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State House committee approves bill to create new Arizona counties

Feb 16, 2022 Proposed law would split Maricopa County.

Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly and Chuck Huckelberry speak before the ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of Tucson's Jan. 8, 2011 mass shooting.

Giffords hospitalized in Tucson with appendicitis

Feb 16, 2022 The illness was announced Wednesday by the office of Giffords’ husband, U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly.

Demonstrators protest in favor of protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.

Undocumented advocates brace for DACA rule change

Feb 16, 2022 DACA was nearly canceled under the Trump administration. Then a federal court ruling in Texas last year barred first-time applicants.

The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

GOP-controlled Arizona Senate passes 15-week abortion ban

Feb 16, 2022 Tuesday's vote comes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a similar Mississippi law.

University of Arizona astronomy researchers track space junk to the Moon

Feb 15, 2022 The spent rocket stage is expected to crash on the far side in March.

Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward on March 14, 2019.

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme

Feb 15, 2022 The committee says it issued subpoenas to state GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward and state Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Marana.

An empty classroom at Gridley Middle School in Tucson. November 2020.

Arizona House votes to raise school spending limit

Feb 15, 2022 Senate must pass similar resolution before March to prevent $1.1 billion in budget cuts.

The vaquita is a critically endangered porpoise that lives in the northern part of the Sea of Cortez. It is considered the smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world.

U.S. files complaint citing Mexico's lack of protections for vaquita marina porpoise

Feb 15, 2022 In the first environmental complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the U.S. is calling for a consultation with Mexico over protections for a critically endangered porpoise.

Pima County-funded preschool program growing slowly

Feb 15, 2022 COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for the program.

More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

Arizona puts $40 million towards rural transitional housing for the unhoused

Feb 14, 2022 The funds will go to rehabilitating existing buildings

A sprawling swath of the West is in drought, with more than 20 years of dryness in the Colorado River basin. Researchers say nearly every indicator of drought is heading in the wrong direction.

Western drought worst in 1000 years

Feb 14, 2022 Scientists say this is the worst case scenario.

The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Former Tucson legislator Olivia Cajero Bedford dies at age 83

Feb 11, 2022 The Tucson native served continuously in either the state house or senate from 2003 to 2019.

The group Save Our Schools delivered more than 111,000 signatures to temporarily suspend a law expanding school vouchers in Arizona.

Arizona measures would create hurdles for ballot initiatives

Feb 10, 2022 One would require petition signatures to come from all 30 legislative districts. The other would require support from 60% of voters to pass.