It's Up to Me AZ

All of us have the opportunity to step forward and create the future we want and deserve for Arizona. It is, in fact, up to you!

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

So Arizona is shitty?

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

The Red owner of Buc-ee’s Arch Beaver Aplin III says that he’s going to prioritize opening more locations in red States because he loves the leadership in red States & calls the employees in blue States shitty so make sure none of your blue dollars go to Beaver & Buc-ee’s.

[azcentral @azcentral]

Photos: A spike in wildfires has left some high country homeowners unable to buy insurance. https://t.co/ZtJsVKXLaH

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

Can we phase these out @GovernorHobbs ?

Air quality. Health. Heat. Plus.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Every use of a leaf blower is a massacre.

A typical blower pushes air out at 150 to 200 mph. That's faster than a Category 5 hurricane, aimed straight at the layer of leaves where next year's butterflies, moths, and fireflies are hoping to spend the winter.

Woolly bear caterpillars curl up under those leaves. Luna moths hide their cocoons in them, disguised as dead leaves. Fireflies lay their eggs in them. Bumblebee queens sleep an inch or two below. Blast the beds down to bare dirt and all of it gets scattered, exposed or bagged for the landfill.

Flip it to vacuum mode and it's even worse. It sucks up whatever's in the leaves, insects and spiders included, and chops it up.

In 2019, Germany's environment ministry told people not to use leaf blowers unless they're indispensable, because small animals get sucked in or blown around and damaged.

Get a rake. Move the leaves off the lawn and driveway, pile them whole in your garden beds and under your trees, and leave them there until spring.

Next year's bumblebees and fireflies will thank you.

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

So someone is concerned?

[Michael Beyer @michbeyer]

NEW in @washingtonsun: Turning Point has dropped more than $18 million on media buys supporting Andy Biggs and attacking Gov. Katie Hobbs #AZGov https://t.co/6p5FdSZYzJ

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

Word

[Arbor Day Foundation @arborday]

We need urban trees now more than ever. They:

☀️ Cool our streets
🏭 Filter urban pollutants
🌎 Mitigate climate change
🦉 Increase biodiversity
📈 Boost property values
❄️ Reduce A/C expenses
🧠 Improve mental and physical health
💪 Unite communities

[Gilbert Police Dept. @GilbertPolice]

Missing Juvenile
13-year-old Keagan McSorley was last seen on October 4, 2026, at 1:50 PM after leaving his residence near the area of San Tan Village and Ray Roads. Keagan was wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.

[The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru @Garrett_Archer]

Trump calls @azjustinheap's office dishonest.

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

Tragedy

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: DHS contractors are toppling the last of four ancient cottonwoods to build double border walls across the San Rafael Valley.

The wall cuts through the key remaining wildlife corridor for endangered jaguars between Arizona and Sonora, where human border crossings are seldom seen.

A protest camp had occupied and protected this tree for more than 60 days, halting construction. The camp was raided and campers were arrested this morning.

This wall will effectively lock the remaining jaguars in the U.S. into solitary confinement, while permanently marring one of the last remaining wild places along the Arizona border.

[azcentral @azcentral]

The Tennessee prisons chief overseeing the botched execution of Christa Pike was previously accused of mishandling prisoner executions in Arizona. https://t.co/5ktkW9OfQd

[Tó Nizhóní Ání @tonizhoniani]

PRESS RELEASE: Groups appeal largest coal mine ever permitted in the US, calling its approval on Navajo land ‘disturbing’ in light of coal’s downward economic spiral #NoMineExpansion Read More: https://t.co/umBzaYbs9p

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

Oh Abe. 🤔

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

House lawmakers spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money on meals and lodging last year — a 21 percent increase over 2024 — under a reimbursement program that doesn’t require them to provide receipts, a Post analysis found.

Here’s who spent the most in 2025: https://t.co/xTYrEnzXgD

[ABC News @ABC]

A former Northern Arizona University fraternity leader was sentenced to two months in jail Wednesday for his role in a hazing that led to the death of a pledge who died of alcohol poisoning.

Read more: https://t.co/Wewyh4neFc

[12 News @12News]

DEVELOPING NOW | Two vehicles were swept away in floodwaters near New River, officials say. One person made it out safely, and emergency crews are still searching for the second vehicle:
https://t.co/N3FY3dS11o

[The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru @Garrett_Archer]

This summer the national populist county recorder of Maricopa @azjustinheap referred 60 cases to county attorney @Rachel1Mitchell for investigation after running the voter file through SAVE.

Results:
52 were citizens.

8 were in the country legally and were inadvertently registered by the MVD.

No charges.

Non-citizen registration and voting counties to be extremely rare.

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

Done normally get tropical moisture?

[NWS Phoenix @NWSPhoenix]

Tropical moisture🌀⛈️is expected to arrive early early next week which will result in increasing rain chances across the Desert Southwest. Some portions of AZ could see significant rainfall totals.

Stay tuned as the forecast becomes more clear!
#azwx

[It's Up to Me AZ @ItsUpToMeAZ]

Hello Arizona

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

France ordered big businesses to cover their parking lots in solar panels, and the businesses are embracing it.

Carrefour is putting solar canopies over 350 of its store lots, 180,000 parking spaces, and using the power to run its supermarkets.

Disneyland Paris started even earlier: its guest lot now has more than 80,000 panels over 11,200 spaces, producing about 17% of the resort's electricity.

France passed the law in 2023 requiring most large outdoor parking lots to put renewable-energy canopies or other qualifying shade over at least half the lot.

Many businesses don't pay a cent upfront.

Carrefour isn't even fronting the construction cost. GreenYellow is financing the entire installation and operating it under a 20-year power agreement. Carrefour uses the electricity and says the project will significantly reduce its energy bills.

The government estimates it could add up to 11 gigawatts of solar. In full sun, that's about as much as 10 nuclear reactors.

The US has somewhere between 700 million and 2 billion parking spaces. Most of them are bare asphalt baking in the sun.

Why aren't we doing more of this?

[Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett]

“Right now, with the limited number of session days that we have left, if they don’t get into an en bloc package, they’re going to die,” Tillis continued. “That’s how I’m holding Kari Lake. I mean, there’s some people saying, ‘Please let her go to Jamaica,’ but the reality is once she gets Senate confirmed, she could go other places in acting roles. And that’s what I’m not going to allow.” https://t.co/HLtDAjFHMd

[aztechcouncil @aztechcouncil]

Phoenix proposal aims to grow EV charging network, closing gaps in low-income areas. The Charging Action Plan found metro Phoenix requires more hi-powered charging ports by 2030 to keep pace with projected demand from high-mileage vehicles. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/HSYlImXHiR

[ABC15 Arizona @abc15]

After another brutally hot summer, the state prison director is asking for $131 million to upgrade cooling systems at two Arizona prisons. Some units at the facilities have relied on outdated evaporative coolers for years.

[Michael Crow @michaelcrow]

ASU London is officially open.

Founded by ASU, it represents a new approach to higher education built around innovation, project-based learning and global connection. Excited to see what its first class of students will accomplish. https://t.co/bph2zhsRfI