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Several years ago, Glendale officials started an executive task force to help unsheltered individuals. A part of that goal meant addressing the issue of discarded shopping carts.
Feb. 27, 2023
Phoenix Mercury player Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle participated in the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday which was broadcast on BET. It’s one of the Griners’ few public appearances since Brittney was released from a Russian prison in December.
Feb. 27, 2023
The Gilbert Police Department has filed charges against a man involved in a fatal December car crash that killed Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb’s son, his son's fiancé and his granddaughter.
Feb. 27, 2023
One of the oldest neighborhoods in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo has received national recognition for its history, culture and food.
Feb. 27, 2023
Calcium phosphate, best known for making up bones and teeth, is the body’s most abundant mineral. In breast tissue, it can also offer early hints of abnormalities. But whether they’re benign or malignant has been hard to pin down — until now.
Feb. 27, 2023
If a resolution is not reached in talks between the countries, a formal dispute settlement process under the USMCA trade deal could be next.
Feb. 27, 2023
It’s been a little over a month since the African American Museum of Southern Arizona started welcoming visitors at the University of Arizona campus. It’s the first and only African American museum in the state.
Feb. 27, 2023
Snow totals in the upper Colorado River basin have already reached their average annual peak much earlier than normal. Climate scientists say this is likely to help prop up reservoirs, but won’t be enough to turn around a decades-long megadrought.
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Feb. 25, 2023
Anyone looking to explore the Prescott National Forest needs to know about the current guidelines enforced to protect bald eagles. Visitors cannot access John’s Tank Trail located to the east of Lynx Lake.
Feb. 25, 2023
A new member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, who used to be a lobbyist for a natural gas utility the body regulates, is facing an ethics complaint. A spokesman for Kevin Thompson says the commissioner is confident he did not violate any rules when he took a January trip to New York to meet with a handful of financial institutions.
Feb. 25, 2023
In the wake of Mexico's largest university confirming that Justice Yasmin Esquivel plagiarized her undergraduate law thesis, the Spanish newspaper El Pais has published compelling evidence that she also plagiarized nearly half of her doctoral dissertation.
Feb. 24, 2023
Some Phoenix leaders don’t like it, but the city will sell 1,400 firearms to the public. The handguns, rifles and shotguns were turned into police after courts ordered the owners to forfeit them. Arizona law requires cities to sell forfeited firearms or risk losing state funding.
Feb. 24, 2023
Governor Katie Hobbs has chosen retired Judge David Duncan to be the Death Penalty Independent Review Commissioner.
Feb. 24, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic showcased wastewater testing as an early-warning system for tracking viral spread. But the tests can’t tell if the waste comes from locals or visitors. How does that affect results in tourist destinations like Phoenix and Las Vegas?
Feb. 24, 2023
School nutrition experts from across the country, including Arizona, are heading to D.C next month. They're urging lawmakers to invest in school meal programs and make meals free for all students.
Feb. 24, 2023
Attorney General Kris Mayes is joining 11 other states — Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Vermont, New Mexico, Michigan and Rhode Island — in suing the FDA over its restrictions of the drug mifepristone, which is used in an abortion regimen.
Feb. 24, 2023
Republican state senators have approved three proposals to cut individual income taxes in light of a nearly $2 billion revenue surplus. Gov. Katie Hobbs could be poised to veto the measures, as they would cut funds needed to fulfill her budget.
Feb. 24, 2023
Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have prevented cities from taxing residential rentals. Hobbs said the bill had no enforceable mechanism that would ensure that savings would go from landlords to tenants.
Feb. 24, 2023
The National Institute on Aging will provide funding for research conducted by Arizona State University to study caregivers of dementia patients who have died. A grant of more than seven hundred thousand dollars will go to ASU’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation.
Feb. 24, 2023
Bradley Irish is an English professor at Arizona State University and his forthcoming book, "Shakespeare and Disgust: The History and Science of Early Modern Revulsion," argues that Shakespeare was visionary in his use of disgust using it in his work centuries before science proved its power.
Feb. 24, 2023