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Voucher oversight splits candidates for Arizona schools chief

Arizona’s billion-dollar and growing school voucher program took center stage Tuesday night as state Treasurer Kimberly Yee and former schoolteacher and community college president Teresa Leyba Ruiz sparred over how they would lead Arizona’s public schools as the next state schools chief. The program, known...

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U.S. and Mexico Reach Colorado River Deal

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Suspect Takes His Own Life After DNA Evidence Identifies Him as Suspect in 1987 Murder of Navy Veteran

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Peoria Man Accused Of Defrauding AHCCCS Over $33 Million In One Year

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3.4M young adults at risk of losing insurance under new policies, study shows

As many as 3.4 million young adults could lose health insurance coverage due to recent policy shifts affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance markets, according to research released Monday. The post 3.4M young adults at risk of losing insurance under new policies, study shows first appeared on Arizona...

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FBI Director Kash Patel wouldn’t promise to keep FBI agents out of polling places in November

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections...

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ACC commissioners face questions over utility bias

The Arizona Free Enterprise Club argued in an ACC filing that public criticism from two commissioners about the group and its political stances has led to bias. The post ACC commissioners face questions over utility bias first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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Victim Killed In South Phoenix Robbery Identified

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Record number of women win gubernatorial nominations

The Democratic and Republican parties have nominated 27 women for governor in this year’s midterm elections, a new record, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers. The post Record number of women win gubernatorial nominations first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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CUSD Unified Votes to Invoke Land Acknowledgments

Despite opposition, Chandler schools will perform invocation before every meeting and graduation ceremony

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CUSD Unified Votes to Invoke Land Acknowledgments

Despite opposition, Chandler schools will perform invocation before every meeting and graduation ceremony

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ICE deported a gay Brazilian man to Equatorial Guinea. Now he’s gone silent.

Hotel Bamy in Equatorial Guinea is not a prison, but Pietro Graza hasn’t been able to leave for weeks. He has been held captive in the semi-abandoned luxury hotel in Malabo, the former capital city, after being deported from Arizona despite legally seeking protections in the United States for protection against...

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Gov. Hobbs Blocks Removal of Salt River Horses Amid Feud With State Rep. Reim

Universities can study herd until end of 2027

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Gov. Hobbs Blocks Removal of Salt River Horses Amid Feud With State Rep. Reim

Universities can study herd until end of 2027

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As Republicans move to restrict divorce, advocates fear for abuse victims

Cerina Fairfax, a Virginia dentist and mother of two, spent nearly two years living in the same house as her husband while she was trying to divorce him. Virginia state law required couples with children, like the Fairfaxes, to wait a year before being allowed to file for divorce. Cerina’s husband, former Virginia...

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Arizona Leaders Condemn Attack on Charlie Kirk Memorial

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Phoenix Man Sentenced for 2022 Peoria Carjacking

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Arizona Clean Elections Sued For Threatening Candidates Into Suspending Campaigns

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That’s A Cut: Sunday’s Comic

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Hunter’s Crash: Sunday’s Comic

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Arizona Republicans Question Mayes’ Hobbs-Sunshine Probe

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Thousands Gather in Glendale to Honor First Responders in 9/11 Tower Challenge

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Phoenix Police Arrest Fugitive In Mexico in 25-Year-Old Cold Murder Case

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Amid record heat, 24 Arizona prison units still lack air conditioning. A lawmaker has questions.

Cooling systems in Arizona state prisons failed this summer as temperatures hit triple digits. Now, the reported outages have caught the attention of a state legislator who is demanding that leaders at the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry answer questions about it. To that end, Rep....