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Arizona governors aide resigns after controversial tweet
The press secretary of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has resigned after a controversial social media post made in the wake of a fatal shooting at a Tennessee school.
March 29, 2023
Cesar Chavez Community Center to open in Laveen
Phoenix’s newest community center will open to the public Thursday. It’s the city’s first center to be built since 2007.
March 29, 2023
Border Patrol pursuit ends in a fatal crash across AZ border in New Mexico
A spokesperson declined to give further details, citing an ongoing investigation into the crash by CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility and the New Mexico State Police.
March 29, 2023
Phoenix files lawsuit to stop Tempe entertainment district plan
The city of Phoenix filed suit Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court to stop a major development planned in Tempe that Phoenix believes is too close to Sky Harbor Airport.
March 29, 2023
NTSB: Driver fatigue behind deadly milk truck-tanker crash
A milk truck-tanker crash that killed four people and injured several others on a Phoenix freeway in 2021 was caused by driver fatigue, U.S. transportation investigators said Tuesday.
March 29, 2023
Eating disorders affect all kinds of people. Heres why many still struggle to get treatment
Eating disorders are growing more prevalent in the U.S., but researchers still struggle to find funding, and patients still wrangle with treatment that’s stigmatized, narrowly focused and hard to access. Meanwhile, the picture of these serious and often fatal illnesses continues to evolve.
More Arizona science news
March 29, 2023
This journalist says queer news is lacking in Phoenix. So he started his own newsletter
"When I moved back here two years ago, I noticed that all the queer news that I used to go to as a kid was gone," said Joseph Darius Jaafari, a reporter with the Arizona Republic. In January, he founded LOOKOUT PHX, an online LGBTQ newsletter on Substack
March 28, 2023
Asylum officers union: Proposed rule would force officers to go against asylum law
In a comment first reported by the L.A. Times, a union representing U.S. asylum officers says enforcing a proposed asylum rule would require them to break the law.
March 28, 2023
BLM hints that rule changes could be in the works
The Bureau of Land Management oversees about 245 million acres for a variety of uses. Critics say the agency typically favors industry and agriculture, but the agency recently signaled it may shift in a new direction.
March 28, 2023
Hobbs vetoes bill to eliminate local grocery taxes
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed two more bills on Tuesday, including a measure that would’ve blocked cities and towns from taxing groceries. In a veto letter, the Democratic governor wrote that eliminating the grocery tax wouldn’t actually provide relief in municipalities that rely on that local revenue to fund services, like public safety.
March 28, 2023
Phoenix offers Section 8 landlords cash incentives and higher rents
Since October 2020, Phoenix has spent $2.6 million to financially reward landlords for renting to very low-income residents. Now, the city is boosting rent payments.
March 28, 2023
Fire inside Mexican detention center left nearly 70 people dead or wounded
Nearly 70 men who had been locked inside an immigration facility in northern Mexico were killed or injured in a fire Monday night. It’s one of the deadliest incidents ever to occur at an immigration detention center in Mexico.
March 28, 2023
How turning your phone screen to black and white will affect how you look at it
Looking at the screen time report on your phone can be jarring. But Alex Holte, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, found one way that could help cut down on screen time: switching your phone to black and white.
March 28, 2023
SOAPBOX: What does mental health mean in your family?
On KJZZ's SOAPBOX, The Show turns over the the mic to listeners. For spring 2023, The Show collaborated with Rising Youth Theatre, a Phoenix-based youth-centered arts organization. The result is a series of conversations between family members and friends on one of the toughest topics around: mental health.
March 28, 2023
Tempe to hold virtual forum with police chief finalists
Tempe has scheduled an online forum for 6 p.m. Wednesday with four candidates vying to replace the former police chief, who Gov. Hobbs chose to lead the Department of Public Safety.
March 28, 2023
Legislation permitting hand counts of ballots is moving through AZ Senate
State Senate Republicans on the Elections Committee have approved a House bill granting officials the option to hand count ballots instead of using voting machines in upcoming elections.
March 28, 2023
Mayes aligns with other states in support of U.S. right-to-repair laws
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is aligning with other state attorneys general who want Congress to pass "right-to-repair" laws that have previously stalled.
March 28, 2023
Valley fever is in the Phoenix air. How did it end up in Washington state?
New research is helping to explain how the fungus that causes Valley fever ended up in south-central Washington state.
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March 28, 2023
New AZ school voucher program cost is $200M
The latest numbers are out — and Arizona’s expanded school voucher program will cost the state at least an extra $200 million this year.
March 28, 2023
Sinema is buddying up to Republicans — and deriding former Democratic colleagues
Arizona’s senior senator, the now-independent Kyrsten Sinema, announced her departure from the Democratic Party late last year. But, she continues to caucus with the party — at least for now.
March 28, 2023

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