Holliday Moore

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, along with the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut, have issued their own executive orders demanding the same of Arizonans and visitors in eight other states with surging COVID-19 counts.

As brush fires bear down on populated areas around the state, evacuees are facing new protocols heading to Red Cross shelters around the state.

With the announcement of Metrocenter Mall closing under the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, Phoenix City Council member Thelda Williams remains optimistic about the site's future.

Investigators out of Corona and Riverside, California, have Arizona law enforcement to thank for helping them locate a serial rape suspect. DNA evidence from six women sexually assaulted between 1996 and 2007 has been linked to 50-year-old Darin Cooke.

The latest jobless report shows more than 1.6 million Arizonans are now collecting jobless benefits as the local economy continues to skid under the fallout of COVID-19. New figures from the Department of Economic Security show more than 234,089 Arizonans are collecting regular unemployment payments.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Arizona's Libertarian Party to void a law designed to keep its candidates off the ballot. The decision upholds a barrier erected in 2015 by state Republicans.

Since the nation reopened to travel, gas prices have begun rising at the pump. On Thursday, the American Automobile Association reported Arizona gas stations were charging an average $2.26 per gallon.

During the 2016 and 2018 elections, Maricopa County rejected a combined 4,065 mail-in ballots from voters for missing signatures. This week, the Democratic Party filed a lawsuit to include those ballots going forward.

A federal court has refused to block tighter regulations on sober living homes. The homes serve as halfway houses for Arizonans recovering from drug and alcohol addiction, including former inmates.

The Arizona Department of Economic Security reported 22,290 Arizonans filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week. That's the lowest weekly number since the governor began ordering COVID-19 restrictions in late March.