Saying Arizonans deserve certainty, Republicans in the House and Senate on Wednesday approved a package of tax cuts that mirror what Congress enacted last year.

At news conferences since 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's apparent abduction from her Tucson-area home, the soft-spoken sheriff of Pima County has tried to walk the line between keeping the public informed while withholding investigation details.

According to the utility, the average Tucson household would pay $16 more each month — which it argues is needed to help cover rising costs and support recent investments.

This case dates back to 2018 — when a group of Iraqis and Afghans filed suit on the grounds that their Special Immigrant Visa applications had been stalled.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has yet to finish court-ordered reforms tied to a long running racial profiling case.

Copper has been mined in Arizona since before it was a state, with some of the oldest operations dating back to the 1860s.

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Sen. John Kavanagh, a Fountain Hills Republican, is proposing to put into law what has become known as "Swedish rounding" for purchases since the penny is no longer in production.

Less than a week after a judge blocked subpoenas seeking testimony from Recorder Justin Heap’s staff, the Maricopa Board of Supervisors voted to compel Heap himself to testify under oath about claims of voter disenfranchisement and other election issues.

Northern Arizona Healthcare has paused its plans to build a new Flagstaff Medical Center, even though the company says it has outgrown its current facility.

The city of Phoenix has formally adopted a new plan to address homelessness.

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The Paradise Valley Unified School District has fired its superintendent after placing him on leave for months.

On-site liquor-related arrests at the Waste Management Phoenix Open were down from last year.

Outfielder Corbin Carroll will undergo surgery after breaking a bone in his hand during batting practice on Tuesday.

Jaime Vinck is the president of the Meadows Behavioral Health here in Phoenix, which offers inpatient and outpatient treatment for people struggling with addiction. She knows many people are scared to admit they need help.

The seven Colorado River basin states have less than a week until a deadline to put forward a plan for how to divide up water in the over-allocated river.

The Trump administration cut funding to Hispanic-Serving Institutions, calling them racially discriminatory. How the cuts will affect Arizona universities. Plus, how the ongoing Colorado River talks could impact utilities’ credit ratings. This and more on today’s The Show podcast, available now.

Marla Franco helped establish one of the first Hispanic-Serving Institutions when she helped University of Arizona become the first four-year public university to get the designation. She says the program instantly lost $3 million when the Trump administration terminated grants for HSIs.

Project Blue — a proposed massive data center to be built in Marana, near Tucson — has faced opposition from the beginning.

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.

The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.

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When Arizona became a state in 1912, cotton was a shiny, up-and-coming industry. At least it was for new Arizonans — Native Americans farmed cotton here for thousands of years. But much of the space cotton took up has been repurposed for other Arizona developments.

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A federal grand jury has refused to indict Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and five other Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged military members to resist “illegal orders.”

The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it has detained a person for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie from her home near Tucson.

Pinal County Superior Court Judge Joseph Georgini placed a temporary restraining order on the Pinal County attorney’s agreement with ICE on Monday.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has reached an $11.8 million settlement with a New Jersey-based home warranty company accused of defrauding home owners.

Phoenix leaders voted to draft an ordinance for how to respond if authorities target the city for a crackdown like in Minneapolis.

Pitchers and catchers reported to the Valley on Tuesday, marking the start of spring training for the 2026 Major League Baseball season. The Cactus League brings half of baseball back to Arizona.

After the Dragon Bravo Fire ripped across the north rim of the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service announced it’s ready to reopen at least part of the trail frequented by rim to rim hikers.

Arizona’s U.S. senators plan to introduce a bill designed to fast-track reconstruction on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park following last summer’s Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is considering using the state’s “public nuisance” law to stop ICE from opening a massive detention facility in Surprise.

A new study out of ASU shows the trend of people looking to experts likely goes back to hunter-gatherer times. The goal of the study was to see how differences in influence among social groups allowed for the survival of humans.

The bill doesn't increase penalties, but it instead lowers the threshold for carrying fentanyl to trigger a five-year prison sentence from 200 grams to 100 grams.

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The city of Phoenix is adding more protections for outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat.

Some consumers have been facing a dilemma, where the digital products they thought they owned, have disappeared or were altered. The Arizona House passed a bill with bipartisan support to help consumers know what they’re actually buying.

Matthew Olsen, associate project manager with ADEQ, says the agency is working with small water utilities outside Star Valley and Globe, where the chemicals have been found.

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As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and common, it's hard to know what's real or not, complicating the search for Nancy Guthrie, according to law enforcement. But just how difficult is it?

Congressional Democrats have a list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But tensions between the two parties are high and the timeline is short — the stopgap bill funding DHS runs out Friday.

People in poor countries often get little or no warning about floods, storms and other deadly weather. Local efforts are changing that, and saving lives.

Homelessness has risen dramatically since the 20-teens when there were around 5,600 people living on the street and in shelters. Today, the count is closer to 10,000.

A new report suggests that while fewer Arizonans are making calls while holding their phones behind the wheel, behaviors like texting and scrolling while driving are up.

In the office, classroom and living room, working and relaxing mean sitting still. Our bodies evolved without chairs. Here are some tips for getting out of your seat and moving — even on cold days.

Salt Lake City, Utah has a unique challenge ahead of it as it looks forward to hosting the 2034 Winter Games: Its namesake Great Salt Lake — is drying up.