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Maricopa County attorney wants higher bond amounts for suspects
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (203+ words) Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell says she wants higher bond amounts for suspects, following a slew of violent incidents against law enforcement. Mitchell recently told reporters that within the span of a week there were seven officer-involved shootings across the…...
Legacy mining mercury still pollutes Nevada rivers, raising concerns across Mountain West
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (349+ words) A new study from researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, finds elevated mercury levels in wood ducks along the Carson River, downstream from Nevada's historic Comstock Lode. In the 1800s, miners used mercury to extract gold and silver from crushed…...
This week at the Arizona Legislature: Bill could put 60% of district funds toward teacher salaries
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (670+ words) Monday marks the beginning of crossover week at the Arizona Capitol, when the House starts in earnest sending its bills across the mall to the Senate and vice versa. That means lawmakers will have long agendas and lots of bills…...
This matriarch's family tells the story of Black migration, gentrification in south Phoenix
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (1704+ words) Arizona isn't really included in lessons about the Great Migration that brought generations of Black Americans out of the South and across the country. Mcdell Otha Jackson came here as a girl in the 1940s " and moved to south Phoenix. She…...
Receivership for Arizona's prison health care system has been a long time coming, ACLU lawyer says
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (604+ words) A federal judge is taking control of Arizona's prison health care system away from the state and giving it to a court-appointed receiver. In a ruling late last week, Judge Roslyn Silver noted complaints that've gone back more than a…...
This artist built a big steel loom in downtown Phoenix. Everyone is welcome to weave on it
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (607+ words) Celebraci'n Art'stica de las Am'ricas (CALA) is a local organization working to support Latinx art through artist residencies, workshops, exhibitions and more. The nonprofit's current artist-in-residence, Samantha Vo, invites the community to become part of her latest piece. The Show…...
State lawmaker calls attention to alleged taunting, racial abuse at high school basketball game
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (143+ words) A high school playoff basketball game caught the attention of an Arizona lawmaker over allegations that players were spit on and called racially abusive names. State lawmaker calls attention to alleged taunting, racial abuse at high school basketball game A…...
Sonora largely spared from retaliatory violence after Mexican army kills major cartel kingpin
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (195+ words) The day after the killing of a major cartel kingpin by Mexican authorities, the country is taking stock of a day of retaliatory violence. Sonora, the Mexican state south of Arizona, has so far been largely spared from the spate…...
Arizona offers $50,000 rebates for purchasing electric heavy duty vehicles
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (142+ words) The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is offering an incentive for organizations to purchase electric heavy duty vehicles. ADEQ is launching a pilot program for Heavy Duty Zero Emissions Vehicles, like the trucks you might see delivering food to local…...
This professor wants to sue ASU, says he was subjected to harm by attending mandated DEI training
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (739+ words) An ASU spokesman at the time denied that the training was a requirement, and Anderson's lawsuit was eventually dismissed by the Arizona Court of Appeals. DINGMAN: Just to ask, do you feel that there's a way of looking at history…...