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Portrait of Jack Healy

Jack Healy

Jack Healy is a Phoenix-based national correspondent for The New York Times. He focuses on the fast-changing politics and climate of the Southwest. He has worked in Iraq and Afghanistan and is a graduate of the University of Missouri’s journalism school. He adopted a street cat from Baghdad and still has the scars on his hands to prove it.

  1. Arizona Limits New Construction in Phoenix Area, Citing Shrinking Water Supply

    Officials say there’s not enough groundwater for housing construction already approved — a glimpse of the challenges facing the West as climate change worsens.

    By Christopher Flavelle and Jack Healy

     

  2. A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now

    The agreement on cuts, aided by a wet winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments, expires at the end of 2026.

    By Christopher Flavelle

     

  3. In Migrant Camps, Anxiety and Relief: ‘It Was Worth It. We Are in America.’

    Pandemic-era migration restrictions were lifted without a fresh spike in border crossings. Thousands of migrants now find themselves in a holding pattern.

    By Soumya Karlamangla, Edgar Sandoval, Miriam Jordan and Simon Romero

     

  4. Migrants in Yuma wait out the next phase of an uncertain journey at an overstretched aid center.

    The migrants charge phones, buy plane tickets and receive Covid-19 tests while waiting to be bused to other parts of Arizona.

    By Jack Healy

     

  5. With Title 42’s End, Scenes of Anxiety, Weariness and Relief at the Border

    Some people tried last-minute crossings overnight, but most of the border was quiet on Friday, while U.S. officials braced for the days ahead.

    By Jack Healy, Soumya Karlamangla, Edgar Sandoval and Eileen Sullivan

     

  6. With Pandemic Restrictions Lifted, Thousands Converge on Border

    A policy known as Title 42 that allowed rapid expulsions of migrants ended Thursday night. But border cities had already been seeing a spike in migration.

    By Miriam Jordan, Michael D. Shear, Maria Abi-Habib and Simon Romero

     

  7. Phoenix Dismantles a Homeless Encampment, One Block at a Time

    The city on Wednesday began moving hundreds of people out of “the Zone,” spread over several blocks downtown, but some homeless people worry about where they will go.

    By Jack Healy

     

  8. Phoenix to Start Clearing Sprawling Downtown Homeless Encampment

    A Phoenix judge ordered the city to begin clearing tents in the Zone, an area that has as many as 1,100 people sleeping unsheltered on a given night.

    By Jill Cowan

     

  9. ¿Cuál es la controversia de la nueva gobernadora de Arizona? Los tamales

    La gobernadora Katie Hobbs vetó un proyecto de ley que habría permitido a una red informal de cocineros vender legalmente alimentos caseros. La reacción ha sido feroz, en especial entre la comunidad latina.

    By Jack Healy

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  10. The Hot Issue Bedeviling Arizona’s New Governor: Tamales

    Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have allowed an informal network of home cooks to sell perishable food legally. The backlash has been fierce.

    By Jack Healy

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