Unable to advance his proposed $1.9 billion permanent tax cut at the Arizona Capitol, Gov. Doug Ducey is now going public — or at least to business interests — in a bid to build public pressure.

After the recent Mexican midterm elections, Mexico City got its first migrant congressperson, who will represent citizens living abroad. The elected official lives in New York City and promises to build stronger ties between Mexico’s capital and the U.S.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are speaking at the signing of a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday and commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Watch their remarks live.

The Arizona Senate’s audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County is ending — or at least the hand recount at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum is wrapping up. But the first-of-its kind audit, which was met with widespread derision, has drawn interest from politicians in other states — and its legacy is likely to be long-lasting.

Phoenix is moving forward with plans to turn a former Kmart store into a center that offers education and workforce training. The City Council wants to transform acres of asphalt and an empty 118,000-square-foot building into an innovation center.

Mexico’s elections on June 6 were historic for the sheer number of open seats to be filled at the federal, state and local levels. But after votes were tallied, another milestone emerged: A record number of women were voted into office this year. It’s one more step in a years-long battle for political parity in the country. But there’s still a long way to go.
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A trial court judge has thrown out several legal challenges to a new voter approved tax on high-earning Arizonans. Tuesday's ruling leaves just one additional issue raised by challengers to Proposition 208 in play at the trial court.

In a letter, state Attorney General Mark Brnovich is warning his federal counterpart to stay out of the way of the Maricopa County ballot audit. Last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland suggested ballot reviews, like the one in Arizona, are “based on disinformation.” He also said his agency is watching and may take action.
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Sonora, Arizona's neighbor to the south, recently elected a new governor — and did so in a fairly convincing fashion. To get a better sense of how that election played out and its implications for the Arizona-Sonora relationship, The Show spoke with KJZZ's Murphy Woodhouse, who is based in Sonora's capital Hermosillo.