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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
Trump's CDC pick left a tense Senate hearing short of support, the Arizona Mirror reports. Arizona needs a director who leads with transparency, restraint, and respect for state authority, otherwise the guidance turns into noise.
Capitol
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t appear to secure the support needed to take over the public health agency during a lengthy and often tense confirmation hearing Wednesday. While Dr. Erica Schwartz told lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Committee...
Local
Michigan investigators told the Arizona Mirror that early interviews point to lettuce or salad greens as a potential lead in a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Border
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to resume traffic stops Wednesday, reversing a one-day pause on the policy after officers killed two immigrants who were in their vehicles in Texas and Maine. In a post to social media, Trump called the practice of...
Elections
With Prop. 314 set to take effect this week, the ACLU has asked a federal court to stop it. Voters approved the measure, but without clear protocols and public reporting, Arizona risks confusion and uneven enforcement on day one.
Capitol
House passes the Sunshine Protection Act 308-117 to end clock changes. For Arizona, nothing changes yet. The state's next move depends on what the final bill says and when it takes effect.
Capitol
Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new report. The Urban Indian Health Institute, an Indigenous health research group, surveyed 201 tribes, tribal organizations and urban...
Capitol
Controversial leader’s incident featured in story posted by Libs of Tik Tok
Capitol
A Senate hearing last week tackled the possibility of ending daylight saving time nationwide and bringing the other 48 states in line with Arizona and Hawaii – the only two states where residents don’t spring ahead and fall back. (Illustration by Alexis Heichman /Cronkite News) " data-image-caption=" The U.S. House...
Border
DHS reportedly halted ICE vehicle enforcement stops after two deadly shootings. Arizona needs clarity on scope, costs and metrics before the fallout hits local budgets.
Capitol
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide in a bipartisan move that pushes the country one step closer to ending the long-contested ritual of semiannual clock changes. The House passed the measure, called the Sunshine Protection Act, 308-117. Its future in the...
Elections
Trump removed all three remaining members of the federal election commission, disabling the agency as his administration seeks to reshape voting rules. Arizona now needs dates, documents, and contingency plans, not slogans.
Capitol
As state and federal officials work to identify the source of the recent outbreak of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis, Michigan health officials have identified lettuces or salad greens as one potential culprit. “Early information has shown lettuce as a common product that regularly comes up during the...
Elections
A report says LD10 Republican candidate Ciara Anderson touted ?Air Force veteran? status while not clearly disclosing a military conviction, four months of confinement, a rank reduction, and a bad conduct discharge.
Capitol
WASHINGTON — Sen. Darline Graham joined the U.S. Senate Tuesday, temporarily filling the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham. Darline Graham was sworn in just a day after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her, as a Republican, to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term. President Donald Trump...
Border
A 5th Circuit reversal leaves a no-bond policy for many immigration detainees in place nationwide. That puts a premium on Arizona's local transparency: contracts posted, numbers reported, and decisions made in the open.
Capitol
Democratic governors warned OMB that a proposed overhaul of federal grant rules could jeopardize maternal and reproductive care. For Arizona's clinics and counties, even a technical tweak from Washington can mean delayed hires, cut hours, and fewer appointments.
Border
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security Tuesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to cease vehicle-related enforcement stops, following the deadly shootings of two men in their vehicles, according to multiple media reports. A DHS spokesperson did not respond directly to States...
Capitol
Arizona organizers are training hundreds of locals as election observers amid a report that the Trump DOJ plans to send election monitors to the state. The plans, not yet outcomes, put a premium on clear rules and calm execution at polling places.
Elections
The racist attacks targeting Arizona Republicans Kimberly Yee and Quang Nguyen are among the ugliest moments of this year’s Arizona primary. They’re also entirely predictable. Yee is the state treasurer and Chinese American. Rep. Nguyen, who’s seeking re-election, is Vietnamese. Both are conservative Republicans,...
Capitol
A coalition of 23 state governors and the governor of Guam, all Democrats, submitted a joint comment to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on Monday objecting to a proposed rule that would drastically change the federal grantmaking process, saying it threatens programs related to maternal health and...
Elections
Risa Lombardo, a former local GOP official who is accused of being a sham Green Party candidate for Arizona governor, spent 78% of her public campaign funding to pay a single Nevada business that was created 13 days before her first payment to it. And those payments could constitute major violations of Arizona’s...
Border
Federal shortage rules and state water law set the ceiling. Cities can conserve, price, and plan. They cannot repeal the river's math.
Elections
An Arizona law that would empower local police officers and state judges to arrest and deport people who cross the state’s southern border without authorization is set to go into effect in just four days. An immigrant rights legal group is suing to prevent that from happening. In 2024, 61% of voters cast their...
