General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state. The GM subsidiary is already running an autonomous ride-hailing service …
Education
Arizona-based charter-school chain Great Hearts Academies is expanding its school network to include Great Hearts Christos, private, faith-based academies set to open this fall in Gilbert and …
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who admitted to purchasing firearms that he knew would be going from the U.S. to a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in Texas after the discovery that one of the …
Valley & State
Community
The Chandler Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Ostrich Festival attracted thousands of Arizonans of all ages to Tumbleweed Park over the weekend for four days of fun.
In addition to an enclosure …
Authorities say a 26-year-old man from Mexico has pleaded guilty to assaulting two U.S. Border Patrol agents last year on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Federal prosecutors announced Monday that Miguel …
EVENTS
It's been 20 years since Arizona lost U.S. Army Specialist Lori Piestewa in combat. To honor her sacrifice, the Gold Star Families, Tribal organizations, and others will host events this week.
Education
PHOENIX — As part of the community-focused missions of both the Phoenix IDA and the Phoenix Community Development & Investment Corporation, the organizations are jointly funding the Verma …
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s new “Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky”, which about the global loss of the night sky to light …
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The city of Phoenix is making plans for how to spend the several millions of dollars per year it will receive from the state’s opioid settlement funds to help curb opioid and substance abuse in …
SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON – When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, it will be considering fairly technical legal questions, but the answers could have a large impact on water allocation in the Colorado River basin.
HOUSING BILL
PHOENIX - A Phoenix lawmaker is attempting to salvage at least part of his controversial plan to override local zoning rules in the name of affordable housing, a proposal one Scottsdale legislator …
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