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Gov. Doug Ducey delivers the annual State of the State address online due to COVID-19. Jan. 11, 2021

Ducey to focus on semiconductors in Taiwan visit

Aug 30, 2022 The governor will also visit South Korea.
U.S. currency in various denominations.

Arizona gamblers bet hundreds of millions a month

Aug 30, 2022 Gambling has brought millions into state coffers.
Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Containers are no hindrance for migrants on Arizona border

Aug 30, 2022 So far there has been no drop off in the number of people crossing the border.
The seven states in the Colorado River basin couldn't agree on a plan to conserve unprecedented amounts of water before a federal deadline. Meanwhile, grim projections for the future of water levels in Lake Mead have forced mandatory cuts to water for some users in the lower basin. Federal authorities are trying to prop up levels in the nation's largest reservoir before they dip too low to generate hydropower or allow the passage of water.

The Buzz: How will more Colorado River water cuts affect Southern Arizona?

Aug 26, 2022 Tucson's rights means municipal users aren't likely to feel the pinch, but the same can't be said for agriculture.
A mail-in ballot. Arizona

Ruling keeps Arizona voting access measure on the ballot

Aug 25, 2022 The ruling could still be appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

Cochise County schools meet with state lawmakers

Aug 25, 2022 A cap on school spending was the topic of conversation.

Court: Conviction in writing, not open court, violated defendant’s rights

Aug 23, 2022 The case deals with drug smugling.
Lake Mead’s light-colored “bathtub ring” of mineral deposits towers above a speeding boat on June 29, 2022, near Hoover Dam.

No firm new deadline for Colorado River basin states’ conservation plans

Aug 22, 2022 The seven states that rely on the river blew past an August 16 deadline without a plan to conserve 2 to 4 million acre-feet of water.
Children at Havasupai Indian School in Cataract Canyon, Arizona, in 1901. Arizona had scores of such boarding schools for Native children in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Tribal boarding schools much improved, but legacy of old schools remains

Aug 21, 2022 Arizona had the second highest number of the schools in the country.
Arizona Republican Party chair Dr. Kelli Ward at the opening of the RNC Hispanic Community Center in Tucson. August 2022

RNC opens Latino outreach center in Tucson

Aug 20, 2022 The center is part of a minority outreach across the country.
Fruit stacked at the Mariposa Port of Entry.

The Buzz: USMCA turns 2

Aug 19, 2022 How are Arizona's importers & exporters doing under the new trade deal?
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra speaks with abortion providers in Phoenix on Aug. 18, 2022.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra visits Arizona to promote abortion access

Aug 18, 2022 He visited Planned Parenthood in Phoenix.
The seal of Cochise County.

New Sierra Vista Council member

Aug 18, 2022 The council also approves a new property tax levy.

Missouri man charged with threatening Arizona election official

Aug 17, 2022 It is the second case of an Arizona official being threatened.
The seven states in the Colorado River basin couldn't agree on a plan to conserve unprecedented amounts of water before a federal deadline. Meanwhile, grim projections for the future of water levels in Lake Mead have forced mandatory cuts to water for some users in the lower basin. Federal authorities are trying to prop up levels in the nation's largest reservoir before they dip too low to generate hydropower or allow the passage of water.

Colorado River states fail to meet federal deadline on restricting water use

Aug 16, 2022 Arizona will lose 21% of its Colorado River allotment next year.
Lake Mead and the rest of the Colorado River system are shrinking rapidly. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has called for new conservation measures, asking states to conserve a tremendously large amount of water, and giving them a 60-day timeline to formulate a plan for those reductions.

More water cuts coming to Arizona

Aug 16, 2022 The federal Bureau of Reclamation has announced how much Colorado River water the state will give up.

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