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When schools get D or F grades, the Arizona Department of Education or the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools works directly with them to improve their results.

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Mayor Kate Gallego urges Phoenix families who lost SNAP to get free city help

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What’s on your ballot: Arizona’s Prop 317 looks to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups

Supporters say it would make the state safer, but opponents question whether it would have any practical purpose.

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Phoenix hasn’t seen rain on Halloween in nearly 40 years; will weather play tricks this weekend?

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Big 12 men’s basketball preseason media poll predicts Arizona to finish first, ASU 12th

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26 Phoenix-area school districts asking voters to approve bonds, overrides, property sales

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What’s on your ballot: Arizona’s Prop 317 looks to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups

Supporters say it would make the state safer, but opponents question whether it would have any practical purpose.

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What’s on your ballot: Prop 316 would limit Arizona cities’ ability to increase grocery taxes

Supporters say it will benefit shoppers, while opponents are concerned about how it could affect local governments' ability to provide important services.

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Sprouts to open 3 new Arizona locations by early November

Two of the locations open in Scottsdale and Tucson on Friday, while the other opens in Mesa on Nov. 6.

Oct 25, 2026

Casa Grande approves 954-acre data center after county denies similar projects

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Oct 28, 2026

Central Arizona Project moves to join Colorado River lawsuit, warns of severe water cuts

Brenda Berman, CAP's general manager, said the Arizona water provider had spent years trying to avoid litigation but believes legal action is now necessary.

Oct 28, 2026

Arizona’s water challenges trickle down to real estate agents, who increasingly face questions about the viability of living in the desert

“We cannot afford to give even the perception that any tap will go dry,” Warren Tenney of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association told Phoenix Realtors.

Oct 21, 2026

SRP pulls back curtain on Mormon Flat Dam maintenance work at Canyon Lake

The whole process takes about 16 weeks: four weeks for the drawdown, eight weeks for the maintenance and four weeks to fill the lake back up.

Oct 13, 2026

Democrats question $1.2 billion contract to expand Florence immigration detention facilities

Reps. Greg Stanton, Yassamin Ansari and Adelita Grijalva wrote to GardaWorld on Oct. 6 seeking details on its new contract and a response to their March inquiry about its separate contract to turn a Surprise warehouse into an immigration detention facility.

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Neighboring sheriff refutes Santa Cruz County sheriff’s description of ‘peaceful’ protests

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Oct 12, 2026

Santa Cruz County sheriff defends decision about border wall construction protesters

David Hathaway said the protesters do not pose a threat. “This was clearly a federal issue requiring federal decisions regarding appropriate action,” he said.

Oct 14, 2026

NIH gives Barrow Neurological Institute another $25.3M for ALS study

The new funding boosts total NIH investment in the Access for All in ALS (ALL ALS) Consortium to $76.5 million.

Oct 8, 2026

Boil water advisory in Maricopa canceled after negative E. coli tests

Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company canceled a precautionary boil water advisory for the city of Maricopa.

Oct 2, 2026

US Supreme Court won’t stop court-ordered takeover of Arizona prison healthcare

An outside corrections professional is set to take over healthcare management for 25,000 inmates Oct. 19 despite an appeal by the state.

Oct 15, 2026

Phoenix police test AI tool from Axon that creates draft reports to speed up paperwork

"One of the biggest complaints I've heard from officers since being on council is how many hours they spend writing those reports. And they have been asking for this tool to come for a long time," Vice Mayor Ann O'Brien said.

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues OpenAI for allegedly deceiving ChatGPT users

The complaint says the company harmed children by using deceptive practices to market the chatbot in violation of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.

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Gudeng Precision opens semiconductor component facility in Glendale

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