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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
A former Arizona mayor says home construction has sunk to a post-pandemic low and urges leaders to speed permits and balance water rules, not chase scapegoats.
Elections
Prop 318's backers filed complaints over a lookalike website they say mimics their campaign and lacks required disclosures. State offices had not responded to the Globe before publication.
Local
Police say a suspected medical event led to a fatal single-vehicle rollover near 7th Avenue and Portland. The numbers that matter next are response times, costs, and targeted fixes.
Elections
AI moved from committee rooms to campaign stump speeches in 2026. With most voters uneasy about the technology, candidates in multiple states, including Arizona, are rolling out proposals as experts warn against sweeping, one-size-fits-all rules.
Capitol
An en banc voting-law ruling, a voucher ballot fight, and Attorney General Kris Mayes' investigation are shaping Arizona's governor's race more than stump speeches, according to a new Arizona Globe analysis.
Capitol
An Arizona Daily Independent column says advocates sent Gov. Katie Hobbs 70+ meeting requests on planned September Salt River horse removals with no reply, and are building a records trail to press for science, transparency, and accountability.
Elections
With no public polling and a live fight over the Elections Procedures Manual, Arizona's secretary of state race between Adrian Fontes and Alexander Kolodin is a straight test of rulemaking boundaries, data stewardship, and trust.
Elections
In ruby-red LD 14, Mylie Biggs rides name recognition and a small-government pitch while engineer Stephanie Walsh sells private-sector ROI. The real question for taxpayers: where the cuts or costs land, and who shows their math.
Elections
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee added two Arizona legislative targets to its original 15, Arizona Mirror reported, aiming to flip one or both chambers for the first time in 60 years.
Local
Yuma County Sheriff warns of scammers posing as deputies and bondsmen. No bail is taken by phone or app; payments must be in person with cash or a licensed surety bond.
Elections
Hobbs officially picked former Mesa mayor and recent independent John Giles for lieutenant governor, betting on crossover appeal as Republicans call it political theater and press her veto-heavy record.
Local
Experts on a State Affairs Insider panel said cities can defuse data center fights by disclosing power and water impacts early, engaging neighbors before votes, and shielding existing ratepayers.
Elections
Arizona's Clean Elections Commission kept GOP nominee Ralph Heap in the program while sign-complaint allegations remain unresolved, rejecting his bid to exit as Nick Myers and other Republicans pressed for withdrawal or penalties.
Capitol
Anti-abortion groups asked new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to review DOJ authority to use an 1873 anti-obscenity law against abortion medication, raising immediate uncertainty but no policy change yet.
Capitol
Yes-on-318 files a complaint over an alleged copycat website as GOP statewide hopefuls back Prop 318. The ballot fight heats up while regulators weigh next steps.
Elections
Yavapai's SAVE-driven voter roll cleanup found deceased registrants, non-citizens, and 268 unknowns, sharpening GOP claims that Gov. Hobbs dismissed needed safeguards. The next test is replication, documentation, and due process.
Capitol
Arizona spends over $1.5 billion a year on corrections and $3 million on reentry workforce efforts. Advocates say career paths work, but lawmakers have yet to fund a $1.5 million independent oversight office.
Capitol
Arizona Mirror says "corporate money" failed to sway Democratic primaries and that a legislative flip is in play. That is a projection, not a result.
Capitol
No Labels nominee Teri Ann Hourihan named Angela Harrolle Mohan as her preferred lieutenant governor, pairing a public-safety nonprofit resume with a third-party ticket while taking swings at Hobbs on affordability and an APS-backed energy law and...
Elections
Declassified memos cited by Arizona Daily Independent say a hacker scraped 633,000 Maricopa voter files in 2020 and prosecutors passed even after an FBI confession. Arizona deserves answers and accountability.
Local
A new column argues Arizona's 2016 Salt River Horse Act was written to protect the herd, not authorize routine population cuts, and calls on the state to show its legal authority before removing healthy horses.
Elections
Mayes says her probe of Hobbs and Sunshine is nearly done before November. If she closes it without interviewing the governor or a clear explanation, a no-charges decision will look like a partisan whitewash.
Capitol
A Tucson grandson's blistering testimony ties early release and plea deals to deadly consequences and rising private security costs, putting Hobbs and City Hall on the fiscal and political hook.
Border
A Phoenix grand jury filed 158 counts against 21 alleged gun traffickers after a two-year probe, as related plea deals reveal Arizona's retail market feeding Mexico-bound smuggling via straw purchases.
