Mexico filed the $10 billion lawsuit against Smith & Wesson Brands, Beretta and other gun-makers in 2021.

Nationally, only a few percent of homeowners bother getting flood insurance policies. Federal emergency officials say most counties are now prone to some sort of flood risk and want to increase coverage around the country.

Federal land managers want to hear from you about a proposal to protect nearly 4,000 acres of Prescott National Forest from mining for the next 20 years.

Washington narrowly avoided a government shutdown this month. But lawmakers are still mulling a potential deal that would green-light military aid for Ukraine in exchange for crackdowns on asylum at the border. In the meantime, along remote stretches of the Arizona border, officials say that system is overwhelmed.

A budget proposal released by Gov. Katie Hobbs last week set aside more state money for projects along the border. The governor is proposing two border-focused programs.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, or ADEQ, is asking for public input on whether to approve a groundwater permit for a proposed copper mine in southern Arizona.

An Arizona lawmaker wants to make Pluto, the much maligned dwarf planet, the official planet of the state. The International Astronomical Union demoted the solar system’s once-ninth planet in 2006.

Pima County received $5.2 million to continue its work to help asylum seekers. The funding came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board.

The president of the Navajo Nation has called on the U.S. government to protect tribes from a long-awaited uranium mining operation south of the Grand Canyon.