3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (181+ words) The Douglas border crossing reopened to cattle Tuesday after a more than weeklong pause — making it the only point on the U.S.-Mexico border where live cattle imports can cross. Late last month, the Agua Prieta-Douglas border crossing into Arizona…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (561+ words) While we aren’t seeing headlines about immigration agents swarming U.S. cities right now, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is still detaining and deporting record numbers of people. And, right in the middle of Phoenix, there is a temporary holding facility…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (190+ words) Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that a former Tucson charter school director and others were indicted for allegedly stealing education dollars to pay for jewelry, trips to casinos and other extravagances. Mayes secured indictments of former Academy Del Sol…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (656+ words) Conservative political activists working with Turning Point Action posted fake images on social media claiming a group of Democrats, including a progressive state lawmaker, are supporting Republican Andy Biggs in the state’s race for governor. Over the weekend, Mary Ann…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (835+ words) The U.S. Forest Service wants to get rid of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The 2001 rule prohibits building roads on millions of acres of national forest land nationwide, among other provisions. The Feds argue eliminating it will help treat forests to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (493+ words) The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is now investigating three political candidates who face allegations their campaigns falsified records to obtain millions of dollars in public funding. Green Party candidates Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier and Republican Scott Neely all qualified…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) Activists say undocumented students in Arizona should be hopeful after Attorney General Kris Mayes said her office will defend a state law expanding access to in-state tuition. Voters approved Prop. 308 in 2022. Under the law, any student who attends school in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (164+ words) The state of Sonora’s cattle ranchers’ union says the newly opened crossing point for livestock exported into Arizona has once again temporarily closed. Sonora’s ranchers’ union president, Juan Ochoa Valenzuela, said his organization is working to fix an equipment issue…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (611+ words) The Democratic candidate running to be the state’s next schools chief is facing allegations her campaign brought politics too close to Arizona classrooms. “I’ve already visited all 15 Arizona counties,” Leyba Ruiz posted to Facebook on Aug. 28. “As Superintendent, I’ll do…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (957+ words) The U.S. Justice Department has sued Arizona over a voter-approved law that allows "Dreamers" — people brought to this country as young children — to get in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Under Proposition 308, which Arizona voters approved in 2022, undocumented students are…...