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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
Violent crime rates across America spiked during the pandemic. Things are starting to level out — though crime rates still largely sit above 2019 levels when we had been seeing a decades-long decline in most kinds of crime.
March 1, 2023
Some Arizona lawmakers are looking to help businesses in cities that have a higher minimum wage than the state’s — but they’d do it by potentially hurting those cities’ bottom lines.
March 1, 2023
Water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead are at record lows. To keep the reservoirs from declining further, federal officials are ready to spend tens of millions of dollars to incentivize farmers and other water users to conserve in 2023.
March 1, 2023
The city of Tempe is now recognized as a Certified Autism Center. The designation comes from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards.
Feb. 28, 2023
Under a new asylum rule proposed by the Biden administration in February, migrants seeking protection in the U.S. can be denied if they don’t first seek protection in a country they pass through. It’s a so-called transit ban and rights activists warn it could worsen a border crisis that began under the Trump administration — family separation.
Feb. 28, 2023
The project is one of a few dozen nationwide funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and is part of the department's Reconnecting Communities Program.
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Feb. 28, 2023
The hotel industry says Congress can help its workforce shortage by attracting more immigrants.
Feb. 28, 2023
Students from Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Glendale Community College camped out overnight to be at the Supreme Court Tuesday morning as it considered the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan.
Feb. 28, 2023
ADOT is holding a series of public meetings for input on its Long Range Transportation Plan for 2050. The plan is intended to serve as a policy document that aids the agency and its partners in managing the state’s freeways.
Feb. 28, 2023
Baseball returned to Arizona last weekend, with the opening of the Cactus League season. Over 125,000 fans attended opening weekend of the Cactus League.
Feb. 28, 2023
A new survey shows Arizona school districts have nearly 3,000 open teacher positions statewide.
Feb. 28, 2023
James Beard Award-winning chef Charleen Badman is crazy about Arizona citrus — even the kinds you think you can’t eat. The Show went down to her kitchen recently to get a taste of what she’s working with this citrus season.
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Feb. 28, 2023
Goodyear has big plans for a chunk of land that’s sat vacant since the Great Recession. Residents call it the "old mall site," referencing a project that never happened due to the recession and changing market.
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Feb. 28, 2023
Arizona and the six other Colorado River Basin states are trying to figure out a plan to conserve more of the river’s dwindling water supplies. Bryan Leonard says there are easier and more cost-effective solutions to deal with the ongoing water crisis.
Feb. 28, 2023
After the U.S. government shot down a Chinese spy balloon, an Arizona company co-founded by Sen. and former astronaut Mark Kelly is in the spotlight because of its ties to China.
Feb. 28, 2023
A federal judge in Texas is expected to rule shortly in a lawsuit that aims to block access to one of the two drugs typically used in medication abortions. At the same time, Arizona has joined a multi-state lawsuit that argues the drug should be more available nationwide.
Feb. 28, 2023
Substack writer Robert Robb believes public officials should generally be given a pass when it comes to actions they recommended or took to deal with COVID-19, as long as they acted in good faith.
Feb. 28, 2023
The Arizona Senate passed a bill that would ban cities from imposing taxes on food.
Feb. 28, 2023
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 KJZZ haiku contest.
This year's theme: What's something you want to reset in your life?
Jamie Galloway's poem "Dormancy Reset" was randomly selected as this year's winner.
Feb. 28, 2023