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Incumbent Juan Ciscomani (R - left) and challenger Kirsten Engel (D - right) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 8, 2024. The two candidates are battling for Arizona Congressional District 6.

Arizona Debates: Congressional District 6

Oct 9, 2024 Incumbent Juan Ciscomani (R) and challenger Kirsten Engel (D) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 8, 2024.
Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (right) speaks at a voting information session on May 3, 2024 in Tucson, Ariz.

Pima County sees record voter registration ahead of election, shift toward unaffiliated voters grows

Oct 8, 2024 There were 4,500 registrations in the week leading up to the Oct. 7 deadline.
Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.

Number of unauthorized crossings continue to drop

Oct 8, 2024 The number is the lowest in years.
Governor Tim Walz speaking at a campaign rally in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2024.

Walz, Vance to campaign in Tucson on first day of early voting

Oct 7, 2024 Governor Walz and Senator JD Vance will speak Wednesday afternoon.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Why don’t we just fix the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East?

Oct 7, 2024 The answer is complicated.
Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Tom Perez (right) and Pima County Board of Supervisors Chair Adelita Grijalva (left) at a White House event in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

Top White House official talks border, rural internet access with Pima County Officials

Oct 4, 2024 Tom Perez called Pima County a “leader” in migrant aid.
Former Arizona Attorney General and Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard speaks surrounded by boxes of sheets with signatures that Make Elections Fair Arizona need to get their measure to qualify for the ballot at the state Capitol on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

The Buzz: Weighing propositions that will change our primary elections

Oct 4, 2024 Will Arizona switch to open primaries or codify its current system in the state constitution?
An electric transmission line.

Fact Check Arizona: Utility rates, the Corporation Commission and green energy

Oct 3, 2024 As Arizonans prepare to elect new utility regulators, we look at how those offices work and what candidates have said about its work.
Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol.

San Carlos Apache asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Oak Flat case

Oct 3, 2024 The tribe is appealing the ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court.
The Arizona Department of Education Building in Phoenix, Ariz.

Department of Education launches online teacher certification tool

Oct 3, 2024 Applications can now be completed entirely online.
Saguaro cactus amid mid-afternoon sun.

Tucson is reaching record-setting temperatures this season

Oct 2, 2024 September 2024 is the hottest on record, and October is also breaking records
University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella makes the Wildcat sign alongside his wife Lakshmi Garimella during his first on-campus workday in Tucson, Ariz. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

University of Arizona: New President Garimella marks “a new era”

Oct 2, 2024 Suresh Garimella’s first day on the job was Oct. 1.
A vote here sign outside of a polling place in Tucson. November 2020.

Grijalva faces Republican challenger Butierez in hopes of 12th and final term in Congress

Oct 2, 2024 District 7 Rep. Raul Grijalva has announced this will be his last election, as the Republican candidate says it's time for something new.
$20 bills, USD.

Pima County recommends checks and balances to prevent embezzlement following Santa Cruz scandal

Oct 2, 2024 County finance director urges enhanced audit procedures and transparency after the case in Santa Cruz County involving nearly $40 million in unauthorized wire transfers by the former treasurer.
Artist's illustration of 2024 PT5.

Earth welcomes temporary new moon

Oct 2, 2024 Scientists say the traveling companion will only stick around for a few weeks.
The Pinyon Plain Mine shaft in Coconino County, on Wednesday, Aug. 30. In 2016, the mine shaft punctured a perched aquifer that contained natural levels of uranium, requiring the mining company Energy Fuels to pump water to the surface to an impoundment for treatment.

Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region: Tribal Sovereignty vs. Nuclear Energy in the Climate Crisis

Oct 2, 2024 Uranium mining and nuclear energy may be affecting Arizona's tribal nations, posing threats to the region's water resources and the environmental and cultural heritage connected to them.

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