Out-of-town donations fund opposition to Cochise County water measure

As residents of southeastern Arizona prepare to vote on a plan to regulate groundwater for the first time, out-of-state profits are pouring cash into groups opposing the measure. San Diego and Southern California vintners have donated thousands of dollars to Rural Water Assurance, a group of Cochise residents, farmers and vintners opposing state regulations on […]

Opposition to Camp Grayling expansion high among local governments

GRAYRING, Michigan — Plans to expand Camp Grayling National Guard base are not well supported among elected leaders in northern Michigan. The base spans parts of Crawford, Kalkaska, and Ossego counties, each of which formally opposes the Guard’s proposed 162,000-acre expansion. Neighboring Roscommon County also opposes the expansion, as do several county road commissions and […]