Arizona News
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Alex Hager/KJZZArizona cities are highlighting the importance of groundwater amid Colorado River shortages. -
Alisa Reznick/KJZZGrijalva, local leaders and a few dozen protesters gathered outside the gated-off Marana Prison complex – an old state prison sold to the for-profit Management & Training Corporation last year for $15 million. -
Gage Skidmore/CC BY 2.0Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs released a government efficiency plan on Tuesday which seeks to reduce state spending, in part by embracing artificial intelligence. -
Matthew Casey/KJZZOn Tuesday, the person in charge of overseeing kitchen staff for more than a dozen sports bars raided in January by immigration authorities pleaded guilty in federal court.
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The Arizona Senate has approved a bill that would lift the cap on the number of beds available to Maricopa County residents at the Arizona State Hospital. -
A Republican plan to send much-needed emergency funding to Arizona’s state troopers would take the money from a fund the Attorney General uses to protect consumers against fraud. -
Corey Seemiller, Ph.D., travels the world speaking at conferences and events. She’s a Tucson-based life coach and corporate consultant, specializing in leadership. -
Marianne Robb retired from the Gilbert Police Department in 2021, after 34 years in law enforcement. But she’s still working with police officers. A few years ago, she and another former officer, Dave Rich, started the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Police Department. -
Pinal County residents might get a $300 check from the state. The Senate Finance Committee voted 3-2 late Monday to divide up among county residents what's left from an illegally imposed Pinal County sales tax. -
Phoenix police say they’ve arrested a man on suspicion of shooting BBs and paintballs at a mosque while young people were celebrating Ramadan. -
MIT faculty member Justin Reich says we just don’t know enough about AI yet to say we know how to teach it. -
For the first time, Arizona voters will be choosing a lieutenant governor in the November election. -
Arizona’s schools chief is pushing for more funding for campus safety after a gun was found at a Phoenix elementary school last week. -
Katie Asher testified before the Arizona Legislature recently in support of a new bill that would require insurers to cover fertility treatments for cancer patients. -
State senators have concluded that the right to smoke marijuana ends where a neighbor's nose begins. -
In the midst of all the current social and political disruption, commentator Herb Paine takes a step back and reflect on how we shifted from an age of aspirations to an era of polarization.
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A proposed ballot measure would change the makeup of Arizona’s legislative districts in a way Democrats fear would disadvantage them. -
AI is changing lots of aspects of our lives — including education. Why one expert says we just don’t know enough about the technology yet to say we know how to teach it. Plus, a corporate coach discovers her business strategies don’t translate to matters of the heart. -
Local Republican officials in Arizona’s Legislative District 3 chose three nominees to replace former Rep. Joseph Chaplik, who resigned from the Legislature this month to focus on his congressional campaign. -
The NAU men’s basketball season came to an end Saturday, with a 73-65 loss to Idaho State in the Big Sky Tournament. And it’s the end of an era — the last game called by longtime play-by-play man Mitch Strohman. -
Medical residency applications have dropped significantly in abortion-restricted states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. -
A professor from Arizona State University is analyzing how artificial intelligence could cause businesses to lose their knowledge. -
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The results of a public consultation from the Mexico government show business leaders don’t want a major overhaul of the trade pact between their country, the United States and Canada. -
Phoenix police have increased patrols around a local mosque while detectives investigate an incident involving a pellet or paint gun from over the weekend. -
Marchers called for justice for victims of abuse at the state judiciary building Sunday. -
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says hundreds of store clerks and businesses were caught selling tobacco to people under age 21 last fiscal year.
