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Some beverage manufacturers want AZ to let them recycle their wastewater
A bill moving through the Arizona Legislature would allow some manufacturers to build and operate wastewater treatment facilities on site, which would make it possible for them to conserve and recycle their own groundwater.
March 2, 2023
AZ House Dems are voting against all bills right now. Heres why
Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives staged a protest of sorts this week — voting against all bills for the last two days. They said it's an effort to shine a light on what they call a new unwritten rule that no bill will be voted on without the support of the majority of Republican representatives.
March 2, 2023
Proposed pause on reservoir releases prompts Lower Basin states to respond
Arizona, California and Nevada agree with pausing releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir, but urge other states and the Bureau of Reclamation to keep an eye on runoff.
March 2, 2023
Lesko wants even more restrictive changes to asylum policy
There has been push back on the Biden administration’s plans to implement new restrictions on asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. But an Arizona congresswoman wants to see even more restrictive changes to asylum policy.
March 2, 2023
Scottsdale prosecutors mum on potential charges for Gilbert Ortega Jr.
Scottsdale city prosecutors have not said if they’ll charge a man seen on video mocking Native American dancers in Old Town last month with misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
March 2, 2023
Chocolate Falls draws large crowds to remote Navajo area. These locals are pushing back
A group of Navajo residents living near what’s become a landmark waterfall in northern Arizona want to close it off to tourists and visitors, saying the increasingly popular area is being loved to death.
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March 2, 2023
This aid worker says DHS made border crossing more deadly
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, the agency's creation intensified a crackdown along the U.S.-Mexico border known as Prevention Through Deterrence.
March 1, 2023
Ex-Phoenix city manager to lead Maricopa Association of Governments
Officials say a former Phoenix city manager is returning to public work as leader of a regional planning agency that makes certain policy decisions.
March 1, 2023
DHS will award $350M to organizations assisting asylum seekers
The Department of Homeland Security says it will help local communities working with asylum seekers released from DHS custody to await their immigration proceedings in the U.S.
March 1, 2023
Colorectal cancer progress slowing as cases skew younger
Every three years, the American Cancer Society issues an update of statistics for colorectal cancer, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. Unfortunately, this year’s report shows that several positive trends are slowing or reversing.
March 1, 2023
Tempe tests new all-pedestrian crosswalk. Heres how it works
Starting next week, Tempe will test out a new way to cross the street: “All-pedestrian” crosswalks. But aren’t all crosswalks just for pedestrians to begin with?
March 1, 2023
Bill could require schools to build alternate bathrooms for trans students
While supporters of the bill say the move is a compromise, opponents say the bill further stigmatizes transgender people.
March 1, 2023
AZ Senate rejects bill that would have removed cities ability to adopt charters
A bill stripping cities of their right to adopt charters has failed in the Arizona Senate. Those charters allow cities to have an amount of local authority on matters ranging from election dates, to how they elect council members.
March 1, 2023
Mexican gray wolf wild population tops 200
For the first time in the 25 years since their reintroduction, the wild population of endangered Mexican gray wolves has topped the 200 mark. The more than 241 wild wolves join around 380 housed in more than 60 facilities.
March 1, 2023
AZ Senate votes to protect lawmaker addresses from public view
The Arizona Senate unanimously passed a measure that would let lawmakers keep addresses and other personal information from public view.
March 1, 2023
Author Keith Gessen tried to write a more honest parenting book
There are a lot of parenting books out there, but there are probably not a lot of them like the one written by Keith Gessen.
March 1, 2023
Freelance journalist uncovers a womens prison camp at Hickman’s Family Farms
At the start of the pandemic, prisoners who worked off-site were largely sent back to prison. The work stopped – and, with it, the meager amount of money they earned to pay for things like regular soap and toothpaste.
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March 1, 2023
AZ dispensaries trying to keep edibles away from kids
Last year saw an increase in the number of pediatric poison control cases tied to cannabis-related products. Out of 739 total cannabis incidents, 394 involved children — and 60% of those cases involved a trip to the hospital.
March 1, 2023
Hobbs condemns  far-fledged drug cartel allegations
Gov. Katie Hobbs is condemning far-fledged allegations from a legislative committee hearing that she and other state leaders like Adrian Fontes and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors were taking bribes from Mexican cartels.
March 1, 2023
Cochise supervisors vote to give recorder election duties
A rural Arizona county board that was embroiled last year in voting machine conspiracies has voted to give all election duties through 2024 to the county’s elected Republican recorder. The state Attorney General’s Office suggested the move Tuesday may be illegal.
March 1, 2023

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