The Secure the Border Act will go to voters in November — asking to let local officers carry out federal immigration law. We’ll hear how one border sheriff plans to enforce it. Plus, in the next installment of our Last Resorts series, the surprising stretch of Phoenix roadway that was once the place to stay.
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Arizona voters will decide the fate of the Secure the Border Act this November. It would make it a state crime to cross the border illegally, giving local officers the power to enforce federal immigration law. The Show talks with David Rhodes, sheriff of Yavapai County and president of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association.
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Earlier this month, the biggest user of Colorado River water in the West agreed to conserve up to 700,000 acre feet of water through 2026. Tina Shields, water manager at the Imperial Irrigation District, joined The Show to explain how that's going to happen.
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Barbara VanDenburgh has made a career out of her lifelong love of storytelling. But her own story starts way back when she was a kid and spent countless hours in the comfort of a bookstore.
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Step back into the 20th century, when a stretch of Van Buren Street was the place to stay. At its peak, my next guest says there were up to 200 hotels and motels, mostly clustered between 16th and 40th streets — although they could go as far east as 52nd Street and as far west as about 11th Avenue.
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Nora Kenworthy, associate professor in the University of Washington’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, says that speaks volumes about our health-care system. She wrote "Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare," and spoke more about the issue with The Show's Lauren Gilger.