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The Arizona Board of Regents has released a study analyzing the impact all three state universities have on their local economies.
March 19, 2019
Arizona's Republican lawmakers plan to shut the door on cities and towns wanting to protect home renters from landlord evictions.
March 19, 2019
Faith groups and nonprofits who help migrant families after they’re released from detention want government funding and a shelter to help with an increasing number of drop-offs.
March 19, 2019
Activists found what they believe to be the body of a critically endangered porpoise in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez last week. It's the first vaquita marina that has been found dead so far this year.
→ The Vaquita's Last Stand: The Struggle To Save The World's Rarest Marine Mammal
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March 18, 2019
In front of the Government Palace in the Sonoran capital of Hermosillo Monday morning, reporters dressed in white were demanding justice for the fatal Friday night shooting of Santiago Barroso, as well as action to ensure free expression in the state.
March 18, 2019
When Carson Daly steps down from his NBC show, "Last Call," the network will replace him with a unique voice in late night. That voice is Lilly Singh, a YouTube star with more than 14 million subscribers.
March 18, 2019
High snowpack in the southern Rocky Mountains this winter will likely stave off a shortage declaration in the Colorado River watershed in 2020, relieving pressure on water managers attempting to navigate future scarcity.
March 18, 2019
Democrats and Republicans are in for a fight over President Donald Trump's veto on his emergency declaration. Arizona Reps. Greg Stanton, a Democrat, and Paul Gosar, a Republican, fall along party lines.
March 18, 2019
Some Circle K convenience stores in Arizona are out of gas. The company says unforeseen circumstances are leading to the shortage, but the company does not say what or what locations are impacted.
March 18, 2019
The issue of sexual assault on college campuses has become ubiquitous with certain schools and certain athletic departments. Arizona Daily Star investigative reporter Caitlin Schmidt takes a broader look at how schools like Baylor have revamped their Title IX programs in response.
March 18, 2019
The investigation unveiled last week around actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin put the spotlight on how wealthy, powerful people work to get their children into what are considered top-tier universities. To help answer some of those questions, Eric Hoover, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, joined The Show.
March 18, 2019
Kathleen Belew is an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago, and she has studied white supremacy and its growth. According to Belew, attacks throughout the world are not by "lone-wolves," rather, they are part of a larger movement by white supremacists, who are greatly influenced by those in the United States,
March 18, 2019
The California Consumer Privacy Act, which passed in the summer of 2018, doesn’t go into effect until January 2020. In the meantime, a fight over how the law will regulate user data is ramping up in the California Legislature.
March 18, 2019
Several vigils were held over the weekend in Arizona to remember the 50 lives lost at Christchurch in New Zealand, including one vigil at the Islamic Center of North East Valley, where hundreds gathered Sunday night.
March 18, 2019
Currently, vaccination rates in pockets of metro Phoenix fall below 85 percent, including in the Anthem and Fountain Hills communities, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
March 18, 2019
Longtime tech venture capitalist Roger McNamee knew Mark Zuckerberg almost from the beginning of Facebook and was a self-proclaimed "cheerleader." That changed just a couple of years ago, and McNamee has written about his disenchantment in the book "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe."
March 18, 2019
The latest “Glass Ceiling Index” released by the Economist says any movement forward has been stalled with the exception of a few nations — and the U.S. isn’t one of them.
March 18, 2019
In South Dakota v. Wayfair, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially allowed states to require online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes. Arizona is among a handful of states that has not adjusted its tax laws to reflect the last summer's ruling. A new bill could change that.
March 18, 2019
Last week, the state Senate gave its OK to a bill that its sponsor calls the most significant reform to the governance of charter schools since they were established. Critics, however, see it differently, and argue the measure is essentially toothless. The bill is now moving to the Arizona House.
March 18, 2019
New Zealand, and the rest of the world, continue to mourn the 50 people killed on Friday in two mosques. The country’s prime minister said New Zealand’s gun laws will be changed. For more on that and other international stories coming up this week, The Show was joined by BBC’s Pooneh Ghoddoosi.
March 18, 2019
