Gary Restaino has left the job of U.S. attorney for Arizona.
A political appointee of former President Joe Biden, Restaino worked for the Justice Department for about 20 years, most of it in Arizona.
Per federal law, Restaino’s top assistant, Rachel C. Hernandez, is now acting U.S. attorney.
The person President Donald Trump nominates for the full-time job in Arizona must be confirmed by the Senate.
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The DEA Phoenix East Valley Drug Enforcement Task Force seized approximately 700,000 fentanyl pills in a bust Monday. -
The Trump administration has restarted the use of immigration detention for children and families after a more than three year freeze on the practice. Two Texas facilities previously used for that purpose are slated are reopening and immigrant rights experts say some families have already been detained. -
City leaders who crafted the measure estimated Prop. 414 would have generated some $80 million a year for the next 10 years. About a third of that was slated to pay for equipment and technology for police and other first responders — including patrol cars and a police plane. The other portion would go toward building new and enhancing existing affordable housing, along with other community resilience programs. -
A new Arizona bill would establish an independent office to monitor the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. If passed into law, it would shake up who has oversight of the state’s prison facilities. -
Phoenix leaders recently voted to include a stretch of Seventh Avenue into the downtown core. The move paves the way for taller buildings and more density.
