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Arizona Republicans want to give local police permission to arrest migrants, but there’s no plan to cover the costs that law enforcement officials and even GOP backers of the proposal say it will incur — and failing to account for that price tag might make the proposal unconstitutional.
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Peoria is looking into whether it can build an airport in the city.The City Council earlier this year allocated half a million dollars to hire a consulting firm to do a feasibility study. But, not all of Peoria’s neighbors are on board with this potential plan.Jeremy Duda of Axios Phoenix reported on the story, and joined The Show to talk more about it.
Phoenix has been the only major city in the country without passenger rail service, like Amtrak, for three decades. There is an old union station in downtown Phoenix that sits empty — though a redevelopment plan for it is in the works.
A harsh reality has become increasingly clear in recent years: Giving birth in America is getting more dangerous. Maternal mortality rates have more than doubled in the U.S. between 1999 and 2019, and here in Arizona, Axios Phoenix reports pregnancy-associated deaths have quadrupled.