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Oct 6, 2022

Lake flip-flops on ‘rare and legal’ abortion

For a few hours on October 4, it looked like Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was making a hard pivot to the center on abortion. But by the end of the day, the campaign had walked back comments in which Lake suggested that she wanted abortion to be “rare and legal.” 

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Oct 6, 2022

Tempe plans to reopen long dormant water reclamation plant amid grinding drought

The Kyrene Water Reclamation Facility, built in the late 1980s and closed by budget cuts in 2010, is being brought back online as a part of Tempe’s response to the ongoing drought. This plant will collect and recycle wastewater, used mainly to recharge aquifers beneath the city.

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Oct 5, 2022

Sky Harbor to build taxiway overpass with federal funds to support growing air traffic

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is planning upgrades to its runway space with a new taxiway overpass backed by federal funds from the bipartisan infrastructure law enacted last year.

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Oct 4, 2022

Afghan refugees, many with uncertain immigration status, struggle with daily life

Thousands of Afghan refugees who have come to the United States to escape the Taliban over the past two decades struggle with day-to-day tasks like finding jobs, opening bank accounts and getting driver’s licenses.

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Oct 4, 2022

Wildlife conservation groups sue feds over claims of failure to approve program restoring Mexican wolves

Wildlife conservation groups are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over what they say is the agency's failure to follow federal law in approving a program to restore Mexican wolves to Arizona.

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Oct 4, 2022

Google agrees to pay millions to Arizona amid privacy violation charges

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay $85 million to the state of Arizona to settle charges that it secretly invades the privacy of Arizonans.

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Oct 3, 2022

Bench trial for a man accused of killing 2 women in Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — The state is going to seek the death penalty if a man is found guilty of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings nearly 30 years ago near a metro Phoenix canal system.

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Oct 3, 2022

Letter of the law(s): Prosecutors confused by conflicting abortion laws

Whatever their position on abortion rights, the Arizona county attorneys who would be responsible for enforcing the state’s abortion law all acknowledge that they will do their best to follow it.

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Sep 30, 2022

Gallego touts local efforts in Phoenix to battle climate change

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego touted the city Thursday as a model for enduring extreme weather events, during a virtual panel on how local governments can help defend against the impacts of climate change.

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Sep 30, 2022

‘Good Samaritan’ bill aims to allow cleanup of abandoned, leaking mines

Arizona could have as many as 100,000 abandoned mines, many leaching toxic minerals into the state’s waterways, but state environmental officials said cleanup has been hampered by the fear of litigation.

Sep 29, 2022

Dept. Of Child Safety under fire

Officials with the state ombudsman and Foster Care Review Board said today the Arizona Department of Child Safety is not providing information through their online database that other offices need, and when the agency does, it is filled with frequent errors and holes.

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Sep 29, 2022

‘Integrity bulletins’ focus on police misconduct

Providing public information about police misconduct records can be a messy process but bulletins in Arizona and other states aim to keep residents informed of these issues. 

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