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A New Coalition is Forming Around Arizona Data Center Policy

September 8, 2026 10:52 am

An effort is underway to assemble a coalition of economists, academics, utilities and technology-industry figures to develop a framework for Arizona’s data center policy. The news follows a public disagreement over data centers last week between Attorney General Kris Mayes...

Federal Incursion into Border Region Strains Relations With Tohono O’odham

September 8, 2026 9:43 amSeptember 10, 2026 2:14 pm

On August 25, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contractors, along with about 20 armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) officers, came onto tribal lands with drill trucks and set to work at three separate...

Arizona Joins FTC to Sue Amazon Over Alleged Consumer Fraud

September 2, 2026 11:21 am

Attorney General Kris Mayes is joining the Federal Trade Commission and 21 other states to sue Amazon for allegedly artificially inflating the prices of advertisements sold on its e-commerce platforms. The group says Amazon imposed “undisclosed” surcharges on customers looking...

Mayes Calls For Freeze On Data Centers

September 2, 2026 9:31 amSeptember 4, 2026 8:44 am

Attorney General Kris Mayes called for a statewide pause on new data center projects across Arizona on Monday — a move eliciting criticism from some in Arizona’s economic-development community. The announcement, which follows the U.S. Department of Interior’s recent nearly...

Republican Who Led Prop. 308 Campaign Slams DOJ Lawsuit

August 28, 2026 9:55 amSeptember 2, 2026 9:31 am

The Department of Justice sued the state of Arizona and the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday for granting in-state tuition to undocumented students–”dreamers”–who graduate from Arizona high schools. In an interview with Arizona Globe, Tyler Montague, a lifelong Republican...

Pima County Raises Water Concerns as Copper World Mine Advances

August 25, 2026 1:04 pmAugust 25, 2026 1:33 pm

Pima County is renewing scrutiny of the massive Copper World mining project southeast of Tucson. A memorandum sent Monday to the Pima County Board of Supervisors details potential water impacts east of the Santa Rita Mountains, including previously observed increases...

Damage to Hopi Headdress Underscores Precarious State of Many Native Artifacts

August 24, 2026 10:08 amAugust 28, 2026 9:57 am

The damaging of a priceless Hopi artifact at the Desert View Watchtower in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park earlier this summer has refocused attention on the vulnerability of such relics and the limited legal power of indigenous tribes to take...