PHOENIX — Arizona Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to make it easier to purge thousands of people from a list of voters who automatically get a ballot each election, ignoring protests from Democrats and prominent business leaders who said the measure would suppress the votes of people of color. The party-line...
Arizona Governor Sending National Guard to Southern Border
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday he is sending 250 National Guard troops to the state's southern border with Mexico amid the increased arrivals of migrants. The announcement came the day Customs and Border Protection held an open house at a new tent-like migrant processing center in...
Arizona’s Kelly Is Sworn Into Senate, Narrowing GOP Edge
WASHINGTON — Arizona Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn into the Senate on Wednesday, narrowing Republican control of the chamber and underscoring his state's shift from red to blue. Kelly, 56, defeated GOP Sen. Martha McSally in last month's election, making her one of only three incumbents to...
To Court Latinos, Democrats Have to Expand Strategy in 2022
PHOENIX — President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organizations that have been mobilizing Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their labor — in triple-digit heat, no less — paid off in this traditionally conservative state, where changing demographics and suburban...
Company Cancels Proposed $3.3B Gasoline Plant in Southern Arizona
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Construction of a proposed gasoline plant in southern Arizona that would have generated more than 2,000 jobs has been halted after the company planning the project reprioritized its projects, a local official said. Houston-based Nacero LLC announced in March that it would build the $3.3 billion...
Trump Backers Converge on Vote Centers in Michigan, Arizona
Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities...
Arizona Sharpie Pen Claim Misses the Mark on Ballots
As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona. The supposed culprit: Sharpie markers. In what's come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts suggest that election officials in Maricopa County provided...
Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane, Deploys Flares at Trump Event in Arizona
[aggregation-styles] AZFamily 3TV/CBS 5 BULLHEAD CITY, AZ -- A fighter jet intercepted a plane during President Trump’s rally in Bullhead City on Wednesday afternoon. President Trump noticed the plane during his rally and made mention of the fighter jets in place. According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command, at...
US West Faces Reckoning Over Water but Avoids Cuts for Now
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The white rings that wrap around two massive lakes in the U.S. West are a stark reminder of how water levels are dropping and a warning that the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River face a much drier future. Amid prolonged drought and...
Joe Arpaio Clings to Relevancy in What’s Likely His Last Run
PHOENIX — Arizona has grown more politically moderate in the past five years, but Republican primary voters haven’t entirely abandoned Joe Arpaio, the six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix who lost the job in 2016 amid voter frustration over his legal troubles and headline-grabbing tactics. The 88-year-old Republican lawman — known...