Arizona proposal to let local police make border-crossing arrests is set for lawmakers' final vote
Arizona lawmakers are expected to take a final vote on a proposal that would ask voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry.
Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer
Arizonaโs new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit groups to open more cooling centers and ensure homes have working air conditioners in a more unified effort to prevent another ghastly toll of heat-related deaths this summer.
Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizonaโs near-total abortion ban to a vote
Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the stateโs near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the stateโs highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute.
Arizona legislation to better regulate rehab programs targeted by Medicaid scams is moving forward
A Navajo state senator in Arizona says she's hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars.
Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill approved by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at a location other than a port entry.
Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics
Almost immediately after Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office on his first day as president, he began rolling back his predecessorโs immigration policies, which he'd assailed throughout the 2020 campaign as inhumane.
Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents
The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes, with hundreds of migrants from faraway countries like Senegal, Bangladesh and China being dropped in a remote desert area in Arizona.
Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations
Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaidโs American Indian Health Program.
Arizona's shipping container wall on border is coming down
Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Duceyโs border barrier of shipping containers has been largely dismantled just in time for a new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars over just a few months while they were set up and taken down again.
Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at termโs end
Work crews are steadily erecting hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers along the rugged east end of Arizonaโs boundary with Mexico as Republican Gov. Doug Ducey makes a bold show of border enforcement even as he prepares to step aside next month for Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs.