen voters lack a clear legal path, experts told Cronkite News. Arizona's recent court wins and audit history point to federal overreach, not imminent prosecutions.
Border
WASHINGTON — A supermajority of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus has asked Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to deploy body cameras to all federal immigration officers, following deadly shootings of immigrants in Texas and Maine. In a July 19 letter addressed to Mullin, 38 Senate Democrats and Maine’s...
