Ducey’s Border Strike Force might go away. What does it mean for Arizona’s border sheriffs?
Alisa Resnick/KJZZ Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway said the twin cities of Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona are shared communities and major centers of trade. He says he wants the former Border Patrol funds to be more freely used as his county sees fit. As Arizona legislators work on a new budget, the Hobbes […]
As Arizona Gov. Ducey’s shipping container wall comes down, wildlife concerns and lawsuits are left behind
Alisa Resnick/KJZZ Former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has agreed to remove a stockpile of shipping containers used to build portions of the wall at various locations on the southern Arizona border during his final days in office. On a crisp early December morning, Eamon Harrity, wildlife project manager for the conversation group Sky Island Alliance, […]
After Ducey’s container wall dismantled, enviro groups push for remediation on border
Posted: Feb 11, 2023, 2:48 PM Paul IngramTucson Sentinel.com previous slide◀︎ next slide▶︎ Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comContainer wall under construction in November 2022. Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comVehicles operated by AshBritt that helped lay dozens of freight containers along the Arizona-Mexico border in the protected Coronado National Forest Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comRuss McSpadden of the Center for Biodiversity photographs the border wall […]
Doug Ducey’s border wall crumbled and fell on your wallet
Finally, former governor Doug Ducey invites you and all your friends to dinner at the most expensive restaurant in town, and the man who orders champagne, caviar, surf and turf, and the most decadent dessert on the menu. It was… and the check arrived. We already knew this about him. Eight years later, we are […]
Arizona Gov. Ducey’s Makeshift Border Wall Comes Down, Leaving Gaps
A makeshift border wall is about to be torn down between former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. Heavy Machine Workers Remove Shipping Containers That Make Up Wall After Biden Administration Lawsuit Against Arizona and Ducie. The complaint alleges that the governor’s erection of makeshift barriers along part of the border was illegal. In a December lawsuit […]
Ducey’s shipping container barrier to cost AZ taxpayers over $200M
Former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s five-month effort to fill the gap along the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers will cost Arizona taxpayers more than $200 million . It will cost more than $76 million to tear down double-stacked shipping container barriers in Yuma and Cochise counties after Ducey bowed to federal pressure and agreed to […]
Doug Ducey’s illegal shipping container ‘wall’ is no more in southwestern Arizona
campaign action Ducey’s office previously listed construction costs of at least $82 million, Likely to cost at least $95 millionAfter a federal lawsuit, Arizona said it would cost an additional $76 million to pull down the illegal stunt. AshBritt Management & Logistics, the shady contractor Hired by Arizona, he’s made up like a bandit during […]