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Bruce Bracker

Jan 5, 2020

Private landowners can build unregulated border wall under proposed legislation

A top Republican lawmaker wants to allow people who own property along the border to build a wall without first getting any building permits.

The U.S.-Mexico border fence, running from upper left to lower right in this 2004 aerial photograph, divides Nogales, Ariz., on the left and Nogales, Sonora, on the right. (Photo by Pamela L. Nagler/Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
Nov 27, 2012

Border business backers finally getting lawmakers’ attention

Arizona is missing out on huge economic opportunities by not reaching out to its southern neighbor, owners of businesses near the Arizona-Mexico border say, and that message hasn't been taken seriously by state lawmakers.

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