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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
The state and its cities have disputes every year over which level of government should be allowed to do what, and under what circumstances. But how are this year’s fights playing out?
March 7, 2023
Collecting accurate data about abortions in the United States has always been hard. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it’s even harder. Jasmine Mithani says that's a problem.
March 7, 2023
Gov. Katie Hobbs has tapped a former Democratic lawmaker who has advocated for higher taxes and against Republican-proposed tax cuts to head the Department of Child Safety.
March 7, 2023
Republican lawmakers want to change the state’s constitution to eliminate the possibility of a government shutdown if they fail to reach a budget agreement with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobs.
March 7, 2023
Hospitals across the state are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Staffing shortages and financial challenges are two big pain points for this industry.
March 7, 2023
A new virtual reality experience from the Arizona Jewish Historical Society takes visitors through the annex where Anne Frank lived for two years during the Holocaust. The experience takes visitors where Anne Frank lived for two years during the Holocaust, decorated just as it was when she lived there.
March 7, 2023
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has proclaimed the first Monday of March to be COVID-19 Memorial Day. She made the announcement at the Arizona Heritage Center on Monday.
March 7, 2023
Planned Parenthood of Arizona is offering vasectomy services for the first time in several years. It’s a move the organization says comes amid increased demand for the procedure since last June, when the Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade decision and undid the constitutionally-protected right to abortion.
March 7, 2023
Some Phoenix leaders are ready to take on developers in an effort to prevent mobile home park residents from being displaced. Grand Canyon University was the biggest target during public comment at a Monday night meeting of the community investment subcommittee.
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March 7, 2023
Oak Flat stretches across just over 2,400 acres of the Tonoto National Forest and is a sacred site to the San Carlos Apache Tribe and other Arizona tribes. A last-minute piece of legislation passed in 2014 put its future into the hands of a proposed mining operation called Resolution Copper.
March 6, 2023
Tech experts warn that ransomware attacks are on the rise. But there are things you can do to prevent them.
March 6, 2023
Two of four Americans abducted in Mexico last week when their van was caught in a shootout were found dead, a top Mexican official said Tuesday. The two others have been found alive, with one wounded.
March 6, 2023
In a recent opinion piece, former U.S. Attorney General William Barr called Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador the cartels’ chief enabler and said U.S. intervention in Mexico could be justified, even without the latter’s approval.
March 6, 2023
The wet winter will have varying impacts on wildfire dangers statewide depending on the elevation.
March 6, 2023
The Arizona House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require a public vote in large school districts to determine whether they should be split up.
March 6, 2023
Last month, the family of actor Bruce Willis announced that he has frontotemporal dementia, or FTD. It’s a lesser known type of dementia, which means research is limited. But some of that work is happening here.
March 6, 2023
A popular waterfall spot in northern Arizona is officially closed after KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk reported on efforts by locals to keep non-tribal members out of the area.
March 6, 2023
The vast majority of the world’s money supply and transactions now take a digital form. But coins and paper currency were all the rage in downtown Phoenix this past week. The National Money Show — a three-day event devoted to coin collecting — concluded this weekend at the Phoenix Convention Center.
March 6, 2023
The Republican candidate who lost the Arizona secretary of state election has been sanctioned after the lawsuit he filed, claiming “misconduct” and “illegal votes,” was deemed groundless.
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March 6, 2023