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House panel OKs pot decriminalization, as poll shows …

11/22/2019
WASHINGTON — A House committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a comprehensive marijuana reform bill that would decriminalize the drug while erasing pot convictions stretching back …

Phoenix Shanti Group to close, but leaves legacy of …

11/13/2019
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Shanti Group, a nonprofi t that has been serving HIV+ patients with a history of drug abuse or homelessness since 1987, will close next year. Lack of funding played …

Democrats name Arizona a battleground, GOP says it’s …

11/12/2019
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee confirmed last week that Arizona is one of eight battleground states it has targeted for the 2020 elections, already hiring organizers in the …

With 2020 election a year off, Arizona could become a …

11/6/2019
PHOENIX — Tuesday marked 52 weeks until voters will elect a commander-in-chief, all 435 members of Congress and 33 of 100 senators. But for the first time since Bill Clinton won re-election in …

Frank Lloyd Wright house, once listed for $2.6 …

10/16/2019
PHOENIX — A cluster of overlapping circles distinguish a Frank Lloyd Wright home nestled in a rocky hillside at an edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.

Business owners wary of Phoenix light rail expansion, …

10/8/2019
After Phoenix voters rejected Proposition 105, which would have stopped the expansion of light rail in south Phoenix, business owners fear they won’t be able to stay afloat during the project’s years of construction.

Mushroom crop in southern Arizona forests capped by …

10/4/2019
Bracing winds are the white noise of the mountain, pierced only by the cheery conversation of hikers on a quest for hidden bounty: mushrooms.

Making a home for fish in the desert takes a little …

8/21/2019
By Dylan Simard Cronkite News RIO VERDE — At Bartlett Lake and other reservoirs around the state, Arizona Game & Fish Department volunteers are building plastic cubes to serve as fish …

Tiny terrors: Arizona’s mosquitoes and how to avoid …

8/20/2019
By Tim Royan Cronkite News Monsoon storms, haboobs, scorching temperatures: Let’s face it, summer in Arizona comes with some big hazards. So it could be easy to forget one of the tiniest …

Resource centers nourish parents, young children with …

8/16/2019
By Abbagail Leon Cronkite News PHOENIX — Jessica Sauter moved from San Diego to Phoenix in November, and like many young mothers, she searched for ways to keep her 3-year-old occupied. She …

West Point High School opens in Avondale with state …

8/12/2019
By Abbagail Leon Cronkite News PHOENIX — The Arizona School Facilities Board helps fund new school buildings and renovations in Arizona to relieve outdated and overcrowded classrooms …

Syringe program for addicts operates in legal gray …

8/10/2019
By Taniyah Williamson and Tanner Puckett Cronkite News PHOENIX — While the debate around laws that would allow clean needle exchange programs to operate legally in Arizona continues, one …