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Five $20 dollar bills on table
This time of year, many groups are asking for donations, often highlighting tax advantages before the year ends. But taking charitable deductions isn’t for everyone.
Dec. 20, 2023
Sky Harbor
This holiday season could be one for the record books. AAA expects 7.5 million people will fly over a 10-day period starting Dec. 23. That tops the previous record set in 2019, just before the pandemic.
Dec. 20, 2023
st marys volunteers pack boxes
The Show spoke with Josh Stine of Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley, and Jeanne-Marie Hill, who runs the AmeriCorps Seniors/RSVP Program for ASU, about the recent decline in volunteering in the U.S.
Dec. 20, 2023
Google page on a tablet screen
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general announced a $700 million payout agreement with Google.
Dec. 19, 2023
Nikola Motors headquarters in Phoenix.
Trevor Milton, The founder of Arizona-based electric truck manufacturer Nikola Corporation, was convicted on three of four counts of fraud in October last year.
Dec. 18, 2023
‘Tis the season to make way more food than we can eat. But research shows our own perceptions about food date labels might play a major role in food waste, too.
Dec. 15, 2023
Tempe Diablo Stadium
Lawn tickets for the first Los Angeles Dodgers game in the Cactus League are at $47 a pop, with some seats are already sold out.
Dec. 15, 2023
Slices of cantaloupe on a plate
Mexico’s Health Department has ordered the temporary closure of a melon-packing plant implicated in the salmonella outbreak linked to pre-cut cantaloupes.
Dec. 15, 2023
Phoenix playground park sign
Phoenix faces an uncertain financial future. The pandemic-related dollars have slowed and, starting in 2025, cities will no longer be able to collect sales tax on residential rent. As city departments evaluate their budgets, there’s concern about how security at parks could be affected.
More Arizona business news
Dec. 15, 2023
A Southwest Airlines flight takes off from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
About 2.2 million Arizonans are expected to be traveling for the holidays, according to AAA Arizona. It will be one of the busiest holiday periods the organization has tracked in more than two decades.
Dec. 15, 2023
Accessing veterinary care in rural parts of Arizona can be difficult. It’s even more challenging in some tribal communities like the Navajo Nation. KJZZ talked to one vet who is bringing care to these places.
Dec. 15, 2023
Pills in prescription medication bottle
The Biden administration announced Thursday that the prices for dozens of drugs in the Medicare program rose faster than the rate of inflation. That’s in violation of a new federal law. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said at a press conference in Phoenix those manufacturers will be penalized.
Dec. 15, 2023
Waymo vehicle
Waymo One is rolling out curbside pickup and dropoff to select riders at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix during overnight hours.
Dec. 14, 2023
water system
The Show spoke with Sharon Megdal, director of the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Arizona, and Nancy Caywood, a farmer with Caywood Farms in Casa Grande, about water use by agriculture.
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Dec. 14, 2023
Vacant lot
The Phoenix City Council has council approved an ordinance creating a vacant property registry. Owners of vacant lots over 10,000 square feet — along with some vacant commercial and residential properties — must register online.
Dec. 13, 2023
Pumping gas in a truck
Arizona’s Republican lawmakers want to lower in-state gas prices by asking the EPA to allow the gas stations to sell a wider variety of fuel blends.
Dec. 13, 2023
Freeport-McMoRan mines in Miami
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources took up a pair of mining bills this week. One of them has called for changes to the mining law of 1872.
Dec. 13, 2023
Sedona
The city of Sedona is renewing a pilot program that incentivizes homeowners to rent to long-term, locally employed tenants rather than short-term rent platforms like Airbnb.
Dec. 13, 2023
Hand holding TV remote in front of screen
DIRECTV and TEGNA, which runs Channel 12, have not been able to come to an agreement on retransmission contracts that are up for renewal every few years. Channel 3 and YouTube TV are in a similar dispute.
Dec. 11, 2023
david cook
An Arizona lawmaker wants the state to crack down on the use of bots to buy up popular concert tickets and resell them to the public at sky-high prices.
Dec. 11, 2023

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