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Antes de votar: Aquí las políticas fronterizas de cada candidato en la elección especial de Arizona

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | John Washington

En el Distrito Congresional 7º de Arizona —que se extiende desde Tucson, limita partes de las afueras de Phoenix y atraviesa ciudades fronterizas como Douglas, Nogales y Yuma— la política fronteriza es más que un tema de campaña. Los patios traseros colindan con muros de 30 pies de altura. Las redadas migratorias resuenan en los vecindarios. Los puertos de entrada traen tanto vitalidad económica como escrutinio federal. Y la frontera cada vez más militarizada corta tierras ancestrales indígenas.
La representante Yassamin Ansari habla del centro de detención de Eloy, El Salvador y la prohibición de viaje

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | John Washington

La representante Yassamin Ansari ha viajado a El Salvador, visitado centros de detención y presentado una legislación en contra de las políticas migratorias durante sus primeros cinco meses en el CongresoLa demócrata de primer mandato y representante del Distrito Congresional 3 de Arizona, que abarca la mayor parte de la ciudad de Phoenix y parte de Glendale, apenas lleva cinco meses en su primer periodo legislativo, pero ya comienza a hacerse un nombre en la política nacional.
Before you vote: The border politics of each candidate in Arizona’s special election

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | John Washington

In Arizona’s 7th Congressional District — stretching from Tucson, brushing parts of outer Phoenix and running through border towns like Douglas, Nogales and Yuma — border policy is more than a talking point. Backyards run up against 30-foot walls. Immigration raids echo in neighborhoods. Ports of entry bring both economic vitality and federal scrutiny. And the increasingly militarized boundary slices through ancestral Indigenous lands.
Jimmy Rodriguez is running for Congress. He’s also on federal probation.

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | Becky Pallack |John Washington |Audrey Nielsen

If elected to Congress to represent Southern Arizona, Republican candidate Jimmy Rodriguez would have to ask his probation officer’s permission to travel to Washington D.C.. Or he would have to get a court order that would update the rules of his federal probation. Rodriguez is on probation after he pleaded guilty to felony fraud in 2023 for falsifying federal loan applications for his business. In 2024, a federal judge sentenced Rodriguez to five years of probation.
Half the candidates in Southern Arizona’s congressional special election don’t live in District 7

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | Becky Pallack |John Washington

Half of the people vying for a seat in Congress in a special election don’t live in the Southern Arizona district they want to represent. District 7 stretches along the U.S.-México border and includes parts of six counties: Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma, Cochise, Maricopa and Pinal as well as four sovereign tribal nations: the Cocopah, Pascua Yaqui, Quechan and Tohono O’odham.
Q&A: Rep. Yassamin Ansari on Eloy detention center, El Salvador and the new travel ban

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | John Washington

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has traveled to El Salvador, visited detention centers and introduced legislation opposing immigration policies in her first five months in CongressThe Democratic freshman representative of Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses most of the city of Phoenix and part of Glendale, is only five months into her first term, but is already starting to make a name for herself in national politics.
UA financial outlook improves but faculty and students challenge university leadership

2 weeks ago | azluminaria.org | Carolina Cuellar

Nataly Reed, a senior writing lecturer at the University of Arizona, was 12th in the long line of speakers at Thursday’s Arizona Board of Regents meeting at the UA. Like those before her, her tone was firm and filled with rebuke at one of the administration’s many controversial decisions.
Locals rally to protect Ironwood Forest from renewed threats by Trump administration

2 weeks ago | azluminaria.org | Wyatt Myskow

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT — Standing in front of a crowd of 100 people Saturday, Mike Quigley pointed out into the distance to a nearby copper mine. “We can have that,” he said. Then he gestured to the mountain behind him.
Inside an effort to reroute people from jail into housing and treatment in Pima County

3 weeks ago | azluminaria.org | John Washington

How does a small county department tackle the overlapping national crises of substance abuse, untreated or undertreated mental illness and an overreliance on jails and prisons — seemingly intractable problems that are stumping communities across the nation? One key step is getting people in a room.
A boost for affordable housing, a new library and an ongoing investigation into sheriff’s department: 3 things to know from Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting - AZ Luminaria

3 weeks ago | azluminaria.org | Carolina Cuellar

Reporters John Washington and Yana Kunichoff contributed to this article. From approving a new downtown library site purchase to passing a new $250 million affordable housing proposal and revisiting a high-profile internal investigation, the Pima County Board of Supervisors tackled a packed agenda at their latest Tuesday meeting. We broke down the three major developments into summaries.