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People wait for assistance at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

Federal dollars for asylum seekers in Tucson on verge of running out as Congress releases spending deal

Mar 21, 2024 Congressional leaders unveiled a spending package with $650 million for short-term asylum services like Casa Alitas in Tucson. However, approval and allocation may come too late to avoid street releases.
President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, left, as Intel factory manager Hugh Green listens, during a tour of the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Ariz., Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

Biden touts Arizona as America's 'future' as government invests $8.5 billion in chipmaker Intel

Mar 20, 2024 The Biden administration has predicted that the cash infusion should help the U.S. boost its global share of advanced chip production from zero to 20%.
File image of the Winged Victory weather vane atop the copper dome at the historic Capitol Building in Phoenix.

Interstate Social Work Compact makes progress in AZ Legislature

Mar 20, 2024 The Arizona Senate bill is part of a nationwide effort to streamline social worker's licensing regulations.

State superintendent helps parent sue AZ school district over dual language learning

Mar 19, 2024 The lawsuit comes nearly two weeks after a judge dismissed a similar case.
The official White House portraits of President Joe Biden, and the previous President, Donald Trump.

Arizona Presidential Preference Election Live Results

Mar 19, 2024 Polls close at 7 p.m., expect first results around 8 p.m.
A mail-in ballot from the 2023 Pima County Election.

Few surprises expected in Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election

Mar 19, 2024 Strategists said they’d be on the lookout for protest voters against President Biden for his handling of Israel and Palestine.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Hobbs vetoes Arizona Starter Homes Act despite bipartisan support

Mar 18, 2024 The bill would have banned cities from requiring homeowners associations and minimize single-family home sizes.
Cochise County is looking to prepare the Miracle Valley Bible College property for auction. The property was deeded to the state in March 2022.

Cochise Supervisors approve $70,000 to clean up Miracle Valley Bible College property

Mar 18, 2024 The purpose of the funds are to prepare the property for auction later this year
File image of the Winged Victory weather vane atop the copper dome at the historic Capitol Building in Phoenix.

Arizona legislation to better regulate rehab programs targeted by Medicaid scams is moving forward

Mar 15, 2024 Hathalie said she anticipates a vote by the full House could come as soon as Thursday.

Judge mulls third contempt case against Arizona for failing to improve prison health care

Mar 15, 2024 Previous contempt fines totaling $2.5 million have failed to motivate authorities to improve care.

SunZia Transmission Project sparks legal dispute over sacred sites preservation

Mar 14, 2024 The Tohono O’odham Nation and San Carlos Apache Tribe seek to halt construction, citing threats to cultural heritage.
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, left, and Sonia Sotomayor speak with retired U.S. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Griffith, not shown, during a panel discussion at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, Feb. 23, 2024 in Washington. In joint appearances less than three weeks apart, ideologically opposite Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor said a Supreme Court where voices don’t get raised in anger can be a model for the rest of the country in these polarized times.

Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility

Mar 14, 2024 They said the Supreme Court, where voices don’t get raised in anger, can be a model for the rest of the country.
Water enters an irrigation canal on the Gila River Indian Reservation on May 7, 2021. The Gila River Indian Community is among the most important tribal players in ongoing negotiations about using water from the Colorado River.

Gila River Indian Community says it doesn't support latest Colorado River sharing proposals

Mar 14, 2024 The tribe is among the most prominent of the 30 federally-recognized tribes that use the Colorado River.
Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks at the The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Water Resources Reach Center 2024 Annual Conference: Implementing Water Solutions through Partnerships on March 13, 2024.

Gov. Hobbs says she would veto Republican water bill

Mar 13, 2024 Hobbs said the bill would bill would favor corporations, hurt small farmers.

Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office

Mar 13, 2024 James Clark, 40, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty in August in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official.
Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Balancing Act: The proposed Public Lands Rule aims to transform Bureau of Land Management’s stewardship

Mar 11, 2024 The new rule seeks to redefine priorities and practices at the nation’s largest land manager

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