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A 2018 study on the Phoenix Police Department found that nearly 45% of respondents said officers only made the situation worse. Protesters over the summer called for defunding Phoenix police, motivated in part by a deep skepticism about officers’ ability to properly handle mental health crises. Activists point to police shooting deaths of mentally ill…

Many families may not be able to buy their children Christmas gifts this year.  This year has been incredibly tough on many Arizonans’ health and finances.  The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about not only sickness and death, but in many cases, job loss.  As of November, more than 280,000 Arizonans were unemployed. Many who do…

Under HB2310, any city or county that cuts the budgets of their police agency by 10% or more would lose the same amount in state funding.

Experts say Maricopa County could be headed for a “hospital crisis” at this rate.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said Ducey was ignoring the reality of COVID-19 and its effects on schools.  Schools that have lost students during the pandemic would see their funding cut under a proposal Gov. Doug Ducey outlined Monday in his annual state-of-the-state address, a speech that hardened his longstanding resistance to school and…

Hospitalizations are growing in 37 states as Dr. Anthony Fauci says United States is not yet “on the road” to ending the pandemic.

More bodies are being cremated during the COVID-19 pandemic and some nearby residents worry about the impacts. Rows of cardboard boxes containing corpses line the walls of refrigerated storage containers, waiting for charred human remains to be cleared from the incineration chamber to make room for the next body. The cremations continue through the night…

Delaying preparations to transfer power to President-elect Biden could delay everything from vaccine distribution to economic aid.

One solution to beat the heat lies in Joe Biden’s climate proposal, which includes several solutions to combat urban heat.

Arizona has the worst coronavirus diagnosis rate in the country, and health experts believe the state’s infection rate is higher than what’s reported.