A new study has found that groundwater pumping is having a greater effect in changing levels in the Tucson Basin Aquifer than climate change. This year, the number of cattle that have crossed that border have plummeted, as the U.S. tries to stop the northward spread of a flesh-eating parasite. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit Tuesday against House Speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear Democratic Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva into office. Plus the latest tribal natural resources, education, business, and metro Phoenix news.
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