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GOP-led panel investigates Dems disorderly behavior
A GOP-led panel Wednesday investigated claims that Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives engaged in disorderly conduct when they shouted at Republican colleagues for blocking efforts to repeal a near-total abortion ban in state law.
May 15, 2024
No evidence submitted against ASU protesters yet
Prosecutors have a year to refile dozens of trespassing cases against pro-Palestine demonstrators arrested late last month at Arizona State University.
May 15, 2024
Tucson sector drops from top spot for illegal crossings
San Diego became the busiest of the Border Patrol's nine sectors along the Mexican border in April for the first time since the 1990s, replacing Tucson. Overall, arrests fell more than 6% in April.
May 15, 2024
Arizona Legislature joins move to block California trucking laws
The Legislature, along with 16 other states, argue the regulation violates the Constitution's Commerce Clause.
May 15, 2024
Arizona attorney general files 2 lawsuits against Amazon
Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed two lawsuits against Amazon. The suits accuse the retail giant of engaging in deceptive and exclusionary practices to keep its grip on the market tight.
May 15, 2024
KJZZ wins 4 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
KJZZ has won four regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for large market radio news coverage in 2023. The announcement was made Wednesday by the Radio Television Digital News Association.
May 15, 2024
This Scottsdale middle school principal has banned cellphones for years. Heres why
Schools in Arizona and around the country are grappling with cellphones in the classroom. Some are letting students have them out in between classes and at lunch. Others are buying up smartphone pouches that lock them up.
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May 15, 2024
Judge dismisses lawsuit from Republican Party challenging Elections Procedures Manual
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Republicans to have Arizona’s Elections Procedures Manual declared invalid.
May 15, 2024
Grand Canyons North Rim reopens for the season
Park Service officials typically close the North Rim toward the end of November. Last year, it didn’t reopen until early June after winter storms damaged a long stretch of water line.
May 15, 2024
Science says visual hair matching evidence is bogus
In a piece for the Marshall Project, independent journalist Rene Ebersole delves into some of the scientific problems with crime scene hair analysis — and how both victims’ rights groups and law enforcement are reacting.
May 15, 2024
Hobbs says lawmakers unlikely to reach a deal on teacher raises this year
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says lawmakers are unlikely to reach a deal this session to ask voters to extend a key public education funding measure.
May 15, 2024
Millennials are accused of killing lots of things. The latest? Aging
Amanda Kehrberg, who studies digital culture at Arizona State University, says aging millennials are changing what it means to be an adult and going down the path of aging today.
May 15, 2024
This literary journal focuses on active-duty military and veterans
Editor Rosemarie Dombrowski and managing editor Virgil Connor told The Show more about ISSUED — a literary journal featuring poetry, memoir, fiction and more, written by active-duty military, veterans, and the friends and family members impacted by their service.
May 15, 2024
Phoenix renames part of Fillmore Street after boxing champ
Phoenix city officials and community members gathered Tuesday evening to unveil ceremonial signs renaming Fillmore Street from 9th to 10th Street "Michael Carbajal Way" in honor of the legendary boxer.
May 15, 2024
She earned ASU doctoral degree — at age 17
Dorothy Jean Tillman II recently graduated with her doctoral degree from Arizona State University, after successfully defending her thesis in December at age 17. She took her first college course at 10.
May 15, 2024
NAU institute offers AI guidance for schools
The Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy is offering guidance for the use of Generative AI in K-12 schools. It’s not a mandate from state officials, but information about how AI works and how it could be used in the classroom.
May 15, 2024
Phoenix will change bulk trash pickup to appointment system
Customers can schedule four collections per year for things that are too big for regular garbage containers, including furniture, appliances and tree and shrub clippings.
May 15, 2024
Lawmakers ask for $3B for FEMA program funding asylum seeker care
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and other lawmakers in Washington say a federal program that funds asylum seeker and migrant care in Arizona and elsewhere is still vastly underfunded.
May 15, 2024
How a U.S. Customs and Border Protection veteran sees his agencys mission
Agent Ryan Riccucci has worked for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 17 years. No longer on patrol, he's now division chief, overseeing the Tucson Sector's law enforcement operational programs. He's responsible for the things that agents use to reach the remotest parts of the desert — off-road vehicles, aircraft, horses — across a territory as vast as five Connecticuts, he said.
May 15, 2024
Hobbs says Republican border bill will bust state budget
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said the state can’t afford to implement controversial border and immigration legislation backed by Republican lawmakers, citing estimates that it could cost the state’s prison system hundreds of millions of dollars.
May 14, 2024

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