A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, unveiled Sunday an $118 billion foreign-spending package that includes changes to the U.S. asylum system that aim to reduce the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Border bill does not include comprehensive reform, but adds protections for some migrants
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, unveiled Sunday an $118 billion foreign-spending package that includes changes to the U.S. asylum system that aim to reduce the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Opinion: The head of 18,000 border agents says the bill is a ‘step in the right direction and is far better than the current status quo.’
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Opinion: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she isn’t playing politics with a bipartisan border deal, but she is. It’s just a different type of politics.
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A $118 billion Senate foreign-spending package that includes sweeping changes to asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border has split Arizona’s congressional delegation, but not neatly along party lines.
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House debates bill to keep student fees from antisemitic groups
Saying students should not have to fund antisemitism, the state House gave preliminary approval Monday to legislation allowing students to keep their mandated fees from going to certain organizations.
Longtime Republicans make shortlist for Maricopa County sheriff appointment
Two longtime Republicans are among the three candidates the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced as finalists for the interim sheriff appointment despite a state law that requires the supervisors to pick a Democrat.
LD5 Democrats nominate 3 candidates for House seat vacancy
With two vacancies in the state House of Representatives, Democratic precinct committeemen in Legislative District 5 nominated three candidates Monday to vie for one spot, but they stalled in finding enough candidates for a second vacancy.
Hamadeh’s brother commits $1 million in 8th District primary
Abraham Hamadeh’s brother tells Axios the $1 million he donated to a super PAC backing the Republican’s congressional campaign is there to stay — and there’s more where it came from.
A Washington lawyer is Arizona abortion opponents’ largest donor. Here’s why
A Washington state lawyer made the single largest donation to a campaign opposed to putting abortion rights into the Arizona Constitution, a contribution he said could make the Grand Canyon State a national leader as a state that “should respect life.”
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January data from the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office shows there are 1.4 million of them across the Grand Canyon State, representing about 34% of the voting population.
The Industry ‘Scandal’ That Might Completely Upend How America Builds Houses
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Yellow Sheet
COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OPPONENT TO TRY AGAIN: Gina Godbehere Thomas filed a statement of interest to challenge Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell in the 2024 primary election. Communications director for Godbehere’s campaign, Isabel Ham, said Godbehere had been “inundated” with phone calls urging her to run in the past year. Ham said Mitchell is “par for the course.” “She’s doing what everybody wants her to do. She’s a follower. She appeases,” Ham said. “We’re in dire need to have leaders who get off the par for the course train and start becoming actionable.” Godbehere lost to Mitchell in the 2022 GOP primary, with Mitchell seeing 57.1% of the vote. . . more
