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For decades, those who still had not made up their minds would look to the League of Women Voter’s election guide.
Nov. 5, 2018
There are 13 species of rattlesnakes in Arizona, so it’s impossible to cover every deviation in a single saying.
Nov. 5, 2018
So you’ve finished a can of soda, a bottle of wine or maybe a box of cereal. You toss it in the recycling bin and put it outside to get picked up. But what happens to your recyclables once they leave the house? One listener wanted to know, and KJZZ investigated as part of the Q&AZ reporting project.
Nov. 5, 2018
The Navajo will elect a new president on Tuesday. Jonathan Nez, the current vice president, faces off against two-time President Joe Shirley Jr. at a crucial time for the tribe. Voting for Native Americans on reservations around the state can be a challenge.
Nov. 5, 2018
Arizona Advocacy Network is trying to recruit volunteers to serve as poll observers on Tuesday. So far, they’ve gotten more than 150 people to sign up.
Nov. 5, 2018
Gov. Doug Ducey said that he’d like to see reforms made to state policy with the hopes that all Arizona kids will get vaccinated, but he also said he would not put any new laws on the books to mandate that effort. Where is that fine line between individual rights and collective rights when it comes to public health?
Nov. 5, 2018
When it comes to immigration reform, the word "amnesty" probably couldn’t have more negative connotations. So why did former President Ronald Reagan — a conservative icon — believe it was a good idea when he signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986?
Nov. 5, 2018
Arizona State University’s downtown campus helped transform Phoenix. It’s home to nearly 12,000 students and the campus is continuing to grow. What does the future of ASU downtown hold for both the university and the city?
Nov. 5, 2018
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act, as part of the Civil Rights Act, in 1968. Richard Rothstein argues the federal government was behind the segregation of American neighborhoods in the first place.
Nov. 5, 2018
Maricopa County has released an independent report that looks at election day processes and concerns. Many of those concerns come from what happened on primary day in August, when a number of polling places experienced problems.
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Nov. 5, 2018
Sexual harassment in the workplace has dominated the national conversation this year. But it’s not the only form of discrimination that’s holding women back in their careers. A new investigation by the New York Times found that pregnancy discrimination is rampant inside America’s biggest companies.
Nov. 5, 2018
Phoenix Rising Football Club played a rousing away game against Orange County Soccer Club Saturday night, and if you could hear the elated shouts of soccer fans across the state line, that’s because Phoenix Rising won two to one, after a last-minute save by goalie Carl Woszcynki.
Nov. 5, 2018
Election Day is this Tuesday, so we expect at least some of that will cool off. But before that happens, Arizona Republic editorial director Phil Boas joined The Show for his weekly appearance to talk about it.
Nov. 5, 2018
The world will mark a somber anniversary this coming weekend, and there are concerns about the environmental impact of a national holiday in India. For more on international stories coming up this week, The Show was joined by BBC’s Rich Preston in London.
Nov. 5, 2018
When’s the last time you saw a get-well card for psoriasis or eczema? Skin’s our biggest organ — and does lots of hard work keeping us healthy — but still, it doesn’t get much respect.
Nov. 5, 2018
Last week, there was yet another violent attack from a self-proclaimed misogynist who left behind a trail of racist and sexist social media posts where he went off on women, black people and immigrants. The gunman entered a yoga studio in Tallahassee and shot six people, killing two.
Nov. 5, 2018
Green Party candidate Angela Green dropped out of the Arizona Senate race late last week. While third-party candidates often poll better than they actually perform on Election Day, in a race as close as the one for Arizona’s senate seat: every vote counts.
Nov. 5, 2018
The Arizona Secretary of State's Office is making a final push to inform voters ahead of Election Day. If you're not one of the nearly 1 million Arizonans who already sent in their mail-in ballot, you can still vote in person on Nov. 6.
Nov. 5, 2018
Talking about Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias is tough. But for some Spanish speaking families, the conversation doesn’t even happen.
Nov. 5, 2018
A new study by the University of Arizona looked at how imported tomatoes from Mexico, affect the U.S. economy. The U.S. imported 3.4 billion pounds of those tomatoes in 2016.
Nov. 5, 2018
