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29 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Oct. 19, 2026
Voters in Arizona’s first congressional district face a choice they’ve never had before: do they want to elect a Trump-endorsed MAGA Republican to Congress, or a Democrat? Mexico i…
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23 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Oct. 12, 2026
Arizona’s Executive Tower, which houses the Governor’s Office and Secretary of State, was evacuated Thursday afternoon after staff received an envelope filled with white powder. At…
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20 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Oct. 5, 2026
New Medicaid rules took effect October first, leaving thousands of refugees in the U.S. without health coverage. The Scottsdale Unified School District’s governing board voted to c…
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27 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Sept. 28, 2026
New federal rules for the Colorado River officially went into effect Oct. 1, but they won’t change the amount of water flowing to Arizona quite yet. A land developer and film produ…
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24 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Sept. 14, 2026
President Trump’s One, Big Beautiful Bill is front and center in the race to represent southern Arizona’s Congressional District Six. APS is looking to nearly double its natural ga…
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26 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Sept. 7, 2026
Katie Hobbs and Andy Biggs — the Democrat and Republican nominees for governor— have wildly different plans for Arizona’s water future. To commemorate those lost in the 9/11 terror…
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34 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Aug. 31, 2026
Four Phoenix metro police agencies have launched investigations into potential officer misuse of the ALPRs. Grand Canyon experts say flash floods there are common, but this weekend…
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35 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Aug. 24, 2026
New rules for sharing water from the Colorado River are here, and Arizona stands to take the biggest hit. The Tohono O’odham Nation says the Trump administration is sending Border…
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25 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Aug. 17, 2026
As the number of data centers across the U.S. continues to increase, so does public opposition to them and that has some Arizona leaders looking for new standards for what acceptab…
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23 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of Aug. 10, 2026
Celebrated sites in Arizona are slated to see a double border wall. The water level in Lake Mead is now the lowest it’s been since the nation’s largest reservoir was filled, about…
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33 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of August 3, 2026
In the first of a three-part series, KJZZ explores the Navajo Nation’s complicated history with the coal industry. Plus, a non-profit in Surprise is bringing military veterans toge…
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29 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of July 27, 2026
A new poll shows people living in the Colorado River Basin overwhelmingly want their governments to do more to secure water for the future. Arizona’s two largest utilities APS and…
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26 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of July 20, 2026
After some hesitancy, the Arizona Water Banking Authority has assured city utilities around the Valley that it will use its stored supplies to make up for all of the water they los…
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31 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of July 13, 2026
The two Republicans seeking re-election to the Arizona Corporation Commission are running on a platform of promises made, promises kept. Policymakers are likely just days away from…
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38 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of July 6, 2026
With longtime Congressman Andy Biggs leaving to run for governor, two Republicans are running to replace him in Congressional District 5. As wildfires grow larger in the West, util…
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25 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of June 22, 2026
A Maricopa County judge reinstated an order requiring Recorder Justin Heap and the board of supervisors to sit down with an independent mediator to solve their ongoing election dis…
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31 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of June 15, 2026
Negotiators are discussing the future of the free trade deal that keeps all the produce crossing the border tariff free. Looking to shore up its water supply as Colorado River cuts…
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17 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of June 8, 2026
A new state budget passed out of the Arizona legislature Thursday night with support from most Republican and Democratic lawmakers. Colorado River experts were in Washington D.C. W…
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23 min
Stories You Don't Want to Miss for the week of June 1, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating claims that Arizona State University is illegally discriminating against some students by operating surreptitious diversity, equity…