2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (397+ words) "Arizona homeowners who fell victim to MV Realty's deceptive sales practices were trapped." Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is taking aim at a real estate company she says used predatory tactics to tie up homeowners' properties with costly restrictions. In…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (488+ words) "The federal government's decision to ransack that database puts the whole system in jeopardy." More than 17 million commercial drivers are at the center of a growing legal fight between states and the federal government after Washington demanded access to sensitive…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (478+ words) "I applaud our electric retail cooperatives for addressing the challenge of large-load customers." Arizona regulators have approved a new safeguard for customers served by the state's rural electric cooperatives: a framework designed to prevent data centers and other major power…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (313+ words) "We've never seen the release go down that low." New Mexico's Elephant Butte Reservoir has dropped to a startlingly low level, turning what would normally be the height of lake season into a stark example of how deeply drought can…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (377+ words) In 2025, they found only two dozen there. Grand Canyon researchers are sounding the alarm after invasive crayfish numbers climbed sharply downstream of the Glen Canyon Dam, with worries that the species could reach some of the Southwest's remaining relatively pristine…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (472+ words) "Almost 50% of our fires were from debris burning and equipment use." Several grass fires broke out across North Texas as triple-digit heat and gusty winds created dangerous conditions. North Texas reached its 20th 100-degree day of the year last Thursday, matching…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (572+ words) A dispute over Arizona's Colorado River supply is entering a more confrontational stage, with officials increasingly treating litigation as a real possibility in a battle that could influence water access across the Southwest. Because negotiations remain stalled, state and municipal…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (558+ words) "In effect, they're building a giant bathtub, even though there's likely no water to ever fill it." A court battle over Colorado water could help determine how the American West responds to a shrinking river system, according to Inside Climate…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (558+ words) "We've had one of the lowest runoff years on record." A new low at Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, is sharpening fears about the deepening crisis in the Colorado River Basin. The drop is renewing concerns about drinking water…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (472+ words) "I feel like my utility costs probably doubled in the last three or four years." A new AP-NORC poll shows that more American adults say extreme heat is influencing daily life than did so in 2024. The survey of 1,165 adults was…...