Arizona is on pace for a nearly 50% jump in arrivals this year. But, we don’t see headlines about that population coming to our shores. Julia Gelatt with the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute joined The Show to talk about the difference between the two.

The EPA announced the first mandatory limits on forever chemicals in the nation’s drinking water Wednesday and is distributing $1 billion to help local governments meet the new standards.

Tucson’s city council will consider whether to join cities across the country in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

The temperature on Thursday may be close to 90 degrees in Phoenix — but the forecast calls for a big drop starting Friday.

These new federal funds, made available through the Inflation Reduction Act, are solely eligible for tribes residing in the 17 western states served by Reclamation.

SB4 would allow state law enforcement to turn migrants back across the border to Mexico — even if they’re not actually from Mexico. Mexican government officials have already said their country would not accept those returns.

One administrator says the the Dził Ditł’ooí School of Empowerment, Action and Perseverance was created out of a desire to Indigenize education for students by including traditional Navajo practices and spaces in the curriculum — especially after decades of cultural erasure due to the U.S. Indian boarding school system.

Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a legal effort asking justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to block a law that prohibits most abortions in Idaho and safeguard emergency abortion care.

If there’s one thing all of Arizona’s four border counties can all agree on, it’s that managing the border is a federal responsibility that needs federal money. But not everyone agrees on exactly what that means.
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