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Officials in Pinal County are reportedly working to address toxic garbage caused by illegal camping by the homeless after the Bureau of Land Management displaced them by closing 1,000 acres of public land in Apache Junction and the Tonto National Forest to create a new recreation area. Pinal County Supervisor Jeff Serdy confirmed local authorities are left to confront the numbers of "boondockers," "nomads" and "truly homeless" who were displaced after BLM closed the acreage to build a recreation area in remarks to ABC 15. Read More.

The chorus of voices in opposition to the Internal Revenue Service's taxation of a state rebate many Arizona families received last year continues to grow. Read More.

Former President Donald Trump announced what his first major moves would be if he is re-elected back to the White House in 2024. Read More.

A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers is asking Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign the "Arizona Starter Homes Act." Read More.

A recent risk-based audit of Grand Canyon University conducted by the Arizona State Approving Agency (SAA) for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did not “show any findings” related to the institution’s doctoral disclosures, which have been targeted by the Biden administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) through a $37.7 million fine. Read More.

Arizona Republicans are going to put forth more concurrent resolutions in order to push forward border security policy. Read More.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday the sentencing of a Phoenix man who led a human smuggling ring which moved illegal immigrants from Central America and held them in Arizona before driving them to destinations across the United States. Tony Cardenas, a 36-year-old man from Phoenix, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release earlier this month for his role as "the leader of a Phoenix-based human-smuggling operation" involving a total of at least 19 criminals, the DOJ announced. Cardenas is of no known relation to U.S. Representative Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29). Read More.

The Saudi Arabian-backed company Fondomonte Arizona is officially no longer using the state's water resources. Read More.

Arizonans will vote in November on whether or not individuals and businesses should get a tax refund for being negatively impacted by homelessness mismanagement. Read More.

Less than half – 322 of the roughly 750 – of Arizona school districts and charters surveyed confirmed that they are following the law requiring the instruction of students about the Holocaust and other genocides. Read More.

Arizona Independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will not run for re-election. Read More.

The Navajo County Sheriff’s Department (NCSO) confirmed on Monday that five men who allegedly robbed a train in Joseph City are illegal immigrants and are being held on a federal immigration hold. Read More.

Katie Hobbs took aim at a Republican-backed border bill for her first veto of the legislative session. Read More.

Polls in a number of Super Tuesday states are now closed as of 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Votes are now being tabulated Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Read More.

A memorandum of understanding (MAU) between the Arizona Legislature and Runbeck Election Services on Monday, with Representative Alex Kolodin (R-Scottsdale) and Senator Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff) declaring it will significantly strengthen election integrity. Read More.