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Gov. Katie Hobbs says she is protecting Arizona's resources by terminating the leases for a Saudi-owned company that’s been growing water-intensive crops in the drought-stricken state. But some say the state needs to do more to regulate rural groundwater.
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A judge on Tuesday denied the city of Phoenix’s legal request seeking extra time to clean up the city’s largest homeless encampment. City officials had asked to be given until April 2024 to complete the job.
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U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane were among the eight Republicans in the chamber who voted to remove California Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
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The Show spoke with Will Knight, decriminalization director for the National Homelessness Law Center, about how he would describe the role the courts have played in homeless policy and how that has changed in recent years.
Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, is defending "bonanza bingo'' games offered at veterans' organizations throughout Arizona after three state agencies said they should be shut down as illegal gaming devices.
Gov. Katie Hobbs says the state is terminating a lease for a Saudi-owned company that’s been farming alfalfa in Arizona. The company has been criticized for growing a water-intensive crop for export amid the Southwest’s historic drought.
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On Monday, Save Our Schools Arizona delivered a memo to the state’s legislative leadership, governor, treasurer and superintendent of public instruction. The group is demanding a plan to deal with what it calls "massive overspending" on school vouchers.
The ruling orders Arizona to require Arizona to provide coverage for surgery as a treatment for gender dysphoria.
Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown over the weekend by passing a stopgap spending bill to fund the federal government through Nov. 17. Most Arizona Republicans rejected the bipartisan deal.
The state's largest public pension fund is selling off its interest in a company that owns a 3,000-acre western Arizona farm that grows alfalfa to ship to the Middle East.
As October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, MAG is working to raise awareness of what is often a primary cause of homelessness for women.
The Show spoke with Chuck Coughlin, longtime Arizona political consultant and CEO of GOP consulting firm HighGround, about homelessness.
The Show spoke with Sam Tsemberis. He is a clinical community psychologist at UCLA and CEO of Pathways to Housing. He is also the creator of the Housing First model, which cities across the country, including in Arizona, have adopted, about his approach to homelessness.
Congress averted a government shutdown Saturday evening prior to a midnight deadline to fund the federal government. The legislation to do so is temporary as it expires Nov. 17.
It’s Banned Books Week in the United States — an annual campaign conducted by the American Library Association to bring awareness about demands to censor library books and resources.
Heather Hudson, executive director at Haven Health in Prescott, shared her concerns about how federally-regulated nursing homes may soon be required to meet certain staffing mandates.
Phoenix is looking for artists to contribute ideas for its largest park.
Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday.
A new report from the nonprofit Zero to Three, which focuses on infants and toddlers, ranks Arizona in the bottom tier of states for the well-being of babies and policy responses to their needs. The group counts roughly 235,000 babies in Arizona in its latest yearbook of states.
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic over. But many experts say COVID still isn’t just another seasonal respiratory virus and, even if it were, it would be hard to manage when people are struggling to get, and pay for, vaccines.
A U.S. Senate committee this week advanced a bill that would let state-licensed marijuana companies use banks and not punish financial institutions for serving them. Arizona’s Kris Mayes is one of more than 20 attorneys general who’ve signed a letter urging D.C. lawmakers to pass legislation.
