4+ day, 6+ 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, 22+ 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, 23+ 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, 4+ 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, 4+ 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, 6+ 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (319+ words) Michelin inspectors have come and gone — giving no prized stars for any Arizona restaurants. But a mention in its inaugural Southwest guide is enough for this iconic Indigenous eatery in the Valley. The Fry Bread House in Phoenix has always…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (424+ words) With less than 30 days left, conservation groups are requesting the government extend the public comment period for its proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Earthjustice filed the request on behalf of several environmental groups, including the Wilderness Society,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (249+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Arizona along with a handful of other states for allowing "Dreamers" to pay in-state college tuition. Arizona voters passed Proposition 308 in 2022. It allows noncitizen students to pay in-state college tuition if they’ve gone to…...