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New state Dems Chairman Robert Branscomb picked a fight with U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego. He's now on the outs with Gov. Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. Other than that, how go the first 100 days?
Republican lawmakers passed legislation that would cost Arizona counties tens of millions of dollars every election year and would force them to attempt to find 4,000 new voting locations, something that county election officials described as impossible.
A study commissioned by the city of Tucson found that a publicly owned electric power utility is financially feasible, but a Tucson Electric Power spokesperson warned consumers the report is “profoundly flawed.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting local cities the administration claims are not cooperating with his immigration crackdown, and another targeting non-citizen college students who receive in-state tuition.
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The Trump administration is contemplating shrinking six national monuments and opening them up for mining and oil drilling, including the 129,000-acre Ironwood Forest National Monument near Tucson.
The military to has taken control of a 60-foot wide strip of federal land along the border from the Pacific Ocean to New Mexico — except for a 62 mile stretch of Pima County controlled by the Tohono O’Odham Nation.
The Sahuarita Town Council will vote Monday on a tiny land exchange and a town-initiated rezoning. Oro Valley will discuss long-term capital budgets during a Wednesday study session. And that's about it for local government meetings around Tucson this week.
Arizona’s developmentally disabled community breathed a collective sigh of relief Thursday, as a bipartisan solution to an impending budget cliff was finally signed into law.
Scammers are targeting Arizonans looking for work in the form of fraudulent job listings and spam messages, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes warned in a statement Thursday.
Archaeology Southwest, a Tucson-based nonprofit, faces staff layoffs after a Trump administration official said the National Endowment for the Humanities is clawing back a $350,000 grant.
While a federal judge considers granting a temporary restraining order against Trump administration officials, a new group of Arizona university students is suing the federal government for suddenly terminating their visas, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and deportation.
Arizona’s Mohave County plans to add security features to its ballot paper for the 2026 midterm election, a measure officials hope will improve voter confidence.