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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on what his state of emergency declaration and activation of Arizona National Guard troops means for Yuma County.
Ducey said he wanted to see firsthand what he says is a security and humanitarian crisis at the border and to call out the Biden Administration for its “failed leadership.”
The governor met with Yuma Sector Border Patrol officials and was joined by elected officials and border sheriffs.
“We will be sending up to 250 of our best women and men to our border communities, including here in Yuma, Ducey said in front of a section of border fence west of Yuma. They’ll be able to provide logistical, field and operational support to Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot and his team.”
The Arizona House delivered payback to certain Arizona voters on Tuesday, approving a bill that would purge easily more than 100,000 people from the state’s early voting rolls.
Not only did House Republicans make it more difficult for a certain sort of voter to cast a ballot in future elections, they refused even to allow debate on the bill.
Then, during the final roll call when legislators are allowed to explain their votes, they silenced any Democrat who dared point to the big hairy elephant in the room.
“This,” said Rep. Aaron Lieberman, D-Phoenix, “is an effort to make it harder for people of color to vote.”
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For the second straight session, state Rep. Bret Roberts introduced
legislation, House Bill 2068, in January seeking $35 million
toward construction of an overpass on SR347 at Riggs
Road, the most dangerous intersection on the 13-mile
stretch between I-10 and the Maricopa city limits. Photo by Merenzi Young / Eye of Odin Studios
Roberts works to speed SR347 improvements
Bret Roberts drives the dangerous highway a dozen times a week for most of the year.
The Maricopa resident has seen serious accidents on State Route 347, sat in its traffic and witnessed people driving recklessly on the four-lane highway with three high-speed intersections, daring to become another statistic.