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Pinal County supervisor files claim in lawsuit against top county elections official
A Pinal County supervisor is threatening to sue the county’s top election official for defamation. Republican Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh filed a notice of claim on March 21 against Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis.
April 2, 2024
All-Star game highlighting Black colleges, universities at GCU
Grand Canyon University will host the third annual HBCU All-Star Game on Sunday, highlighting Historically Black Colleges and Universities and expanding knowledge of them in Arizona.
April 2, 2024
3rd gender option added to U.S. citizen application form
Prospective citizens can now choose female, male or X as their gender on the new version of the application for naturalization.
April 2, 2024
Glendale hospital is handing out more naloxone
An emergency physician says his hospital in Glendale is receiving opioid-overdose patients at a pace that would translate to a roughly 25 percent increase from 2023. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is responding by proactively giving out overdose-reversal medication.
April 2, 2024
This Arizona utility company wants to build a new lake in the middle of the desert
One of the major utility providers for the Phoenix area wants to construct a new dam and flood a portion of the desert as part of Arizona’s largest pumped storage hydropower system. The dam would help supplement SRP's solar power generation after dark.
April 2, 2024
SRP election candidates accuse CEO of interference
Candidates running for Salt River Project’s boards and councils on a clean energy platform have accused the organization’s CEO of trying to influence the election that will pick the people who oversee SRP — and hire its top executives.
More Arizona politics news
April 1, 2024
Patrol car crash kills Tucson police officer
Tucson police said Officer Adam Buckner, 31, had the right of way before the collision Sunday night at an intersection not far from the University of Arizona campus. He died from his injuries after being rushed to a hospital.
April 1, 2024
Schweikert  introduces bill to expedite vaccines against substance-use disorders
Arizona Rep. David Schweikert has introduced a bill in Congress meant to fast track the development of vaccines against substance-use disorders.
April 1, 2024
Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in underage girls case
The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border acknowledged taking underage brides, having sex activity with them and arranging group sex, sometimes involving child brides.
April 1, 2024
Bill to make school board elections partisan awaits vote
A measure waiting for a vote in the House of Representatives would turn school board elections into partisan ones.
April 1, 2024
AZ GOP House members push for hearing on Texas-style border legislation
Twenty-five of the 31 Republicans in the Arizona House signed a letter urging legislative leaders to call a special hearing to pass “Texas-style border security legislation.” Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed similar legislation earlier this year.
April 1, 2024
Sanctuary: Who Belongs Here? asks about our border in a fraught time
Miriam Davidson is a journalist and author in Tucson who focuses on border issues. She spoke to The Show about being the guest curator for the University of Arizona’s Special Collections Library’s new exhibition “Sanctuary: Who Belongs Here?”
April 1, 2024
Judge tosses out Hamadehs lawsuit challenging 2022 election results
A judge has tossed the latest bid by Abe Hamadeh and others to decertify the results of the 2022 election, order it rerun in Maricopa County and declare that Kris Mayes is holding the office of attorney general illegally.
April 1, 2024
Díaz: Voters wont forget how Kari Lake lied and lost
Last week, Kari Lake did something rare when you’re sued for defamation during a high profile political campaign: She gave up. Now there are questions about its impact on her campaign for U.S. Senate going forward and whether or not she’s baiting Richer into suing her again.
April 1, 2024
Homebuyers Misery Index’ remains at all-high time high, think tank says
Arizona’s housing crisis has been well documented over the past several years. New quarterly data from a free-market think tank finds home prices across the state continue to be very high, as is what it dubs the "Misery Index" for homebuyers.
April 1, 2024
The Colorado River continues to shrink. Heres where the water is going
Stakeholders across the Southwest are working to figure out how to use less water on the Colorado River as it continues to shrink. Now, a new study is shedding light on just where much of that shrinking water supply is going: hay.
April 1, 2024
Taylor Swift bill, blocking adult content and possible EPA fight at AZ Capitol
The Arizona Senate is scheduled to take final votes on Monday on a pair of bills that would place some restrictions on the buying and reselling of tickets to events, among other legislation.
April 1, 2024
ASU brings space innovation down to Earth with Space for Humans
ASU's Eric Stribling joined The Show to talk more about Space for Humans, a new project at the school that includes a YouTube series. It focuses on how innovations for space impact people on Earth.
April 1, 2024
SOAPBOX: This woman lost her sister. And then she went missing, again
The Show's SOAPBOX essays, where we ask listeners to tell a story based on a theme. This time, ASU junior Eleri Mosier shares an essay about missing someone.
April 1, 2024
Windy and cooler weather ahead for the Valley
It’s been 25 years since Phoenix had measurable rainfall on Easter Sunday. Meteorologist Gabriel Lojero says precipitation will continue Monday, but it won't be as widespread.
April 1, 2024

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