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For the first time, new home tests — available at pharmacies without a prescription — can test for both the flu and COVID simultaneously.

Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you

Nov 18, 2024 The FDA recently authorized the iHealth at-home test for the SARS-CoV2 virus and two strains of the flu virus.
More than 470,000 Arizonans have filed for unemployment in the last six weeks. New expanded jobless benefits begin in May, but advocates worry it won’t be enough to offset the massive damage from the coronavirus.

AZ unemployment ticks up, remains low

Nov 18, 2024 Joblessness went up slightly for a third time in four months, but remains near historic low.
The Tucson Roadrunners are still in the desert after an offseason of questions, changes, and uncertainty.

Tucson Roadrunners battle uncertainty, changes to keep professional hockey alive in Arizona

Nov 15, 2024 Questions surrounding the Roadrunners’ future in Arizona exploded after the relocation of the Coyotes’ hockey operations.
Two "Vote Here" signs sit outside the Armory Park Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in downtown Tucson.

How some of Pima County’s youngest voters feel about casting their ballots

Nov 5, 2024 Arizona’s Gen Z voters set to shape the 2024 election.
Mike Jones (8) of the Tucson Sugar Skulls runs the ball in an IFL game played in the Tucson Convention Center, the venue that will likely be home to the league's championship game starting in 2025.

Tucson likely to become host of Indoor Football League championship game

Nov 1, 2024 Rio Nuevo board offers to pay $1 million for a 3-year deal to host the annual event.
A now-hiring sign is posted at Chase Bank in downtown Phoenix. February 2023

State forecast predicts AZ job growth rate to triple national rate

Nov 1, 2024 AZ economists see 1.3% growth on average through 2033.
Arizona law prohibits edibles from being designed to look like children’s candies, such as gummy bears. and marijuana gummies for adults must be labeled with the specific dose on individual gummies and their container. State law limits edibles to a maximum of 10mg of THC per edible and 100mg of THC per package of edibles.

Recreational marijuana home delivery to begin in Arizona

Oct 30, 2024 The Arizona Department of Health Services is expanding home delivery to anyone 21 and older.
Among other programs, the Assistance League of Tucson provides new sneakers, clothing, backpacks and other items to hundreds of school children each year.

The Assistance League of Tucson celebrates 65 years of helping community members.

Oct 24, 2024 Since being founded in the late 1950s, the organization has continued to grow.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Pima County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

Vance repeats mass deportation promises at second Tucson rally

Oct 22, 2024 "We gotta get those people out of our country," he said.
According to a 2023 Pew Research survey, tipping expectations have grown over the past few years.

The minimum wage for tipped workers is on the ballot in two states, including here in Arizona

Oct 22, 2024 In Massachusetts and Arizona, voters will decide if a lower official wage for tipped workers should be phased out or made permanent.

Tipped workers’ wages at risk? AZ Prop. 138 explained

Oct 22, 2024 Proposition 138 proposes changes to the tip credit system in Arizona, but critics warn of wage cuts for service workers.
Federal regulators have finalized the "click to cancel" rule for memberships and subscriptions.

Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, the FTC says in a new rule

Oct 18, 2024 Federal regulators receive around 70 complaints a day about charges for subscriptions that are difficult to cancel or that people don't realize they accepted in the first place.
Walgreens will close 1,200 stores over three years, the company announced on Tuesday.

Walgreens will close 1,200 stores, hoping for a turnaround

Oct 15, 2024 The convenience-store part of pharmacy chains has been losing shoppers to Amazon, Walmart, Costco, and grocery stores.
A 7-Eleven storefront on New York City's Upper East Side, June 18, 2019.

7-Eleven to close over 400 stores in North America

Oct 14, 2024 The convenience store chain is shuttering “underperforming” locations, citing inflation pressures, slowed traffic, and a shift in consumer appetites.
A worker packs avocados at a plant in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Feb. 9, 2024.

U.S. to hand over pest inspections of Mexican avocados to Mexico

Sep 25, 2024 California avocado growers are fuming about a U.S. decision to halt inspections of Mexican orchards by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Head Brewmaster Tobias Zollo poses behind non alcoholic beer at the Weihenstephan brewery in Freising, Germany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.

Alcohol-free beer is gaining popularity, even at Oktoberfest

Sep 23, 2024 This year marked the first time an alcohol-free beer garden opened in Munich.

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