The Funky Latina Music Festival is a mix of sound and culture
The Third Annual Funky Latina Music Festival gets underway Saturday, March 30 at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix.
March 28, 2024
Study: Slow GDP growth in U.S. is tied to a lack of foreign-born workers
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.
March 28, 2024
Hobbs celebrates federal funding, but wishes Congress would add security legislation
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.
March 28, 2024
Democratic senators ask Biden to protect undocumented migrants amid Trump deportation threats
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.
March 28, 2024
Hear the voices of families, victims at a town hall on Arizona’s sober living home scandal
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.
March 28, 2024
County shores up funding for forest restoration in Flagstaff, Williams
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.
March 27, 2024
Democratic lawmakers call on DHS to reform CBP One asylum process
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.
March 26, 2024
Under new spending package, rights advocates say ICE has historic detention budget
Congress passed a long-anticipated spending package Friday that includes money for a number of agencies — including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
March 26, 2024
Coconino Forest ancient village renamed Elden Pueblo Heritage Site
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.
March 26, 2024
Mexicos suit against AZ gun stores to move forward
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.
March 25, 2024
Federal border funds finally coming to AZ
President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion spending bill into law over the weekend. It includes more than $490 million to fund 22,000 Border Patrol agents, and also directs some $650 million to FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program.
March 25, 2024
PRCA ‘Home of the Navajo’ Rodeo returns to Window Rock in May
Rodeo is a world-renowned sport and way of life on the Navajo Nation. Recently, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, or PRCA, announced that it will soon return to the Nation’s capital in Window Rock.
March 25, 2024
Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February
The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. But at a time when immigration is increasingly a concern for voters, the numbers were still among the lowest of Joe Biden's presidency.
March 23, 2024
Trial of border rancher charged with killing migrant is set to open
An Arizona rancher goes on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico as the national debate over border security heats up ahead of this year's presidential election.
March 22, 2024
Grand Canyon celebrates decade milestone for tribal cultural demos program
The return of the Grand Canyon National Park’s cultural demonstration program, which highlights artisans from the 11 culturally associated tribes, marks a decade since the program began.
March 21, 2024
Sedona residents pushing back on the plan to make a safe place for workers to sleep in cars
Voters in the Arizona tourist town of Sedona are pushing back against a City Council vote earlier this month that would rezone part of a popular park to create a car camp for homeless workers.
March 21, 2024
Lawmakers say theyve reached deal with White House to ramp up Afghan visas
Several thousand additional visas will be made available to Afghan nationals who worked alongside the U.S. military in their country, according to a new agreement between Congressional leaders and President Joe Biden.
March 20, 2024
Homeland Security to roll out 3 AI-focused pilot projects
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the projects as part of a new roadmap that outlines AI technology initiatives coming to DHS this year.
March 20, 2024
Former White Mountain Apache tribal police officer charged in womans Thanksgiving Day death
A federal grand jury has indicted a former White Mountain Apache tribal police officer Joshua Ben Anderson in connection with the death of a woman on Thanksgiving Day last year.
March 20, 2024
This Hopi dry farmer is trying to safeguard seeds from climate change, commercialization
Michael Kotutwa Johnson is conducting new agricultural research at the University of Arizona to find solutions and combat cenvironmental trends, affecting even some of the most resilient Hopi dry farmers due to climate change.
March 20, 2024
As budget deadline looms in D.C., Arizona leaders say border funding is still elusive
Congress is facing a deadline at the end of this week to decide on a budget for the Department of Homeland Security. The deadline comes as lawmaker negotiations continue to stalemate.
March 19, 2024