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Southern border apprehensions hit record 2.4 million in fiscal 2022
Border officials encountered a record of almost 2.4 million migrants at the southern border in fiscal 2022, shattering the old record of 1.7 million set just a year earlier, according to numbers released late Friday by Customs and Border Protection.
Tucson cafe doubles as training program for people with mental illness
Located in downtown Tucson, Café 54 serves as an employment training program for people with mental health conditions or developmental disabilities. In Arizona, more than 1 million adults have some sort of mental health condition – but about one-third do not get needed health care, often because of cost.
A niece’s crusade and military scientists lead to ID of Korean War vet
It was a bittersweet afternoon at South Lawn Cemetery as family, friends and members of the armed forces gathered to say goodbye, finally, to a Korean War veteran whose remains went unidentified for over 70 years.
Gabby Giffords named grand marshal of 2023 Rose Parade
Gabby Giffords will serve as grand marshal of the 134th Rose Parade next year.
Arizona abortions won’t stop for a month while case proceeds
Legal abortions that restarted in Arizona this week after a court blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood ban will be able to continue for at least five weeks while an appeals court considers the case.
Arizona leaders join others at White House for forum on federal funds
Arizona local, tribal and labor leaders were at the White House Friday to hear administration officials highlight the billions in recent federal funding that is coming to states for everything from roads to water to broadband.
Arizona abortion clinics send women to other states
When an Arizona judge ruled last week that prosecutors can resume enforcing a near-total ban on abortion that dates to the Civil War, it fell to the staff at Camelback Family Planning to break the news to the women scheduled for appointments in the coming weeks.
Planned Parenthood seeks stay on order that reinstated territory-era abortion ban
Planned Parenthood Arizona on Monday asked a Pima County judge to halt the order she issued on Friday that allowed Arizona’s century-old, near-total abortion ban to take effect again.
Residency challenges hard to prove
Arizona law requires politicians to live in the districts they represent, but not much stands in the way of “carpetbagging” lawmakers who live outside their district.
Officials ask judge to toss lawsuit aimed at stopping Interstate 11 project
Federal and state officials are asking a judge to toss a lawsuit seeking to stop development of the proposed 280-mile Interstate 11 project from Nogales to Wickenburg.
U.S. has long history of unfairly separating children from parents
The U.S. has a long history of separating children from their parents without regard for parents’ rights or the children’s welfare.
‘Tale of two borders’: Mexicans not seen at busy crossings
As hundreds of migrants line up along an Arizona border wall around 4 a.m., agents try to separate them into groups by nationality.
