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Longer-lasting lightning more likely to cause fires as planet warms
Lightning is the chief source of natural wildfires worldwide, and research has shown strikes are likely to grow more frequent as the global climate warms. But a new paper suggests the news is actually worse than that.
March 3, 2023
How some rule changes may affect this year’s Cactus League
Founded in 1947, the Cactus League has officially begun in the Valley — and it’s the first chance anyone is getting to see Major League Baseball's new rules of the game in action. From a new pitch clock to bigger bases, the goal is to make the game move faster. But it’s not come without its skeptics.
March 3, 2023
NewsCap: Conspiracy theories finally went too far for GOP
This week, top Republican lawmakers denounced a legislative hearing filled with unfounded conspiracy theories, and Cochise County voted to give election responsibility to its Republican recorder. To discuss those stories and more, The Show spoke with Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Democratic strategist Tony Cani.
March 3, 2023
Ukrainian, Iranian communities join voices to protest tyranny
In a show of unity against tyranny, Arizona's large Iranian-American community is lending a megaphone to a smaller, but growing Ukrainian community in the Valley.
March 3, 2023
Get your Hotspots this week!
Everybody's workin' for the weekend — and we've been workin' on your Hotspots! Take a peek at hotspots.kjzz.org to see three ideas for things to do.
March 3, 2023
Hobbs doesn’t plan to carry out scheduled execution
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says corrections officials will not carry out an execution even though the state Supreme Court scheduled it over the objections of the state’s new attorney general.
March 3, 2023
Jewish Historical Society offers Anne Frank house in VR
The Arizona Jewish Historical Society is offering people a unique virtual reality experience.
March 3, 2023
Phoenix passes ordinance to ban income source discrimination
Despite some legal uncertainty, Phoenix leaders have approved an ordinance meant to ban housing discrimination based on a person’s source of income. “Source” encompasses a wide range — from paychecks to child support to pensions.
More Arizona business news
March 3, 2023
Linda Ronstadt, Bernie Sanders at Tucson book festival
Tucson will host one of the biggest literary festivals in the country this weekend — and books are only part of the story.
March 3, 2023
Judge sends racial discrimination lawsuit against NFL, Cardinals to arbitration
Claims of racial discrimination in a lawsuit by a Black football coach against the NFL and the Arizona Cardinals won’t go directly to a jury. A federal judge in New York has sent to arbitration the case brought last April by Steve Wilks.
March 2, 2023
Goldwater Institute, Poder in Action sue Phoenix over talks with police union
A conservative institute and a progressive activist group are separately suing Phoenix over contract negotiations with a large police union. The current deal between the city and the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association is set to expire at the end of June.
March 2, 2023
Flagstaff measures record snowfall after latest storms
Flagstaff has so far had the second snowiest season in more than a century. The National Weather Service estimates Flagstaff received 140 inches of snow through March 1.
March 2, 2023
McCain appointed executive director of UNs World Food Programme
The widow of longtime Arizona Sen. John McCain was appointed to head one of the leading food aid organizations.
March 2, 2023
AZ Senate bill would reduce weeks of jobless benefits
The state Senate preliminarily approved a bill that would cut the number of weeks people can receive unemployment benefits.
March 2, 2023
SRP begins low-level releases on Verde River
It has been a rainy winter in Arizona, so much so that SRP’s reservoir systems on the Verde River are nearly full.
March 2, 2023
AZ House bill would expand tax credit to cover pregnancy
Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Gress wants to expand a state law that provides a tax credit for children to also include the number of months a person is pregnant.
March 2, 2023
The world has an uncertainty complex, but one social scientist says not all is lost
The world is in an age of uncertainty. That’s the finding of a new United Nations Human Development Report. Craig Calhoun has done a lot of thinking about this.
March 2, 2023
One of the first Lost Boys of Sudan to settle in Phoenix has written a memoir
Deng Atem was one of the first of the Lost Boys to come to the U.S. after fleeing Sudan. And he made his new home here in Phoenix, where he’s lived for more than 30 years. Now, he’s out with a new memoir, “Jumping Over the Ram.”
March 2, 2023
What proposed changes to the census form could mean for the Latino community
The Biden Administration is proposing changes to the census form it says would allow for more detailed data about respondents’ racial and ethnic backgrounds.
March 2, 2023
Hobbs says Mayes cant simply end a Saudi water deal
While running for attorney general, Democrat Kris Mayes vowed to undo a state land lease that provides free groundwater to a Saudi Arabian alfalfa grower. Gov. Katie Hobbs now says that’s easier said than done.
March 2, 2023

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