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The former elections director for a rural Arizona county who resigned last year because of a flap over the hand-counting of ballots has been elevated to a top electoral post for the state.

March 17, 2024
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There may soon be a new option in Arizona funeral care: human composting.

By By Sadie Buggle, Cronkite News March 15, 2024
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Arizona lawmakers split Wednesday as the House gave overwhelming, bipartisan approval to a bill that would ban use of TikTok in the U.S. if the owners of the social media app don’t first sell it to another company.

By By Ian McKinney, Cronkite News March 15, 2024
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Gov. Katie Hobbs is claiming credit for the state's rate of inflation dropping from 13% before she took office to 2.7% now.

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House and Senate Republicans used their rules Wednesday to block a vote -- or even a debate -- on a proposal to enshrine the right to contraceptives in Arizona law.

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressuring a reluctant Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign legislation they believe will lead to more affordable housing in Arizona.

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The program announced earlier this month to retire medical debt was promoted as providing anonymous relief to thousands of Arizonans.

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When Christopher Carrillo discovered a lump behind his ear in 2011, it never occurred to him that the cause could be from HIV.

By By Leah Mesquita, Cronkite News March 13, 2024
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After weeks of testing, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS is now available for taxpayers from 12 selected states.

By By ADRIANA MORGA and FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press March 12, 2024
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Arizona's health department has named a physician to address ways to lessen the effects of extreme heat in the arid Southwestern state as the first statewide heat officer in the nation.

March 12, 2024
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State schools chief Tom Horne has no legal authority to sue to force all Arizona schools to use only "structured English immersion'' to teach the language to students who are not proficient, a judge has ruled.

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Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday.

By By TERRY TANG, Associated Press March 9, 2024
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Arizona officials said a Saudi-owned company they targeted over its use of groundwater to grow forage crops is moving its farming operation out of a valley in the Southwestern state's rural west.

By By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press March 9, 2024
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A judge has rebuffed yet another attempt by two special interest groups to hide the names of their donors from the public despite a 2022 voter-approved law requiring their publication.

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Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Tuesday that she won't run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection.

By By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press March 5, 2024
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A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it.

By By FELICIA FONSECA and SUMAN NAISHADHAM, Associated Press March 4, 2024
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An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court's denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of land for the project.

By ANITA SNOW and MATTHEW DAL, Associated Press March 3, 2024
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A plan to manage rural groundwater passed Arizona's Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday amid growing concerns about the availability of sufficient water for future generations in the arid Southwestern state.

By By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press March 3, 2024
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A multiple fatality caused by a new driver in Mohave County is going to lead to a new requirement being added to what it takes for future Arizona teens to get a driver's license.

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Three former employees of the Department of Education have been indicted for cheating the voucher program of tax dollars to send children to private and parochial schools out of more than $600,000.

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A federal judge is upholding provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven't provided proof of U.S. citizenship and cross-check voter registration information with various government databases.

March 1, 2024
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A San Diego man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of leaving threatening messages on the personal cellphone of an Arizona election worker he accused of rigging the 2022 election results, federal prosecutors said.

February 27, 2024
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House Speaker Ben Toma says his latest immigration bill could save Arizona billions in welfare benefits annually, but small-business owners rallied Monday to say it will cost the state instead, by driving out businesses and workers.

By By Martin Dreyfuss, Cronkite News February 27, 2024
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A man suspected in the death of a woman who was fatally bludgeoned in a New York City hotel room earlier this month has been arrested in Arizona, where police say he is a suspect in two stabbings in recent days.

February 21, 2024
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For nearly two decades, it was a mystery who had left "Baby Skylar" — an unidentified newborn found dead inside a t trash can at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

February 20, 2024

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