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Money in politics is a hot issue in Arizona.

The Buzz: Campaign finance in the 2024 election

Oct 25, 2024 How are all those signs, mailers and commercials getting paid for? Plenty of out-of-state money
View from Finger Rock, Tucson, Ariz.

Coronado National Forest to add 2-mile connector to Finger Rock Trail

Oct 25, 2024 First project under the Santa Catalina Trail Plan offers improved access and opportunities.

Fact Check Arizona: Election Conspiracy Theories

Oct 24, 2024 With claims of voter fraud and election conspiracy theories abounding, we check in with a reporter who covers voting.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks about legal exceptions to the state's 15-week abortion law at her office in Phoenix on June 27, 2024.

Mayes joins 24 states to challenge Idaho's abortion ban

Oct 23, 2024 Idaho's abortion ban faces legal challenge as Mayes joins 24 states to uphold protections for emergency care.
Clint Bolick, Goldwater Institute lawyer, appointed to Arizona Supreme Court.

AZ Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick faces complaint over alleged judicial conduct violation

Oct 23, 2024 Bolick is under fire for allegedly violating judicial conduct rules at a Republican Party event.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Pima County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

Vance repeats mass deportation promises at second Tucson rally

Oct 22, 2024 "We gotta get those people out of our country," he said.
F-16 from the 162nd Fighter Wing, based in Tucson.

U.S. Air Force complies with EPA order on PFAS cleanup at Tucson Superfund Site

Oct 22, 2024 EPA approves Air Force plan to address PFAS contamination and water safety efforts at Tucson International Airport Superfund Site.
Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.

Border Patrol apprehensions in FY24 fall while Tucson Sector increases due to record highs of asylum seekers

Oct 22, 2024 The number of times Border Patrol apprehended migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2024 fell by more than a quarter while the number in the Tucson Sector increased, due to the sector reaching record highs in migrant crossings.

Tipped workers’ wages at risk? AZ Prop. 138 explained

Oct 22, 2024 Proposition 138 proposes changes to the tip credit system in Arizona, but critics warn of wage cuts for service workers.
Cochise County District 3 Supervisor Peggy Judd. November 28, 2023.

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd pleads guilty in election interference case, gets probation

Oct 21, 2024 Judd will face 90 days of probation and a $500 fine.
Former president Barack Obama at a get-out-the-vote rally in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. The rally, was held at the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sport Center on the University of Arizona campus. Harris campaign staffers estimated thousands of voters who attended the event.

Barack Obama rallies Arizona voters in Tucson

Oct 18, 2024 The former president urged voters to back VP Kamala Harris and AZ Democrats.
Arizona Corporation Commission building in downtown Phoenix.

The Buzz: The race for open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission

Oct 18, 2024 We look at what the Corporation Commission does, and offer some analysis of the race so far.
United States Capitol Building

Fact Check AZ: We oblige factcheckthisad.com's request

Oct 17, 2024 The website is featured in online attack ads, and traces back to a major GOP congressional Super PAC.
Former President Barack Obama at Cesar Chavez High School in Phoenix, Ariz., for a Democratic rally ahead of the midterm elections, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.

Obama’s Tucson stop highlights push for early voting in Arizona

Oct 17, 2024 Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and former Obama speechwriter David Litt emphasize issues that matter to Arizona voters in advance of the visit.
File image of a Border Patrol agent using binoculars to surveil an area just north of Arizona's border with Mexico.

Human smuggling charges in Arizona increase while border apprehensions drop

Oct 15, 2024 The US Attorney’s office in Arizona has charged more people for smuggling undocumented migrants in the last three months, even though fewer people are crossing the border illegally.
A sign outside a polling center in Tucson, Ariz.

Arizona counties won’t be forced to do citizenship checks before the election, a judge rules

Oct 15, 2024 Arizona requires voters to prove their citizenship to participate in local and state races.

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