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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
For months, an erroneous narrative has been afoot in the United States: The advance of artificial intelligence and data centers is to blame for Americans’ soaring electric bills. This storyline creates a convenient bogeyman, yet it masks a more fundamental truth. The post Arizona can be a model for public-private...
Elections
Later this year, voters will decide whether Mexican drug cartels should be labeled terrorist organizations under Arizona law, a classification that critics say will, at best, do nothing and, at worst, be used by a future governor to justify sending military forces to the border. Proposition 317 would declare drug...
Elections
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday declined the Trump administration’s request to overturn the temporary restraining order she signed last week that blocks the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out a rule placing new restrictions on mail-in voting. The 14-day order published Aug. 27 was not appealable, U.S....
Capitol
Thirteen years after she was released from Death Row, Debra Milke was in Phoenix to comfort a friend who is ill. Milke, 62, had been gone for a long while, trying to escape what her therapist called the source of her pain: Arizona. And though she still feels that drag of depression every day when […]
Capitol
Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. The recalls have focused attention on the Trump...
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Capitol
Governors, attorney generals, state lawmakers and candidates for office are joining the growing, bipartisan tempest over Flock cameras. The post Bipartisan revolt against Flock cameras spreads across the states first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
State lawmakers and youth advocates are calling for further social media regulations after the blockbuster, multi-billion-dollar settlement announced this week between state attorneys general and Meta. The post Meta settlement won’t stop legislative push first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Elections
Arizona's Clean Elections Commission will weigh a $4.7 million clawback tied to alleged falsified qualifying donations as Attorney General Kris Mayes faces fresh scrutiny over clearing Gov.
Elections
A 6-3 Supreme Court order lets Trump's mail-ballot directive proceed procedurally, but a separate nationwide injunction and rulemaking keep Arizona's system unchanged for now.
Elections
Arizona's high court kept Prop. 144 on the November ballot and declined to order Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to rewrite his summary, leaving a multi-part GOP election amendment and the state-crafted description intact for voters.
Local
Record viewership and downtown crowds from Phoenix's Women's Final Four cap a yearslong rise that is drawing investors, new teams and even women's sports bars to the Valley.
Capitol
ADI reports Sen. Mike Lee filed the Senate version of Rep. Abe Hamadeh's "Kayleigh's Law" to require permanent no-contact orders for victims of sexual and violent crimes.
Elections
A sworn complaint says Nick Myers and Kevin Thompson reused publicly funded 2022 signs in 2026 without the purchase Clean Elections rules require. Regulators will now decide if taxpayer-funded assets were redeployed offside.
Elections
A new Arizona Mirror report says Arizona's evenly split 6th District is weighing Rep. Juan Ciscomani's reelection against voter sentiment about Donald Trump and alleged fiscal impacts from Trump-era policies.
Elections
A morning of rules and receipts: Mendoza admits an improper homeowner tax credit, Heap risks $370,000 in Clean Elections funds, Fontes keeps his ballot language on a standing ruling, and Hobbs tags Biggs with a 23 percent tax he rejects.
Capitol
Trump asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court halt on his $400 million White House ballroom unless Congress authorizes it, a clean test of who controls the Executive Mansion's build decisions.
Elections
A new Arizona Mirror column ties the Voting Rights Act anniversaries to a simple idea for this fall: neighbors, not noise, protect voting rights. Here is what that means for cities, counties, and civic groups.
Capitol
State auditors say PPCG cost controls were not fully implemented, citing delays that continued to cost the state hundreds of millions. GOP leaders now talk cuts or closure while Hobbs and Mayes defend emergency rulemaking that paused a key tool.
Elections
GOP lawmakers and parents urge the Arizona Supreme Court to restore a proposed constitutional amendment on protecting voucher funds for military families after a trial judge removed it from the ballot.
Capitol
A new CMS rule would bar Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming hormone therapies and procedures for minors, forcing AHCCCS to retool benefits.
