Senate Bill 1162, which passed the House with unanimous bipartisan support, would require cities and towns to determine whether zoning applications are filled out correctly within 30 days. Municipalities would then have 180 days to approve or deny those applications.

The Biden administration has warned states that cyber criminals are targeting energy, water and sewer systems. ASU professor Katina Michael says it’s likely the list of targeted — and potentially affected — organizations will only grow.

Lauren Mucciolo, an executive producer for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU, spoke to The Show about the joint series looking at law enforcement.

The new law is known as the Ashley Dunn act, named for a young woman who died from an overdose after taking half a Percocet tablet she didn’t realize was laced with fentanyl.

These new federal funds, made available through the Inflation Reduction Act, are solely eligible for tribes residing in the 17 western states served by Reclamation.

The rugged, roadless land bridge connects South and Central America. More than half a million people migrants and asylum seekers traveled through there in 2023 — many of whom were en route to the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors met Wednesday afternoon to appoint one of three applicants to fill the vacant state House seat for Legislative District 8.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling attention to Democrats’ efforts to expand abortion rights in Arizona. Whitmer spoke at a campaign event for President Joe Biden on Wednesday at a downtown Phoenix coffee shop.

At a hearing Wednesday, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors waived attorney-client privilege to allow County Attorney Kent Volkmer to publicly refute allegations made against himself and County Recorder Dana Lewis.