4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (678+ words) (The Center Square) - Maricopa County launched an $800,000 pilot program to help households facing eviction. The county Board of Supervisors allocated the money for the Eviction Prevention Pilot Program in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The program for Arizona's most populous county…...

54+ min ago   (283+ words) (The Center Square) – Search-and-recovery efforts are continuing in Grand Canyon National Park after the weekend's flooding left two people dead and at least 15 missing. “One body has been recovered (a 46-year-old-male), and recovery operations for a second body are currently…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (469+ words) (The Center Square) – Trump administration officials say they have ordered the emergency removal of 110 commercial driver’s license schools associated with more than 5,000 drivers who failed English language proficiency tests. They have also shutdown of 150 additional schools that claim to be…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (438+ words) (The Center Square) - Voters will decide whether to extend a sales tax that helps fund law enforcement in Maricopa County. Proposition 413 would continue the one-fifth-of-one-cent sales tax for 20 years. The fate of the tax, which pays for public safety, will…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (618+ words) (The Center Square) - Arizona Republican Party Chair Sergio Arellano criticized Attorney General Kris Mayes’ decision not to press charges against Gov. Katie Hobbs in an alleged pay-for-play scheme. Sunshine Residential Homes, which is a private foster-care provider for Arizona children,…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (715+ words) (The Center Square) - Nevada sued the Trump administration Monday over its two-year plan to reduce water usage from the Colorado River. The move comes after the U.S. Department of Interior announced on Friday that Nevada, California and Arizona would be expected…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (523+ words) (The Center Square) - Arizona ranked 12th among the 50 states for year-over-year job growth in July, according to a new report. But the state is also seeing an unemployment rate higher than the national average and job losses in some industries, according…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (651+ words) (The Center Square) - Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has a double-digit lead over U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Surprise, in Arizona’s gubernatorial general election, according to a new poll. Noble Predictive Insights released a poll on Thursday showing Hobbs leading Biggs by 13 points…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (672+ words) (The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an initiative to regulate the state’s school choice program appears to lack enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot. The court on Tuesday sent the case back to the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (610+ words) The Center Square) - Arizona signed a memorandum of understanding with two tribal nations devastated by the decline of the coal industry. Arizona reached an agreement with the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe, both of which have faced difficult economic…...