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Find Your Next Home on One of These Historic Phoenix Neighborhood Tours
Find Your Next Home on One of These Historic Phoenix Neighborhood Tours

Phoenix has 36 residential historic neighborhoods within its borders. Neighborhoods like Garfield, North Garfield, Oakland, Roosevelt, and Woodland were established way back in the late 19th century. The city of Phoenix made an effort to give these neighborhoods a historic preservation zoning designation, which means the city will protect buildings in city limits that are...

In this image taken from video, Niko, a pet squirrel, stands on the shoulder of Yeison in their tent at a migrant camp on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in Matamoros, Mexico. Yeison, a 23-year-old migrant who declined to give his last name because he fears for his family’s safety in Venezuela, traveled thousands of miles with Niko to the border with the United States. But Yeison and Niko may be separated if he is granted entrance to the US. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)
Venezuelan Man Traveled to the US Border With His Pet Squirrel

A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel are a reflection of the emotional choices migrants make over what to take as they embark on the dangerous trip north.

Forget Fancy Cocktails—Check Out These 6 Dive Bars in Metro Phoenix
Forget Fancy Cocktails—Check Out These 6 Dive Bars in Metro Phoenix

If you’re looking for a place to hang out with a strong and cheap drink, these six dive bars in metro Phoenix might be the place for you. 

Shannon Watts, founder emerita of Moms Demand Action, a group working to stop gun violence, told The Washington Post that the creation of an Office of Gun Violence Prevention is “a significant turning point” for the gun safety movement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden Announces First-Ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Shannon Watts, founder emerita of Moms Demand Action, a group working to stop gun violence, told The Washington Post that the creation of an Office of Gun Violence Prevention is “a significant turning point” for the gun safety movement.

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Biden Administration Launches Effort to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Scores

The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward removing medical bills from people's credit scores, which could improve ratings for millions of people.

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Many Questions Left Unanswered at First Hearing Of Arizona’s School Voucher Oversight Committee

The committee won’t meet again until November, and only has until Dec. 31 to publish its findings on whether the voucher program is running as intended as it expands.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to his office after a resolution to debate the defense bill failed 212-214, as five Republicans bucked the party to sink it, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. House Republican leaders have still been unable to pass next year's appropriations bills on the floor due to GOP infighting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republicans Are About to Cause a Government Shutdown. Here’s How It Would Affect You.

House Speaker Kevin MccCarthy has repeatedly tried to pass budget proposals that meet the demands of far-right Republicans, but he has been unable to wrangle the necessary 218 votes to pass any of the 12 annual funding bills necessary to prevent a shutdown.

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How You Can Help Get Abortion Rights on the Ballot

While abortion rights activists work to make the health service a constitutionally protected right, Arizona’s Supreme Court is reconsidering a pre-statehood ban.

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