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For the two most recent years on record, the case counts of Valley fever hit rates not seen since 2012. Both 2020 and 2021 had around 11,500 confirmed cases.
March 8, 2023
The state Senate passed a bill that would require voters that want to submit late mail-in ballots to also present an ID at their polling place or at the County Recorder’s Office. To ensure their ballot counts, it must be submitted this way by the Friday before Election Day.
March 8, 2023
Quinn Murphy runs and owns Hamster Labs, where he does custom design and screen printing — including a lot of concert posters. He says the manual printing process makes each print its own unique creation.
March 8, 2023
In 2015, Arizona became the first state to require students to pass a civics test before they can graduate high school. It’s a trend that’s been copied in other states since. Now, the Arizona Board of Regents is putting a similar program in place in Arizona’s universities.
March 8, 2023
"World of Our Mothers" captures the oral histories of 45 women who immigrated from Mexico to the U.S. in the early 1900s, and their experiences living and working in Arizona mining towns and barrios.
March 8, 2023
A bill passed in the state Senate that would increase the penalty for those convicted of selling fentanyl to someone who dies from it. The punishment? Life in prison, or death.
March 8, 2023
Universities across the country over the last decade were dealing with a drop in the number of students majoring in the humanities. In fact, the New Yorker recently wrote about this, reporting that between 2012 and the start of the pandemic, ASU saw declines in majors including English, history and women’s studies.
March 8, 2023
When Arizona Republican lawmakers met to elect their new leader at the beginning of this session, they chose Ben Toma to lead the majority caucus in the state House. It was seen as an optimistic choice given the new split government. But now, critics say the far-right wing of the GOP has taken over the agenda at the Capitol.
March 8, 2023
Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans, has died.
March 8, 2023
A lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s parole programs for certain immigrants is headed to court this summer. The new programs were introduced by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this year.
March 8, 2023
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has submitted four proposals to the State Board of Education. The proposals call for changes to state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program.
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March 7, 2023
Government wildlife agencies recently announced that the number of Mexican gray wolves in the wild grew by 45 animals last year. Conservationists welcomed the news, but believe that wolf recovery has room for improvement.
March 7, 2023
The Department of Justice was back in court this month for a case that could decide the future of DACA.
March 7, 2023
Members of the massive group were from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Ecuador.
March 7, 2023
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing Cochise County for giving its county recorder – a friend and ally of losing secretary of state candidate and election denier Mark Finchem — nearly all authority over county election operations.
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March 7, 2023
The Agua Fria Union High School District has a program called "Senior to Senior," which usually connects older adults in the community to high school seniors. This week, they brought the program to younger kids in Avondale.
March 7, 2023
Valley Metro is holding public meetings as part of a study to address the need in west Phoenix for additional high capacity transit options, like buses. Valley Metro’s Madeline Phipps says the goal is to make it easier for Maryvale residents to travel to everyday destinations.
March 7, 2023
The Republican-majority Arizona Senate passed a measure that would bar state entities from using affirmative action in college admissions and matters of employment.
March 7, 2023
The attention on Rio Verde has led to a lot of discussion about whether the community is a kind of canary in the coal mine — a glimpse of what the future might look like as the drought continues and water supplies dwindle.
March 7, 2023
ChatGPT — the new chat bot that is set to revolutionize the way we search online — is already making waves beyond the tech world. Educators and parents are taking notice of the new generative artificial intelligence technology, and wondering what it means for kids in school.
March 7, 2023