newsbot

  A federal judge extended a temporary pause of exploratory drilling as part of a lithium mining project near the Hualapai Tribe’s sacred site after the court found that irreparable harm from drilling is likely.

  I can see a route for Democrats to win all five seats on the Pima County Board of Supervisors next time around. I also see a way for Republicans to win a majority four years hence. That's good. Elected officials should feel accountability to voters and not entitlement to their seats.

  Voters decided the future of school boards across Pima County, and ousted members of the Pima Community College Board on Election Day

  Pinal County, the fast-growing neighbor of Maricopa County, ultimately took more than 24 hours to count all the ballots cast at polling places - and that's unusual, even in Arizona, a state known for its long counting period.

  Updated: Two days after Election Day, Pima County has about 137,000 ballots left to review — an estimate that hit 175,000 at one point Thursday — but the exact number that will be added to the count is still unknown.

  Democrat Kirsten Engel took back the lead from U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani in Arizona's CD6 race, ahead by 209 votes after several counties updated their vote tallies Thursday.

  Updated: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani held a narrow lead Thursday in his race for reelection against former state lawmaker Kirsten Engel.

  Arizona voters on Tuesday approved a controversial ballot measure to crack down on illegal immigration and fentanyl sales but rejected two initiatives that would have reduced wages for tipped workers and eliminated judicial retention elections.

  A sixth spiritual wife of an Arizona religious leader who sexually abused 10 underage girls in the name of God was sentenced to prison for marrying her underage daughter off to the man who would repeatedly rape the girl for two years.

  Democrats will continue their control of the Pima County Board of Supervisors for the next four years, but it remains to be seen if there will still be a single Republican supervisor.

  Updated: A day after Election Day, Pima County has more than 160,000 ballots left to tally, but the exact number that will be added to the county is still unknown.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani took a narrow lead Wednesday in his race for reelection against former state lawmaker Kirsten Engel.