In August, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the creation of the country’s first U.S. Space Academy. Now, Gov. Katie Hobbs is throwing Arizona’s hat into the ring.

Phoenix Union High School District employees have access to a new safety feature this year. All staffers now wear crisis alert badges that allow them to send for help with the press of a button.

A team of researchers from Northern Arizona University are using drones to scan and map a section of Wupatki National Monument north of Flagstaff.

Kerr Kriisa, an Estonian national, became a fan favorite while at UA from 2020 through the spring of 2023.

Long before the National Science Foundation ever looked up to the starry sky searching for answers about the mysterious cosmos and universe, O’odhams like Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan stood atop I’oligam Du’ag — or Manzanita Shrub Mountain.

Vice President JD Vance says ASU — along with nine other universities across the country — are using the J-1 visa program to employ foreign workers as researchers, while paying them less than Americans in the same job.

The University of Arizona suspended all fraternity activities this week in order to address a backlog of misconduct reports.

The Tolleson Elementary School District is one of several districts implementing new strategies to fight chronic absences. The superintendent says they saw a 12-percentage-point decrease in chronic absenteeism from the 2024–2025 school year to the 2025–2026 school year.

Democratic state Sen. Brian Fernandez was appointed to fill his mother’s seat in the state Legislature in 2021. And since, he’s faced two allegations of conflict of interest in his work as a lawmaker.

The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind failed to properly collect or recover more than $4.5 million in revenue, according to a three-year forensic audit released by the Arizona Auditor General’s Office.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a multistate coalition that’s fighting federal changes to Head Start programs.

The Scottsdale Unified School District’s governing board voted 3-2 to close two more schools Tuesday night. The district’s enrollment has declined by 26% since 2010.