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drought, Colorado River, water cutbacks, Lake Mead, Arizona, Nevada, Phoenix, Hobbs
Jun 12, 2023

Vegas water agency empowered to limit home water flows in future

Nevada has taken a dramatic, but not immediate, step toward limiting the amount of Colorado River water used in the most populous part of the nation's most arid state, after lawmakers gave Las Vegas-area water managers the levers to limit flows to single-family homes.

plane crash, Falcon Field Airport, National Transportation Safety Board
Jun 12, 2023

Authorities trying to determine cause of small plane crash that killed 2 in Arizona

Federal authorities are trying to determine why a small plane crashed into a mountain in central Arizona, killing both people aboard.

fraud, Covid, sentencing
Jun 9, 2023

4 in Arizona get prison time for fraudulently getting millions in Covid aid

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona says four people have been sentenced for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in federal Covid assistance, including a couple who netted $13 million.

Rio Verde, Scottsdale City Council, Kolodin, Kavanagh, Mayes, groundwater
Jun 9, 2023

Kolodin’s ‘Trojan Horse’ targets Scottsdale water   

While addressing Rio Verde Foothills (RVF) residents on Jan. 28, Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale, vowed “to break the rock,” referring to a hostile takeover of Scottsdale Water. HB2561 is just that, a frontal attack on the residents of Scottsdale who have invested in the best water technology, expert personnel, and water portfolio in the country.  

Covid, renters, scam
Jun 8, 2023

6 arrested in alleged scheme to fraudulently collect millions in Covid aid

Six people from Arizona, Washington and Texas have been arrested and accused of fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars of Covid aid from an assistance program meant for renters, federal prosecutors said.

ACLU, homelessness, city of Phoenix, ACLU, homeless camps, downtown Phoenix,
Jun 7, 2023

Six cities, one county have plans to use state funds to help homeless

Six Arizona cities and one county that have immediate plans to house the homeless are going to be dividing up $20 million in state funds.

heat wave, air conditioning, Phoenix, APS
Jun 6, 2023

Study: Phoenix faces health crisis if heatwave, blackout hit at same time

Thousands would die, and hundreds of thousands would require emergency medical care if a blackout hit Phoenix at the same time as a multiday heat wave, according to a recent study.

Hobbs, Prop 400, Maricopa County, ridership, light rail, Valley Metro
Jun 2, 2023

Arizona pauses home development in some parts of Phoenix area 

Arizona will tap the brakes on new development in some parts of Greater Phoenix, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced on Thursday. 

late session, sine die, lawmakers, fall, Toma, Petersen, Epstein, Coughlin, Esposito
Jun 1, 2023

Rumor of late legislative session floats through capitol

Could the legislature stay in session into the fall, or until the end of the year? The rumor that lawmakers won’t adjourn sine die anytime soon has been spreading through the state capitol for weeks, even if nobody is ready to publicly endorse the idea.

Rio Verde, Hobbs, Ortega
Jun 1, 2023

Time for Senate to act to put more tools in Arizona’s water toolbox

We must move with urgency to save our state from a manageable shortage that has metastasized into a deadly cancer due to spools of red tape and a federal government that sometimes seems like it wouldn’t care much if Arizona blew away on the wind.

censure, Chaplik, Harris
Jun 1, 2023

More GOP PCs are censuring their lawmakers

A recent trend is growing among Arizona Republican precinct committees of censuring their state elected Republicans after the expulsion of a former Republican lawmaker.

Phoenix, Census
May 30, 2023

Phoenix becomes largest US city to successfully challenge 2020 census numbers

Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census after claiming that dozens of group homes, jails and drug and alcohol treatment centers were overlooked during the nation's head count.

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