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Arizona's best water solutions probably should be imperfect and complicated
Morning. In today’s opinions newsletter: Water and growth, the Gilbert Goons and Arizona’s top high schools. How do we keep growing responsibly in communities that rely on a limited groundwater supply, like Buckeye and Queen Creek? The loudest voices in this debate so far have been at polar opposites: ...
It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's where Arizona educators can score big deals
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, many businesses are stepping up to show gratitude for educators with deals on food and more. Teacher Appreciation Week is celebrated every year during the first week of May. This year, it begins on Monday, May 6, and ends on Friday, May 10. Although...
Arizona Heat Officer Leads Charge to Combat Extreme Heat and Lower Mortality After Deadly Summer
As Arizona braces for another sweltering summer, health officials are ramping up efforts to avoid a repeat of last year's harrowing death toll, which climbed above 900 due to extreme heat. In a State initiative led by Dr. Eugene Livar, Arizona's appointed Heat Officer, strategies are being implemented to ensure more cooling centers are available and functional air conditioning units are in place in homes to mitigate the threat posed by rising temperatures. According to a news conference held on Friday and reported by FOX 10 Phoenix, Livar, along with officials from Phoenix, Tempe, and Maricopa County, emphasized the necessity of better preparedness in the face of such unwavering heat.
Some Arizona property deeds contain racist restrictions. A new law seeks to nullify them
Dianne Post didn't believe it until she saw it, right there in the deed to her central Phoenix home. “Sure enough, on page 13 there it is: 'This property may only be sold only to Caucasians'," Post said, reading from her paperwork. Racially based restrictions on property sales are unenforceable....
Yavapai Sheriff seeks info on alleged Mesa rapist
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is looking for other possible victims after arresting a Mesa man last month in the Aug. 17, 2023, rape of a woman in the Mayer area. Brian Jacob Hernandez, 36, was arrested last month after sheriff’s deputies and the Mesa Police SWAT team raided his home April 12 and authorities say there may be other assaults he can be tied to in Mesa and Scottsdale.
Police make first arrest in 'Gilbert Goons' attacks since February
Gilbert police said they arrested a teenager on Friday in connection with an assault reported in December 2023. The 19-year-old man was identified by police as Clayton Oden. He was booked into the Gilbert-Chandler Holding Facility and charged with disorderly conduct and assault. ...
Arizona's universities enact new protest rules in preparation for graduation
Arizona's public universities are barricading fields, creating new protest rules and urging pro-Palestinian demonstrators to obey campus policies in the lead-up to this week's graduation activities. Why it matters: Universities nationwide fear protests will disrupt commencement events. The University of Southern California canceled its main ceremony, citing new safety protocols.
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