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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
In 2014, the country learned something that veterans in Phoenix already knew: the system that was supposed to care for them was failing. The post Veterans have waited long enough first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Props. 145 and 212 go down in the courts, for different reasons
Elections
After a flurry of cases were decided Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court, the November ballot is set and voters will be deciding the fate of eight different ballot measures. One result of the expedited appeals that the high court decided this week is that voters won’t have any direct say over how Arizona’s...
Capitol
Flock Safety is tightening privacy and oversight controls for its nationwide network of automated license plate readers as more communities pull back from the technology and lawmakers across the political spectrum push for new restrictions. The company announced Thursday that it will recommend that police agencies...
Capitol
The autonomous truck industry says driverless semis save lives and addresses a driver shortage. Critics counter that they pose a danger and will replace jobs. The post Autonomous trucks prompt pushback as states write rules first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Arizona voters won’t get a chance to weigh in on proposed reforms to the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program this November. The post Protect Education Act fails to qualify for November ballot first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican-backed ballot referral that would amend the state’s constitution to make sweeping changes to how elections are conducted can remain on the November ballot. Critics had argued that Proposition 144, also known as the “Fast Accurate Secure Transparent Election...
Elections
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a package of proposed changes to Arizona election law may go before voters in November, rejecting opponents’ claims that the measure contained too many provisions. The post AZ Supreme Court keeps election law initiative on the ballot first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The Republican-led ballot referral designed to block any effort to regulate the state’s private school voucher system is officially dead, after the Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that it violates the state Constitution. Proposition 145 would have forbidden any voucher money from being taken from military...
Elections
A year after bypassing CISA during a suspected Iranian breach, Arizona’s secretary of state says the agency can’t be trusted
Elections
State Democratic officials are preparing for chaos at the polls this November, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on election security and pushes for more federal involvement in local voting. “We’re no longer talking about hypothetical situations,” said Nick Brown, Washington state’s Democratic attorney general,...
Capitol
Prop 212 In Trouble, Fontes Vs. CISA, and a Democratic ticket odd couple
Border
The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis. The new numbers reflect a steep decline in refugee admissions since President Donald Trump began his second term, according to a new […]
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A Trump-linked law firm should not get to rewrite a description of a Republican-backed ballot referral that would make sweeping changes to Arizona election laws, the Democratic secretary of state argued to the state’s highest court. America First Legal Foundation on Friday appealed a decision by a trial court...
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Focusing on workforce development, expediting permitting and lowering financial risk will help states develop nuclear power, according to the Nuclear Innovation Association. The post Report identifies keys to nuclear development first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Whether voters this fall will get a chance to weigh in on a ballot measure to implement sweeping new restrictions on the state’s billion-dollar universal school voucher program hinges entirely on whether the Arizona Supreme Court buys an argument from the initiative’s backers that a trial court judge’s plan for...
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Tensions between state election officials and the Trump administration are rising as we head into the heart of the midterm election season. Frustrations boiled over on Monday during a rare election security call hosted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for state officials. During the call,...
