Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijlava passed away Thursday following complications from cancer treatment. A local nonprofit and trade school have teamed up to launch a welding program for women recently released from Perryville prison. The measles outbreak in Texas is causing concern in Arizona. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, Fronteras Desk and education news.

President Donald Trump has again delayed tariffs on goods from Mexico after a conversation with Mexico’s president. Uranium transport from the Pinyon Plain Mine south of the Grand Canyon has only been steadily underway for about two weeks. Arizona’s public universities are taking a measured approach in response to executive orders issued by Trump attacking diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Plus the latest business, metro Phoenix and tribal natural resources news.

Shoppers in the U.S. are contending with the possibility that already high grocery prices could get higher if President Donald Trump follows through with his promise to levy taxes on Mexico and Canada next week. Even years after the pandemic drove public schooling largely online, experts say more desks are empty in Arizona schools every day than there should be. The National Park Service is now hiring seasonal workers to fill positions at parks across the country. Plus the latest politics, sports, metro Phoenix and aging news.

School funding is closely tied to student enrollment, and public school enrollment is declining. A coalition of Arizona fishermen and scientists are working together to try to get statewide protection for an ecologically important estuary in Sonora, Mexico. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the first bill of the legislative session Tuesday. Plus the latest metro Phoenix and business news.

The price of eggs has skyrocketed in recent months., but the problem has nothing to do with inflation. It has more to do with a virus. Arizona’s largest public school district announced immediate layoffs, as well as future cuts for the 2025-26 school year. Some traditional Indigenous stories can only be uttered during the wintertime. University of Arizona researchers say vegetable farmers are more concentrated in Yuma County than car manufacturing is around Detroit. Plus the latest Fronteras, metro Phoenix and politics news.

Rising premiums, and in some cases outright cancellations by home insurers citing wildfire risks, is a problem not just in California, but also, Arizona. Parents in Buckeye’s Liberty Elementary School District have started a petition to recall two school board members. Democrats in Arizona want to make big changes to the state’s school voucher program after it fell victim to two fraud schemes in recent years. Plus the latest business, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

Medicaid expanded coverage of traditional healing practices for tribal members across four western states, including Arizona. Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court. Phoenix’s Isaac School District has agreed to sell one of its middle schools to another district in order to keep schools open amid a budget crisis. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, Fronteras Desk and business news.

Find out how people in Arizona are reacting to President Donald Trump's flurry of executive orders, including several that change how asylum seekers ask for protection in the U.S. and even challenging birthright U.S. citizenship. Plus, get the latest business, Tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

What does President-elect Donald Trump's Day One promise of mass deportations actually mean? Lawmakers are not rushing to renew Proposition 123, the education funding mechanism set to expire in July. Mesa Public Schools has announced that it will eliminate some positions next school year, due to declining enrollment. Plus, get the latest business, Tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Arizona’s Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, are supporting a bill which would require undocumented immigrants charged with crimes to be taken into custody. Mexico is working on breaking up migrant caravans setting out from the south of the country toward the U.S. border in the days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. A new study found that adding public school employees to the state’s employee health insurance plan would decrease health care costs for teachers and other school workers. Plus the latest science, business, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.