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While Sonora has a relatively small portion of those officially missing, over 10 percent of mass graves found in the country over roughly the last year were in the state.
Jan. 6, 2020
A lawsuit alleging the state of Arizona failed to update voter registration addresses for certain people ended with a settlement Monday.
Jan. 6, 2020
Many travelers drove back from Mexico last weekend as the holiday season came to an end. But one family was unable to make it back, after being attacked a few miles from the U.S. border.
Jan. 6, 2020
Mexican authorities have been grappling with their own immigration issues, including trying to stop humans from being smuggled into their country. It’s a problem that statistics may not be able to capture.
Jan. 6, 2020
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors may give a more formal explanation of its vote to keep in place the suspension of Paul Petersen.
Jan. 6, 2020
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starts Tuesday. Hot this year are products that focus on sustainability. Circularise, an information technology company out of Holland, is creating digital versions of plastic materials that manufacturers can then use to share details on products.
Jan. 6, 2020
An Arizona congressman has tweeted out what appears to be a manipulated image of former President Barack Obama and Iran’s President. But that fake photo has been around since 2015.
Jan. 6, 2020
Monday was the first full day of morning traffic for the new Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. The final stretch of the freeway opened right before the holidays.
Jan. 6, 2020
The Navajo Nation Council said it’s working with Congress to fund a medical examiners department. If successful, the tribe will be the first in the country with such a department.
Jan. 6, 2020
This week in 1975, Raul Castro became Arizona’s first Hispanic governor. Read a collection of the interesting — and sometimes unusual — events that happened this week in Arizona history.
Jan. 6, 2020
Washington Post technology reporter Geoffrey Fowler recently broke down a 2017 Chevy Volt to see what information its on-board computers were gathering and what was being done with it.
Jan. 6, 2020
To start 2020, the Arizona Republic published a front-page essay by former Arizona Board of Regents President Eileen Klein on the long-term impact of female politicians and government leaders over the course of the state’s history.
Jan. 6, 2020
The aftermath of the killing of top Iranian general Major General Qassim Soleimani in Iraq last week will remain one of the top international stories in the coming days
Jan. 6, 2020
Last year, California became the first state in the country to enact a law requiring publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors. Meanwhile, there are other efforts to get more women on corporate boards, as well. Kathleen Duffy is part of one of them. She’s president and CEO of Phoenix-based Duffy Group, a recruitment firm.
Jan. 6, 2020
Hamilton High School in Chandler has a tradition of winning football. But, in 2017, police arrested five students from the school and one from a nearby charter school. John D’Anna, senior reporter with the Arizona Republic, has written a multipart series on what happened and what’s continuing to happen.
Jan. 6, 2020
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is conducting its annual aerial survey of big game population in the state. "The data obtained will help us determine how many hunting tags to let out in a given year," he said. "We have to balance out the number of animals in the field with the number of permits we let so the harvest is sustainable."
Jan. 6, 2020
The Show sat down with Lindsay Ashworth of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, Christopher Tiffany with the social services group Raising Special Kids and KJZZ’s Kathy Ritchie.
Jan. 6, 2020
Last year, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors officially declared the county a "Second Amendment Sanctuary," adopting measures they say are meant to protect the right to gun ownership. Yavapai County's Board of Supervisors postponed a similar vote.
Jan. 6, 2020
Minimum wage earners in Arizona got a raise this year as the state’s $11 minimum has gone up to $12. Advocates say this hike is a long time coming, that inflation has rendered the $7.25 an unacceptable living wage. Critics, on the other hand, say it belies the spirit of the free market and needlessly burdens employers.
Jan. 6, 2020
Hair is ASU English professor Neal Lester’s domain. His research focuses mainly on African Americans and hair, but Lester argues you could fill that blank in with just about any other group.
Jan. 6, 2020
