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‘Follow the money’: Mayes targets fuel pro-Petersen PAC in Arizona’s GOP attorney general race
A political action committee backed by private prison company GEO Group and other special interests is spending to boost Senate President Warren Petersen in his bid for attorney general.
“Trump conservative Warren Petersen will deport the illegal aliens,” the ad from Restore Order Arizona PAC says. By contrast, the ad continues...
Axon brought a mobile tactical simulator to the Arizona Capitol on March 4, 2025, as part of its effort to back legislation that would stop a ballot referendum in Scottsdale brought by residents opposed to the company’s plans to build a 74-acre campus near the Loop 101 and Hayden Road. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Opponents of Axon’s Scottsdale HQ will appeal after losing first round in court
The group behind the effort to stop law enforcement technology company Axon from building a massive headquarters and housing project in Scottsdale said it will appeal a trial court judge’s ruling that a state law barring residents from weighing in on the project is constitutional...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
Trump administration dumps $1.77B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has scrapped plans to use nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department — a proposal that halted work on legislation to fund immigration and deportation activities.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified Tuesday before a House committee the DOJ will no longer move forward with those plans shortly after...
ICE agents link arms outside Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 28, 2026. An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed migrant detention facility reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
Migrants detained at ICE facilities launch hunger strikes to protest conditions
In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held.
An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in...
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