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Downtown Phoenix viewed from City Hall on March 4, 2024. The city's water leaders say they're nearing the ceiling on how much water can be saved through traditional conservation, and are instead turning their eyes and budgets toward new technology that will help decrease demand for water from the Colorado River and underground aquifers.

Does Arizona have enough water?

Jun 25, 2024 Phoenix-area cities are spending big to make sure it does.
The port of entry in Douglas, Arizona in April 2016.

Next phase of new Douglas port of entry approved

Jun 25, 2024 The decision comes after nearly two years of environmental review.
Senator Mark Kelly speaks at press conference with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Infrastructure Act funds in Phoenix on February 22, 2022.

Kelly supports new bump stock ban after Supreme Court decision

Jun 25, 2024 He said that already-existing restrictions on fully automatic weapons provide the bill plenty of legal cover.
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for reproductive rights in Phoenix. June 24, 2024

Abortion rights will play a big role this election, VP Harris says at Phoenix event

Jun 24, 2024 Harris told a crowd of hundreds Monday that access to IVF and contraception, and possibly same-sex marriage, are now at risk because of former President Donald Trump
Flowers, candles and letters lay in front of the Harshbarger building sign following the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner on Wed. Oct. 5, 2022 at the University of Arizona. Meixner was killed by a former student on campus.

Former UA student sentenced to life for professor's murder, victim's family calls for gun reform

Jun 24, 2024 Murad Dervish will serve life in prison with an additional 14 years for other charges.
CBP officers stand guard next to fentanyl seized by the agency at the Port of Nogales Jan. 26, 2019.

Analysis counts toll of Arizona fentanyl crisis at $58 billion

Jun 24, 2024 A new report calculates the direct and indirect costs of the fentanyl crisis to Arizona’s economy at $58 billion last year.
A shipping container repurposed as a cooling center for unhoused individuals in Phoenix, Ariz.

Tucson receives new upcycled cooling center

Jun 24, 2024 The new cooling center is located at the Amazon Shelter on West Miracle Mile.
The administration building of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe welcomes new council members

Jun 24, 2024 The tribe celebrated the newly elected officials during an inauguration Saturday evening.
Two "Vote Here" signs sit outside the Armory Park Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in downtown Tucson.

Democrats spend big hoping to snag two of Arizona’s congressional seats

Jun 24, 2024 Democrats view abortion as pivotal to success in Arizona.
Lights mounted on the tops of Tucson Police cruisers in a parking lot outside of the department's headquarters.

Pedestrian deaths up in Tucson

Jun 24, 2024 So far in 2024 there have been 17 pedestrian and 6 bicycle fatalities.
Armondo Felix and his wife smile on the Esperanza En Escalante campus in March 2023. Felix lives on the campus with his wife and three daughters.

Housing Our Honored: Tucson organization helps homeless Veterans transition into civilian life

Jun 23, 2024 Esperanza En Escalante is helping hundreds of homeless Veterans find permanent housing and support services.
Saguaro cactus amid mid-afternoon sun.

At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees

Jun 23, 2024 A heat wave baked most of the United States on Friday, with numerous areas expected to see record-breaking temperatures.
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra (right) speaks to Dr. Sigrid Williams (left) and Dr. Gayle Dean (middle) about reproductive healthcare access in Arizona during his Reproductive Healthcare for All Tour at the YWCA of Southern Arizona in Tucson on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Arizona is one of six states he will be visiting.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services visits Arizona to talk abortion access

Jun 21, 2024 Secretary Xavier Becerra stopped in Tucson and Phoenix for his Reproductive Healthcare for All tour.
Water from the Colorado River flows through an irrigation canal at an alfalfa farm near Eloy, Arizona.

The Buzz: Efforts to reduce our use of finite resources

Jun 21, 2024 We look at efforts to reduce the use of plastic, water and fossil fuels.
A scale and gavel

Judge grants restraining order to put part of the state budget temporarily on hold

Jun 20, 2024 The request was made by Attorney General Kris Mayes after a sweep of opioid dollars.
The Central Arizona Project moves water from the Colorado River to southern Arizona. July 2021

Hobbs under pressure to call special session on groundwater

Jun 20, 2024 Arizona lawmakers didn’t pass significant bipartisan policy on groundwater reform this year.

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