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After hours of discussion, the Phoenix City Council agreed to extend leases for concessionaires at Sky Harbor Airport. But the deal comes with strings attached.
Jan. 20, 2021
A report on U.S. history released by the outgoing Trump administration has been dismissed by historians as inaccurate and misleading.
Jan. 20, 2021
Authorities in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, are searching for two people after seven oxygen tanks were stolen from a hospital in the southern part of the state this week.
Jan. 20, 2021
Wishing President Joe Biden well Wednesday, Mexico’s president urged the new administration to immediately fulfill campaign promises to enact immigration reform, including dual citizenship for Mexicans working in the United States.
Jan. 20, 2021
As COVID-19 threatens to become the state’s leading cause of death, some experts worry fatigue and overconfidence are driving Arizonans to slack off on safety and testing. Even as vaccination slots fill as quickly as they open, testing numbers are worryingly low, says Joshua LaBaer, director of Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute.
Jan. 20, 2021
A now former Customs and Border Protection officer from Nogales was sentenced last week for a corruption scheme at the U.S. Mexico border.
Jan. 20, 2021
Arizona adults could be purchasing legal marijuana for recreational use by the end of the week. State health officials began accepting applications Tuesday from sites wishing to sell the drug to anyone 21 and older.
Jan. 20, 2021
U.S. law requires unaccompanied minors at the border get special protection, but lawyers say that hasn't been happening under the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols.
Jan. 20, 2021
President Donald Trump issued over 140 clemencies in the final hours of his White House term.
Among them were ex-strategist Steve Bannon, rapper Lil Wayne and former Arizona Rep. Rick Renzi.
Jan. 20, 2021
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as the president and vice president of the United States. Biden is giving his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. NPR reporters are annotating his speech live with fact checks and analysis. Watch the ceremony, inaugural address and other celebratory events throughout the day.
Jan. 20, 2021
These are the final hours of a presidency defined largely by a desire to punish people who migrate to the United States without permission. The process to turn away from this approach is expected to start shortly after Joe Biden is sworn in. He takes over the country’s immigration system as another caravan heads north from Central America.
Jan. 20, 2021
When news broke that an incapacitated woman gave birth to a baby at her long-term care facility in 2018, there was hope among many in the disability community that the incident would lead to much-needed changes. One Arizona mother feels like that never happened.
Jan. 19, 2021
Jewish inmates in Arizona state prisons are suing the Department of Corrections over a change in the kosher meal program.
Jan. 19, 2021
But a restaurant industry representative says that restaurants who win their cases intend to abide by at least the current pandemic restrictions, even though they would have no legal obligation to do so.
Jan. 19, 2021
With new daily coronavirus cases and death records recently broken, the situation in neighboring Sonora is going from bad to worse. Over the weekend new one-day case and death records were broken.
Jan. 19, 2021
A group of border region activists and a member of Congress want to hold incoming president Joe Biden to his campaign promise that he will halt border wall construction on the southwest border.
Jan. 19, 2021
On Jan. 19, in some places around the state, the pool of people who can get vaccinated for COVID-19 is opening up by a lot. The state Department of Health Services is recommending that counties allow people age 65 and older to be allowed to sign up for vaccination.
Jan. 19, 2021
The first of four emerging Latino and indigenous artists’ murals was unveiled last Friday in downtown Phoenix. As part of an outdoor project called UNCONTAINED, Navajo artist Jesse Yazzie was selected as the first to exhibit his work, "Triumph Over Tragedy."
Jan. 19, 2021
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More than 100,000 Arizonans logged on to book appointments for coronavirus vaccines Tuesday, filling a month of time slots at the state's two stadium vaccine sites within hours.
Jan. 19, 2021
Qualified applicants going through Phoenix’s hiring process to become a police officer will soon face questions from the community.
Jan. 19, 2021
