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$33 million in federal funding to support Tucson area water resources
By Cameron Arcand | The Center Square
Funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be used for water-cleaning resources...
Tucson pay raise proposition remains close race
By Cameron Arcand | The Center Square
While the city council and mayoral races in Tucson were won in landslides...
Plan to lift ban on asylum seekers worries border city mayor
An Arizona border city’s mayor has voiced concerns how his community will be affected by the Biden administration’s plan to lift the...
Mark Kelly announces $109.4 million in water infrastructure funds for Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly announced Monday that Arizona will receive $109.4 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help the state...
Mark Brnovich says Tucson employee vaccine mandate is illegal
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Tuesday that Tucson’s vaccine mandate for its employees is illegal, giving the city 30 days to...
Some city facilities in Arizona to again have mask mandates
As the number of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona grows, worried officials in the state’s major cities are reinstituting mask requirements in...
Tucson to ignore Arizona’s ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ law
Officials in the city of Tucson plan to ignore Arizona’s new “Second Amendment sanctuary” law that bars state and local governments from enforcing certain...
Joe Biden picks 2 Donald Trump critics for border, immigration roles
President Joe Biden on Monday nominated two critics of Trump-era immigration policies for key roles at the Department of Homeland Security.
The nominations come as...
Doug Ducey lifts mask mandates, reopens bars
Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday lifted Arizona’s remaining restrictions to curb the coronavirus, prohibiting government mask mandates and allowing bars and nightclubs shuttered for...
Banner Health hospitals, ICUs are filling up in Phoenix area
Three Banner Health hospitals are operating above capacity as Arizona confronts a surge in coronavirus cases, the top doctor for the state’s largest hospital...