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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
Is Peoria up to dealing with this district-defining scandal?
Capitol
Border
Elections
Leaders across religions are warning against political violence in November’s midterms, calling for peaceful, respectful participation from both candidates and voters. In a letter published on Oct. 7, the heads of multiple religious groups, including the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arizona, the United Islamic Center...
Capitol
Arizona has just raised the price of distracted driving. A second or subsequent violation of the state’s hands-free driving law now carries a $400 civil penalty, up from the previous range of $150 to $250, and a distracted driver who crashes into a motorcycle faces an additional $150 penalty. The post Arizona must...
Capitol
Urban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal JAMA. Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...
Capitol
An Arizona Corporation Commissioner is questioning the authority of the body’s executive director after he terminated one of her staffers without her consent. The post Arizona Corporation Commissioner questions firing of aide first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
On Friday morning, the prediction market platform Kalshi gave the Democratic candidate in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race an 87% chance of winning. The volume of trading on the outcome exceeded $1.8 million. This is exactly the type of activity Minnesota and numerous other states want to shut down. “They jeopardize...
Capitol
Laguna Prep and Copper Ridge on chopping block
Border
Concerns about who will bear the financial burden of data centers are rising, but Corporation Commission candidates are split over whether Arizona ratepayers are footing the bill for large load user growth. The post Data center costs divide Corporation Commission candidates first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Capitol
Kim Fisher remains on the board, but reprimanded
Border
A perfect storm of harsh immigration enforcement, aging journeymen and a building boom for data centers is wreaking havoc on the nation’s supply of skilled trade workers. Automakers and construction contractors say they need more access to workers through accelerated training, steady immigration and a cultural...
Capitol
Capitol
Arizona wants to be a place where businesses build, manufacturers invest, and families put down roots. However, every new factory, data center, and household adds to the state’s electricity needs — and the state is projecting a 40% increase in peak electricity demand over the next 15 years. The post Can Arizona...
Elections
Voters in virtually every public survey say they are unhappy with the direction their states and country are headed. With just four weeks left until Election Day, those same polls show voters are often taking it out on their state’s incumbent party. The post Voter anger gives Democrats a boost in governor’s races,...
Capitol
Capitol
Capitol
Capitol
It took Christa Pike nearly a week to regain consciousness after the Tennessee Department of Corrections failed to kill her with two doses of the barbiturate pentobarbital, a drug used to put animals to death and to execute humans by lethal injection in Arizona and other states. She was confused and angry. She...
Local
FLORENCE – Florence Copper celebrated the official launch of the first copper mining and production project in Arizona since 2008. Florence Mayor Keith Eaton was joined by Trekor Metals CEO and Florence Copper General Manager, as well as an EPA administrator. Eaton presented the mining company a key to the town.
Elections
Once candidates qualify to receive public campaign funds, there’s nothing the Clean Elections Commission can do to claw back that funding, even if fraud is later discovered, two Green Party candidates being investigated for fraudulently qualifying for millions in public campaign funds told the Arizona Supreme...
Capitol
Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, was named Woman of the Year on Thursday at the Arizona Capitol Times’ 2026 Arizona Women Achievers award ceremony at the Arizona Biltmore. The post Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority CEO, named Arizona Woman of the Year first appeared on...
Elections
Democratic lawmaker Aaron Lieberman hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Carine Werner in one of the Arizona Legislature’s most competitive races in November, with a focus on pragmatism instead of partisan fighting. Lieberman told the Arizona Mirror that his door-knocking efforts have mostly focused on reaching...
Capitol
WASHINGTON — Rebecca Myers lives in one of the nation’s most hotly contested congressional districts, and tariffs were on her mind as she voted early and in-person in Suffolk, Virginia in late September. The 44-year-old trained social worker said she and her husband, who recently retired after 25 years in the U.S....
