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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
Corporation Commissioner Kevin Thompson wants to know what prompted a recent news investigation into who shoulders the energy costs of data centers. The post Corporation Commissioner demands APS communications amid data center dispute first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s number was the highest since May, when...
Capitol
Last year, residents of Page, a small town in northern Arizona, fought back against plans to reduce vehicle lanes on Lake Powell Boulevard, one of the town’s most important roads. This November, they have the opportunity to protect it by voting YES on Proposition 406. A Yes vote on this measure would prevent the...
Capitol
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday announced that the execution of a man convicted of the Fort Hood shooting will not be livestreamed, a reversal after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week that Nidal Hasan’s death by firing squad would be public. “I think streaming the execution for all to see...
Elections
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Attorneys General accuse the company's chatbot of harming children by providing dangerous medical advice, encouraging self-harm. The post Arizona, other states sue OpenAI alleging harms to the public first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Andy Biggs is betting affordability, water and the border will decide Arizona's 2026 race, contrasting sharply with Gov. Katie Hobbs' record and urging a no-income-tax future.
Elections
Proponents of Proposition 144 say that it will make Arizona’s elections faster and more secure, but critics say it’s unlikely to significantly speed up results — and it could spell the end of no-excuse voting by mail, by far the most popular way to vote in the Grand Canyon State. Prop. 144 would make numerous […]
Capitol
Rising healthcare costs and limited state budget reserves could lead to higher employee premiums, greater cost-sharing and other changes to the plan. The post Arizona employee health insurance costs are ‘out of control,’ lawmakers say first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Scheduled public execution of Fort Hood shooter is proving to be a flashpoint
Border
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security,...
Elections
•NEW POLL: HOBBS LEADS BY THREE BILLION POINTS–A new poll by nonpartisan Arizona firm High Ground indicates the biggest wave to hit Arizona since the closing of Big Surf. Governor Katie Hobbs' Democratic ticket leads Rep. Andy Biggs by 17
Elections
•NEW POLL: HOBBS LEADS BY THREE BILLION POINTS–A new poll by nonpartisan Arizona firm High Ground indicates the biggest wave to hit Arizona since the closing of Big Surf. Governor Katie Hobbs' Democratic ticket leads Rep. Andy Biggs by 17
Border
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up...
Capitol
Saying she's trying to cut costs for Arizonans, Gov. Katie Hobbs late Tuesday ordered state officials to temporarily stop enforcing laws that now bar farmers and ranchers from using cheaper "red dye diesel'' in the trucks they use to deliver agricultural products. The post Hobbs allows expanded use of tax-free...
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Elections
The director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court that two Green Party candidates being investigated for campaign finance fraud are working to “recklessly vilify public servants” through their lawsuit against the commission. “Snide soundbites, cloaked in hyperbolic opinion and lacking...
Elections
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to overturn hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal sanctions against lawyers who represented failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and made baseless claims about election fraud in her bid to upend how Arizona conducts elections. The high court released a...
Elections
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states...
Elections
Arizona’s future belongs to its citizens. Only their votes should decide it, foreign money should not influence it, and they should not be left waiting weeks for answers after every election. Proposition 144 puts those principles into Arizona’s Constitution. You can read it for yourself. It is short, fits on one...
