Posted inHousing

Tucson withdraws ordinance to ban camping in washes amid community concerns

Ana Armijo used to camp at Santa Rita Park, but she expected to spend Wednesday night “in an alley somewhere.” Alejandro Martinez’s friend, who also used to camp at Santa Rita with his two dogs, would be spending Wednesday night in an empty house that Martinez’s building manager temporarily opened up. Armijo and Martinez’s friend […]

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Watch the replay: Debate over partisan primaries vs. open primaries

A debate of Propositions 133 and 140 was hosted by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission and the Arizona Media Association on Sept. 26. The competing proposals ask Arizona voters whether they want to change the election system or keep it as is.  Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson argued for Prop. 140, a citizens initiative […]

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Hizzoner is a Defendant Now and ‘It’s Going to Get Weirder’

Mayor Eric Adams stands beside his lawyer outside Gracie Mansion after being indicted on federal corruption charges.

For the first time, New York City’s sitting mayor is now a criminal defendant — one who says the 57-page case against him is a pack of “lies” and that the federal government and the city’s permanent powers are trying to bring him down for doing right by New Yorkers. In an “emergency” episode marking […]

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Was a Wisconsin sexual assault suspect released after previous criminal charges because of sanctuary cities?

No. There is no evidence sanctuary policies meant to shield people from immigration authorities freed Venezuelan Alejandro Coronel Zarate before he was jailed Sept. 5, 2024, on a sexual assault charge in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

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