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May 7, 2021
Arizona's utility regulators have rejected new rules that would have required most of the state's electricity providers to get 100% of their power from clean energy sources by 2050 to limit carbon emissions and address climate change.
May 7, 2021
A Washington state man is accused of defying federal regulations that limit the number of people who can hike rim-to-rim at Grand Canyon National Park. Joseph Don Mount, of Chehalis, organized a trip in October with more than 150 people, according to a complaint filed this week in U.S. Magistrate Court in Flagstaff.
May 7, 2021
Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation to tighten Arizona laws on civil forfeitures of private property. The legislation requires that property can be forfeited and sold, only if the owner has been convicted of a crime related to the forfeiture.
May 7, 2021
Two weeks ago, the governor issued an executive order that rescinded the state’s mask mandate for schools. Districts that have made masks optional since then say they aren't seeing a change in COVID-19 cases and transmission within their schools. But the AEA says the action has renewed tensions inside and outside of classroom, and even led to conflicts.
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May 7, 2021
Election experts say processes used to review and recount votes cast in Maricopa County are vastly different from standards used by election officials, casting doubt about the results of the review ordered by the Republican-led state Senate.
May 6, 2021
The United States has suspended the importing of wild-caught shrimp from Mexico due to concerns about the country's sea turtle protection program. The ban does not apply to farmed shrimp, which accounts for the majority of Sonora's production.
May 6, 2021
Efforts to prevent a catastrophic fire season on the other side of the state have officials imposing new restrictions on Friday.
May 6, 2021
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly criticized President Joe Biden’s congressional address last week for failing to mention what Kelly calls a “crisis” at the border in Arizona and Texas.
May 6, 2021
More than half of Arizona adults have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But the average number of shots administered each day in our state continues to fall.
May 6, 2021
If you’ve hit a farmers’ market anytime recently, logged onto social media or gone to a local restaurant, you’ve probably seen locally-grown mulberries. They’re everywhere in the Valley right now, and they often get a bad rap. But Jacq Davis says all of that is a misunderstanding, and that the berries are top notch.
May 6, 2021
During the Cold War, approximately 2,000 above-ground detonations had taken place throughout the American Southwest, the Pacific and sites in the south and central Soviet Union. The effects of these tests are still being experienced today.
May 6, 2021
Gov. Doug Ducey has named former Phoenix City Councilman Tom Simplot the new director of the Arizona Department of Housing; the appointment is effective immediately. The Show spoke with Simplot and started the conversation by asking what he thinks are the biggest challenges he and his department are facing.
May 6, 2021
Last month, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing what many are calling the crisis on our southern border. It’s called the “Bipartisan Border Solutions Act," and it includes a large investment in personnel and resources in the current system. But many pro-immigrant rights groups have come out strongly against the bill.
May 6, 2021
"I can't breathe" has become a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protesters after George Floyd was murdered by a former Minnesota police officer. It's the same thing a Phoenix man said as police held him down in 2017. He died after the encounter, and now his family has launched a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit. The Show spoke with KJZZ's Matthew Casey.
May 6, 2021
Cindy McCain endorsed Joe Biden in the presidential race against Donald Trump. And she was given at least some of the credit for Biden becoming only the third Democratic presidential candidate to win in Arizona since World War II. That's just one of the stories she tells in her new autobiography.
May 6, 2021
On May 6, Republican lawmakers passed two controversial, last-minute amendments to bills that had been working their way through the Legislature. Those amendments drastically changed the underlying bills. To learn how lawmakers sidestep the rules, The Show spoke with Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer.
May 6, 2021
More and more older Arizonans are struggling with food insecurity, but there’s new data from the Department of Economic Security showing that roughly 60% who are eligible for food stamps are not enrolled in the program.
May 6, 2021
After Arizona approved the expansion of sports betting in the state last month, it didn’t take long for the Diamondbacks to get into the game. A Vegas-like sportsbook is coming to Chase Field.
May 6, 2021
The Arizona Democratic Party's lawsuit against Senate Republicans and its auditing firm, Cyber Ninjas, has ended with a settlement. A verbal agreement between the Senate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was put in writing, which allows her to have three observers inside the Coliseum.
May 6, 2021