The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory on Wednesday covering south central and southwest Arizona. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour are expected with gusts up to 45 miles per hour are expected.

There are now 10 cities in the country that have approved a measure making it illegal to “enforce a dress code or grooming policies that discriminate against a person’s natural hairstyle.” Tucson became the most recent municipality with that designation when it passed the CROWN ordinance.

Gov. Doug Ducey received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine March 2 as appointments began for Arizonans between 55 and 65 years old. Both his and former president Donald Trump's near-secret vaccinations have been criticized for not being used as opportunities to inform the public and demonstrate the safety of vaccines.

Arizona has a long history of women leaders and history makers, but many of their stories aren't as well known as they should be. Nancy Maytag Love was instrumental in getting the Phoenix Zoo up and running. In fact, without her it might not even be here.

Two Arizona voting laws were considered by the U.S. Supreme Court March 2. One had to do with the state’s ban on so-called ballot harvesting — or ballot collecting. The other had to do with throwing out the ballots of people who voted in the wrong precinct. The issues gave the justices the opportunity to revisit one key element of the Voting Rights Act.

Republicans in the Arizona Senate voted Tuesday to purge people from the permanent early voting list if they skip two consecutive election cycles, advancing one of several proposed mail-voting changes after Democratic President Joe Biden's narrow victory in the state last year.

A judge has ordered the state Board of Regents to let the public see the list of NCAA allegations leveled against the University of Arizona men’s basketball program. University officials have refused since October to release the accusations that stem from a probe of a bribery scandal involving a former assistant coach.

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University has hosted a marquee event for writers, aspiring authors and readers of all genres for nearly two decades. This year, the 17th-annual “Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers Conference,” held in late February, connected people virtually.
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Republican senators issued a subpoena demanding Maricopa County officials deliver copies of 2.1 million ballots to the state Capitol. Now they've asked the county to delay delivering those voting records, and possibly retain them.