PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) has been receiving an increasing number of reports in recent weeks of sick or disoriented coyotes within residential neighborhoods, parks and green spaces.

Laboratory testing has confirmed the diagnosis of canine distemper, a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems of both domestic and wild animals, primarily canids.

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PHOENIX — Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is calling for $10 million in initial cybersecurity funding and $3.5 million in annual support to modernize and protect Arizona’s election infrastructure following a recent attempted cyberattack on the Secretary of State’s candidate portal.

Fontes made the funding appeal during a bipartisan closed-door briefing to the Arizona Legislature earlier today, where he outlined the scope of the incident and stressed the urgent need for sustainable investment in election system security.

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PHOENIX – The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office has officially launched a new, secure voting system for military and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. The state is piloting the program with the counties sending ballots to UOCAVA voters for the Special General Election for Congressional District 7. This partnership with Enhanced Voting marks a major milestone in the state’s two-decade effort to modernize and enhance ballot access for military and civilian voters serving or living abroad.

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An Arizona woman was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for her role in a fraudulent scheme that assisted North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers posing as U.S. citizens and residents with obtaining remote IT positions at more than 300 U.S. companies. The scheme generated more than $17 million in illicit revenue for Chapman and for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).

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PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is pleased to announce the successful resolution of the Turquoise Alert for 6-year-old Violet Coultas, who was found safe earlier today, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Cottonwood, Arizona.

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WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has issued three new waivers for border wall construction, ensuring expeditious construction of approximately 36 miles of new border wall in Arizona and New Mexico. This is in addition to the waiver that was signed by Secretary Noem and published in the Federal Register in April 2025 for border wall construction in California.

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