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These new federal funds, made available through the Inflation Reduction Act, are solely eligible for tribes residing in the 17 western states served by Reclamation.
Apr. 4, 2024
The rugged, roadless land bridge connects South and Central America. More than half a million people migrants and asylum seekers traveled through there in 2023 — many of whom were en route to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Apr. 3, 2024
SB4 would allow state law enforcement to turn migrants back across the border to Mexico — even if they’re not actually from Mexico. Mexican government officials have already said their country would not accept those returns.
Apr. 3, 2024
The Flagstaff City Council has approved more than $3 million to help build 139 affordable rental units downtown.
Apr. 3, 2024
One administrator says the the Dził Ditł’ooí School of Empowerment, Action and Perseverance was created out of a desire to Indigenize education for students by including traditional Navajo practices and spaces in the curriculum — especially after decades of cultural erasure due to the U.S. Indian boarding school system.
Apr. 3, 2024
The southern Arizona Democrat announced Tuesday morning that his congressional offices remain open for constituents while he seeks treatment for cancer.
Apr. 2, 2024
Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a legal effort asking justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to block a law that prohibits most abortions in Idaho and safeguard emergency abortion care.
Apr. 1, 2024
The cost of a host of services at Citizenship and Immigration Services is going up starting April 1. The agency announced the increases at the end of January — marking the first price hike since 2016 for things like green cards, work permits and other services.
Apr. 1, 2024
If there’s one thing all of Arizona’s four border counties can all agree on, it’s that managing the border is a federal responsibility that needs federal money. But not everyone agrees on exactly what that means.
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Mar. 28, 2024
For the past 23 years, Gethsemani Baptist Church in San Luis, Arizona, made it its mission to offer food to anyone who wanted it. Through free meals and food drives, the church fed its local community, as well as hungry families in the greater region, like California and Mexico.
Mar. 28, 2024
On Tuesday night, both rural and urban Natives traveled from near and far to the site of a former boarding school at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix to share the devastating impacts of a sober-living-home scandal that gained widespread notoriety after the shutdown of more than 300 facilities last year.
Mar. 27, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is pleased by the federal government’s infusion of border funds, which will prevent street releases for the time being, although the department would have preferred some border security legislation to go along with it.
Mar. 27, 2024
A new study from the nonpartisan National Foundation for American Policy says the U.S. GDP is growing more slowly than it has in the past because fewer working-age immigrants are coming here.
Mar. 27, 2024
In a letter to President Joe Biden, more than two dozen Democratic lawmakers say the administration should take all available actions to open up legalization pathways for undocumented immigrants like DACA recipients and spouses of US citizens.
Mar. 27, 2024
Coconino County has approved nearly $8 million for forest restoration projects on the west side of the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff and on a mountain overlooking the city of Williams.
Mar. 27, 2024
Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva and other House Democrats are asking the Biden administration to make reforms to CBP One — the government-run app for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mar. 26, 2024
Congress passed a long-anticipated spending package Friday that includes money for a number of agencies — including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
Mar. 26, 2024
The Third Annual Funky Latina Music Festival gets underway Saturday, March 30 at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix.
Mar. 26, 2024
The Coconino National Forest is doing away with its so-called ruins nomenclature for sites on the forest in northern Arizona to better reflect that these places are still significant to folks today.
Mar. 26, 2024
A lawsuit brought by the government of Mexico against five Arizona gun stores is allowed to move forward. It’s the latest movement on a pair of cases filed by Mexico over guns trafficked across the border.
Mar. 25, 2024