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Gov. Katie Hobbs is joining Democrats in Phoenix and Tucson on Thursday to announce a measure they plan to introduce in the Arizona Legislature next year. It’s called the Arizona Right to Contraception Act.
June 22, 2023
The Show spoke to Tiffany Powers, head of interpretation, education and visitor services at Chiricahua National Monument, about how she thinks this move could be game-changing for the biodiverse region. Powers spoke on the monument's history and what becoming a national park would mean.
June 22, 2023
Joe Weaver is an antiques shop owner and lamp collector. Weaver’s antiques shop on north Central Avenue in Phoenix is filled with all kinds of old things — but mostly lamps. Hundreds of them, all rare and restored by Weaver himself.
June 22, 2023
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government does not have to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo Nation.
June 22, 2023
In the 1950s, a master-planned community was built near the Pinal and Pima county line in southeast Arizona just for copper workers and their families. San Manuel saw its mine close decades ago. Now marijuana growers are trying to make it a company town once more.
June 22, 2023
The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a permit that will allow a project to expand a natural gas plant near Coolidge to proceed.
June 21, 2023
Groundwater has weighed heavily in the balance of policies regarding drought, tribal rights and land development. Now research suggests groundwater pumping is knocking the Earth itself slightly off-balance.
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June 21, 2023
Tourism has grown into a major industry throughout the West, and continues to bring people to Arizona. It can also have profound effects on the environment if not carefully managed.
June 21, 2023
The unanimous decision overturns a lower ruling and says that the 2017 law does not violate the First Amendment rights of petition circulators.
June 21, 2023
A new report shows even as high interest rates slow the growth of home prices nationwide, more American households are cost-burdened than ever before. And Arizona is among the hardest-hit states.
June 21, 2023
The president of the Navajo Nation has declared a public health state of emergency. It’s for tribal members affected by the fraudulent behavioral health schemes targeting them in the Phoenix area.
June 21, 2023
The Arizona Transportation Board has approved its new five-year program, which includes more than $9 billion in transportation investments.
June 21, 2023
A black bear that killed a 66-year-old man near Prescott last week was unprovoked when it attacked, an official necropsy has found.
June 21, 2023
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued another ozone air pollution advisory for Phoenix. There is some correlation between higher temperatures and increased ozone, but it’s not direct.
June 21, 2023
Advocates celebrated earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that kept intact one of the few ways people with disabilities, older adults and their families can protect their rights when a federally-funded program like Medicaid isn't safely administered.
June 21, 2023
Valley fever is well-known in Arizona. Late summer and fall is its peak season. Through KJZZ's Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked, Isn’t it true if you’ve had Valley fever previously you won’t get it again?
June 21, 2023
The Show kicks off a new portion of Saguaro Land with a look at how Phoenix artist and educator Monica Aissa Martinez incorporates maps into her work.
June 21, 2023
The Show spoke with Moana Meadow, the head of a psychedelic facilitation center in California, on the future of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and ketamine in mental health care.
June 21, 2023
The Show talked more about the AHCCCS process of determination in Arizona with Carmen Heredia, director of AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program.
June 21, 2023
The Show took a look at the state of the housing market in the Valley and spoke to TIna Tamboer, senior housing analyst with the Cromford Report, about this.
June 21, 2023