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The U.S. Mint spent 3.69 cents per penny minted in 2024. And it minted 3.2 billion pennies.

Trump’s order to end minting of pennies will save taxpayers millions without much impact on Arizona copper mines

Feb 13, 2025 The cost of producing a penny has far exceeded the value of each coin for the past 19 years.
Many people rely on opioids to manage chronic pain.

Native communities in Arizona to receive $500,000 grant to combat opioid misuse

Feb 12, 2025 Grant will support prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts in tribal and urban Indian communities.
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks at the PBS's Executive Session at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. PBS is closing its DEI office following executive orders from President Donald Trump aimed at rolling back workplace DEI efforts.

PBS shutters DEI office

Feb 12, 2025 The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.
Squad members from the Aviation Center of Excellence from Fort Novosel, Alabama, compete in the grenade assault course during the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Best Squad Competition on Fort Huachuca. August 28, 2023.

AZ House lawmaker asks that feds waive Endangered Species Act for military

Feb 12, 2025 Gail Griffin's bill would send a letter with the request to the president and both chambers of Congress.
With nearly 42,000 incarcerated people, Arizona has one of the largest prison populations in the country.

Court sets March 19 date for first execution in Arizona in over 2 years

Feb 11, 2025 In one of the 2022 executions, the state was criticized for taking too long to insert an IV for lethal injection into a condemned prisoner.
Tucson's University High School seniors prepare their party platforms for the 47th annual AP U.S. Government classes' Mock Election Debate on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2024, in the UHS auditorium.

University High students debate real-world issues in annual mock election debate

Feb 11, 2025 AP U.S. Government seniors explore complex global issues and policy making.
The Arizona State Capitol Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. January 13, 2025

Legislature debating leasing Marana prison to federal government for immigration enforcement

Feb 11, 2025 The deal has passed its first state Senate committee.
Red Butte in Coconino County, Wednesday, Aug. 30. Known as "Wii'i Gdwiisa," in Havasupai, the sacred grounds are protected under President Joe Biden's Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni- Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

AZ Senate President asks to meet with Interior Secretary to talk uranium mining

Feb 10, 2025 This is Senate President Warren Petersen's second attempt to rescind former President Joe Biden's 2023 designation of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Top AZ education official not worried about immigration raids at schools

Feb 10, 2025 Tom Horne does not expect students to be targeted.
Officer Brian Kleinberg, with the Oro Valley Police Dept. Traffic Unit, looks up information on a tablet shortly after pulling over a driver suspected of violating the town's ban on using a mobile device while driving on February 5, 2019.

Bill would let voters end legislative immunity for traffic tickets

Feb 10, 2025 A state legislator wants to add traffic offenses to the list of acceptable arrests
Red Butte in Coconino County, Wednesday, Aug. 30. Known as "Wii'i Gdwiisa," in Havasupai, the sacred grounds are protected under President Joe Biden's Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni- Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Interior Secretary’s new order sparks concerns over national monument protections

Feb 7, 2025 Environmental advocates warn the policy shift could threaten protected public lands in Arizona.
A scale and gavel

Arizona and other states head to court to stop DOGE

Feb 6, 2025 Attorneys General from the states are worried about privacy.
State Senate President Warren Petersen speaking with the media outside the Arizona House of Representatives at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona. January 13, 2025.

AZ Senate Pres. Petersen goes to White House for transgender sports order signing

Feb 5, 2025 A similar Arizona law is on hold.
The Pima County Courthouse building in downtown Tucson, Arizona.

$68 million in Pima County grants under review amid Trump’s executive order

Feb 5, 2025 Federal grant funding for infrastructure, environmental projects and aid programs remains uncertain.
Tomatoes on their way north across the U.S.-Mexico border.

If tariffs hit, price of tomatoes will likely increase 25%

Jan 31, 2025 The White House announced that the president will impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada starting Saturday, a move some experts consider unprecedented since NAFTA's creation in the mid-90s.

The Buzz: Comparing public and private-owned utilities

Jan 31, 2025 As Tucson considers taking over electricity service, we ask what difference public ownership makes.

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