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PHOENIX — Proposition 308 is back in the headlines after the federal government filed a lawsuit challenging the voter-approved Arizona law. But beyond the national immigration debate surrounding Prop 308, another question deserves attention: Did Prop 308 actually help level the playing field for Arizona’s students? And did Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes get it right when she vowed to defend it?
PINETOP, Ariz. — Newly released autopsy information is providing additional details about the November 2025 shooting death of 59-year-old Kerri Ann Abatti inside her Pinetop home, while previously unsealed court records reveal more about the evidence investigators say led them to her estranged husband, Michael Abatti.
HEBER, Ariz. — A federal judge has limited a preliminary injunction to the Sitgreaves National Forest, ruling it no longer applies to the Apache National Forest after determining the challenged U.S. Forest Service actions were confined to the Sitgreaves. The ruling came days after the Center for Biological Diversity sought to intervene, arguing in court filings that unauthorized free-roaming horses had denuded portions of federally designated critical habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse on the Apache National Forest.
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The Apache National Forest and Sitgreaves National Forest are often referred to together as the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, but they remain two distinct national forests that have been managed under a single administration since 1974. A federal court is now being asked to determine whether an injunction issued in the case extends across both forests or is limited to the Sitgreaves National Forest.