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Arizona’s revenues last month were 44% lower than May 2022, a decline totaling $183 million. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee had expected to see a decline, but the number exceeded expectations. A report from the committee pinned the reduction on Arizona adopting its flat 2.5% income tax.
June 23, 2023
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is moving to strip the state’s 15 elected county attorneys of their ability to prosecute doctors who perform abortions. The executive order issued Friday says that centralizing control over prosecuting abortion care will allow for uniform application of Arizona law.
June 23, 2023
This week, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is suing failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for defamation, former Gov. Doug Ducey announced his next steps and the state Supreme Court weighed in on paying petition signature gatherers.
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June 23, 2023
A run-down house in Scottsdale is the setting for the newest play by John J. Caswell Jr., a Phoenix native now living in upstate New York. In his show, "Wet Brain," a family has to confront issues related to addiction, family dynamics and grief. The play was recently extended another week at its theater in New York City and will run through July 2.
June 23, 2023
Jane Spicer's product became synonymous with one famous golfer who liked the tiger stuffed animal headcover for his clubs. After Tiger Woods won the 1997 Masters, Daphne’s Headcovers really took off
June 23, 2023
This week, the Flagstaff City Council gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would require owners of short-term rentals to register their properties and pay an annual licensing fee, or else face fines of $1,000 a month.
June 23, 2023
For years, there’s been simmering anger over a Saudi Arabian dairy company using Arizona groundwater to grow alfalfa here and ship it back to the Middle East. As the state’s water crisis has deepened, that anger is now boiling over.
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June 23, 2023
A year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, patients seeking abortions in Arizona are facing longer wait times and added barriers for appointments, according to Planned Parenthood Arizona, the state’s largest abortion provider.
June 22, 2023
Tribes with casinos in Arizona shared more than $153 million of their revenue with local governments during the fiscal year that ends June 30.
June 22, 2023
An agreement signed in early April says Phoenix police have to let the city’s independent oversight office see evidence related to internal investigations. But information requested by the Office of Accountability and Transparency has yet to be delivered.
June 22, 2023
The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a permit that will allow Salt River Project to expand a natural gas plant near Coolidge, but not everyone is happy with the commission’s vote.
June 22, 2023
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is suing failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for defamation. Richer is suing Lake not as the recorder, but in his personal capacity.
June 22, 2023
In a new letter this week, U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego says federal funding allotments for communities helping asylum seekers from the border should be reconsidered.
June 22, 2023
TPS is given to nationals from countries that have been deemed too dangerous to return to, because of things like conflict or natural disaster.
June 22, 2023
Maricopa County had the largest gains in the white population across the country. The county also saw the biggest gain in the American Indian and Alaska Native population, with more than 3,100 new residents.
June 22, 2023
Arizona voters last fall overwhelmingly approved Proposition 211 by a 3-1 margin. Now a judge has rejected a bid by two groups attempting to void the effort to end "dark money" in political races.
June 22, 2023
After gathering public input and studying the market, the Phoenix Convention Center has a plan to expand.
June 22, 2023
Arizona’s public universities awarded a record number of degrees in the 2021-2022 school year, but the number of those degrees that went to Arizona residents went down slightly. And less than half of all Arizona high school students are going onto college to begin with.
June 22, 2023
The Show spoke with Mary Jo Pitzl of the Arizona Republic on how Arizona's House and Senate are approaching the issue of per diem payments to lawmakers during the Legislature's break.
June 22, 2023
The SAFE Banking Act would protect banks and credit unions from being penalized for working with cannabis businesses licensed in states. Many banks won’t work with dispensaries and others in the industry because marijuana is still illegal under federal law.
June 22, 2023