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A boat ramp, once partially submerged under Lake Powell, sticks out of the water on April 10, 2023. The nation's second-largest reservoir, which is filled by the Colorado River, has reached record low levels in recent years. Policymakers are stuck in a standoff about how to reduce demand on the reservoir and river.

Colorado River states to submit competing proposals ahead of deadline for draft of new rules

Mar 5, 2024 The states haven't agreed on a plan.
Democratic Representative Kyrsten Sinema during an interview at Arizona Public Media about her run for U.S. Senate.

Sinema not running for re-election

Mar 5, 2024 Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday she will not run for re-election and will step down at the end of her term.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Hobbs vetoes immigration bill

Mar 4, 2024 The bill is similar to a Texas law put on hold by the U.S. Supreme Court.

More than $2 billion paid to bond people out of immigration detention; highest amount in Eloy

Mar 4, 2024 People seeking the release of migrants detained for crossing the border have paid more than 2 billion dollars in bonds since 2017. A recent report shows that collectively the highest amount paid was in Eloy, Arizona.
University of Arizona's 22nd president, Robert C. Robbins.

UA President takes 10% pay cut amid university fiscal woes

Mar 4, 2024 The Arizona Board of Regents will approve his pay cut at an upcoming board meeting.
The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden at the Fox Tucson Theatre, in Tucson, Ariz. on. Saturday, March 2. Biden, stopped in Arizona to launch the Women for Biden-Harris initiative, a program intended to mobilize women to re-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

First Lady Jill Biden stops in Arizona to launch Women for Biden-Harris

Mar 2, 2024 Dr. Jill Biden unveils re-election campaign for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, advocates for reproductive healthcare rights.
Oak Flat, near where a copper mine is proposed, is dotted with rugged boulders and desert vegetation.

How Apache Stronghold's fight to protect Oak Flat in central Arizona has played out over the years

Mar 2, 2024 Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of international mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP, wants to develop the large deposit of copper ore deep under Oak Flat into a massive mine.
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.

A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches

Mar 1, 2024 Wendsler Nosie, who has led Apache Stronghold’s fight, vowed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Children play at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

Diocese of Tucson seeks donations to continue migrant services in wake of funding cliff

Mar 1, 2024 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson and Casa Alitas are asking community members to consider donating to help asylum seekers in Tucson as federal dollars run out and street releases are set to begin on April 1.
Looking west across the University of Arizona mall. The Student Union Memorial Center and Old Main can both been seen.

Arizona Board of Regents Chair steps down

Mar 1, 2024 ABOR Chair-elect Cecilia Mata will "assume the responsibilities".
National Guard troops receive inspection training from a Customs and Border Patrol official at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona on August 1, 2018.

The Buzz: What can states do at the US-Mexico border?

Mar 1, 2024 Federal law rules the land when it comes to border enforcement, but local governments can help.
Chair of the People for the Playa group Joanna Seeley shares her concerns about the Max Power Mining Corporation to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes during a town hall at the Sunsites Community Center. February 23, 2024.

Canadian company conducting exploratory drilling on state-leased land in the Willcox Playa

Mar 1, 2024 Some locals have raised concerns about water and other environmental impacts.
Two "Vote Here" signs sit outside the Armory Park Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in downtown Tucson.

Arizona's new voting laws that require proof of citizenship are not discriminatory, a US judge rules

Mar 1, 2024 U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton concluded Arizona legislators did not discriminate when they adopted the laws and the state does have an interest in preventing voter fraud and limiting voting to those individuals eligible to vote.
A row of empty lockers in a hallway at Marana Middle School.

Three former Department of Education employees charged with defrauding Arizona voucher program

Mar 1, 2024 Prosecutors said Thursday that the three employees approved applications for 17 students -– five of which were fictitious -- that admitted them into the voucher program using forged birth certificates and special education evaluations.
A poster taped to a light pole in a parking lot asks for the public's help in the case of missing Tucson 6-year-old Isabel Celis.

Man already serving life sentence convicted in murder of Tucson girl who vanished from parents' home

Feb 29, 2024 Jurors found Christopher Clements guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and burglary in the death of Isabel Celis who was 6 when she vanished from her parents' home in 2012.
February 29, 2024

Leap day places calendars back in sync

Feb 29, 2024 Scientists say the calendar quirk puts the Earth's rotation and trip around the Sun in the proper order.

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