This year, Maricopa County is spending more on heat relief than it ever has in hopes of turning the heat-related deaths trend around. New technologies using artificial intelligence are shaking up many industries, including publishing and art. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has submitted new legal filings. Plus the latest in metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news ..read more

KJZZ has been committed to covering Arizona’s water challenges, in our ongoing series, “Every Last Drop.” And this week, we’ve been looking into the contaminants that pose threats to the state’s increasingly precious supply of drinking water. Tempe voters on Tuesday rejected a set of ballot measures that would have created a new venue for the Arizona Coyotes. Plus the latest in metro Phoenix, Fronteras Desk, tribal resources, education and science news ..read more

A Flagstaff judge has dismissed a restraining order that state Sen. Wendy Rogers obtained against an Arizona Capitol Times reporter. For the unincorporated community of Rio Verde Foothills, water stopped flowing this year when the nearby city of Scottsdale shut off the taps. Are other small communities facing the same threat? Plus the latest metro Phoenix, science and education news ..read more

A non-profit organization based in the Valley is offering help, in the form of man’s best friend, for combat veterans suffering from PTSD or traumatic brain injuries. On the second floor of Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix is a room filled with Arizona history dating back to territorial days. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, science, business and metro Phoenix news ..read more

There's a centrist political group called No Labels that's getting on the ballot in states like Arizona – and causing some consternation about what their endgame is. Menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes or sleep disturbances can negatively impact women in the workplace and cost billions in lost work time. The US Secretary of Education has been talking about loan forgiveness and school choice. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, business and Fronteras Desk news ..read more

Voters in Tempe are preparing to cast their ballots in a special election on three propositions that will decide the future of its last major piece of prized real estate – a 46-acre tract of land on the northwestern edge of the city within just 2 miles of Sky Harbor Airport. The City of Tucson is returning a portion of ancestral land to the Tohono O’odham Nation in a new resolution passed by the City Council this week. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was before Congress this week answering questions about border apprehensions and the upcoming end of the pandemic-er ..read more

Tempe residents are expected to soon start receiving ballots for the city’s special election on whether to build an entertainment district around a new home for the Arizona Coyotes. Locals from the Navajo Nation shut down Grand Falls to non-tribal members and now they’re trying to keep it closed. Phoenix is looking for more partners to help protect the city’s most vulnerable this summer. Plus the latest in education and science news ..read more

Republican lawmakers are proposing to rein in the powers of the Arizona governor to declare emergencies that can last for months or years without legislative oversight. A state-funded pilot program launched in 2015 that helped several Arizona school districts improve their performance is expanding. Republican Representative Eli Crane of Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District has reintroduced a bill to ratify a treaty that establishes state tribal lands for the San Juan Southern Paiute. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, metro Phoenix and business news ..read more

The city of Phoenix filed a lawsuit to stop a major development planned in Tempe that Phoenix believes is too close to Sky Harbor Airport. An international body that regulates the trade of protected plants and animals has imposed sanctions on Mexico. And Phoenix has less than four months to begin disbanding the Zone. Plus the latest science, education and metro Phoenix news ..read more

State lawmakers blocked a vote on whether Arizona should ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a case over a land transfer in the Tonto National Forest that would bring a massive copper mine to a sacred indigenous site about an hour east of Phoenix. After many months of mobile home residents begging Phoenix leaders to help them fight evictions, the City Council took action Wednesday night. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, education, Fronteras Desk and science news ..read more