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Buu Nygren announces his win for the Navajo Nation president as he reads tabulated votes from chapter houses across the reservation at his campaign's watch party at the Navajo Nation fairgrounds in Window Rock, Ariz., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Navajo leader calls for tribal vice president's resignation amid political upheaval

Oct 15, 2024 The tribe has been mired by political upheaval that began earlier this year when the vice president outlined allegations of intimidation and sexual harassment within the administration.
Incumbent Juan Ciscomani (R - left) and challenger Kirsten Engel (D - right) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 8, 2024. The two candidates are battling for Arizona Congressional District 6.

Arizona's race for the Sixth Congressional District

Oct 15, 2024 Once again it is one of the most watched races in the country.
Looking west across the University of Arizona mall. The Student Union Memorial Center and Old Main can both been seen.

UofA Election roundtables for young voters try to cut through misinformation

Oct 10, 2024 Panels throughout October will explore threats to democracy.
Republican Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, AZ on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

JD Vance rallies Arizona voters, promises deportations and lower living costs

Oct 9, 2024 At a rally in Arizona, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance urged voters to secure the border, lower living costs, and submit their ballots early for Donald Trump.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Why don’t we just fix the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East?

Oct 7, 2024 The answer is complicated.
Former Arizona Attorney General and Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard speaks surrounded by boxes of sheets with signatures that Make Elections Fair Arizona need to get their measure to qualify for the ballot at the state Capitol on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

The Buzz: Weighing propositions that will change our primary elections

Oct 4, 2024 Will Arizona switch to open primaries or codify its current system in the state constitution?
An electric transmission line.

Fact Check Arizona: Utility rates, the Corporation Commission and green energy

Oct 3, 2024 As Arizonans prepare to elect new utility regulators, we look at how those offices work and what candidates have said about its work.
Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol.

San Carlos Apache asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Oak Flat case

Oct 3, 2024 The tribe is appealing the ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court.
The Arizona Department of Education Building in Phoenix, Ariz.

Department of Education launches online teacher certification tool

Oct 3, 2024 Applications can now be completed entirely online.
The Pinyon Plain Mine shaft in Coconino County, on Wednesday, Aug. 30. In 2016, the mine shaft punctured a perched aquifer that contained natural levels of uranium, requiring the mining company Energy Fuels to pump water to the surface to an impoundment for treatment.

Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region: Tribal Sovereignty vs. Nuclear Energy in the Climate Crisis

Oct 2, 2024 Uranium mining and nuclear energy may be affecting Arizona's tribal nations, posing threats to the region's water resources and the environmental and cultural heritage connected to them.
A bilingual English/Spanish vote sign outside a precinct in Arizona.

Number of voters with unconfirmed citizenship documents more than doubles in battleground Arizona

Oct 1, 2024 The Arizona Department of Transportation, which oversees the MVD, said in an email that it created a coding update in its system but didn't specify when it was implemented.
A sign outside a polling center in Tucson, Ariz.

The Buzz: Ensuring Accuracy in Ballots and Information

Sep 27, 2024 As election day draws near, we turn our attention to efforts to get information out to voters.
State Sen. John Kavanagh (R) (left) and State Rep. Analise Ortiz (D) (right) debate Prop. 314., an immigration enforcement referendum.

Fact checking the Prop. 314 "Secure the Border Act" debate

Sep 26, 2024 We check the claims made in the Clean Elections Commission debate over Proposition 314.
<a href="https://map22.epa.gov/cimc/superfundZoom&params=0900684&15" target="_blank" style="font-weight:700;margin-right:6px">VIEW THIS MAP FULLSCREEN IN A NEW WINDOW</a>The ten square-mile Tucson International Airport Area Superfund Site is depicted using orange diagonal lines. The site includes Tucson International Airport, Sections of the Tohono O'odham Nation (San Xavier District), Tucson and South Tucson residential areas, and Air Force Plant #44 Raytheon Missile Systems Company (AFP44). The site has contaminated groundwater and soil from former aircraft and electronics manufacturing and aircraft maintenance, fire drill trainings, and the leaking of chemicals from unlined landfills.

Tucson Airport Authority agrees to investigate groundwater pollution under EPA settlement

Sep 25, 2024 The agreement will focus on investigating and addressing PFAS pollution stemming from the Tucson International Airport.
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel speaks during oral arguments, in Phoenix on April 20, 2021.

AZ Supreme Court justice to retire

Sep 24, 2024 Robert Brutinel announced he will step down at the end of October.
The Loop bike path along the Rillito River at North Campbell Avenue.

Tucson city council to vote on ban of homeless encampments in washes

Sep 23, 2024 The proposed ban is aimed at enhancing public safety and protecting fragile ecosystems.

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