Stories tagged: "Sky harbor Airport"


American Airlines flight attendants picket at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Jan. 24, 2023. (Photo by Jessica Swarner)
American Airlines Flight Attendants Picket at Phoenix Sky Harbor

American Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Jan. 24 to call on the company to improve working conditions. 

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Blake Masters Threatens ‘Gridlock,’ Government Shutdown Over His Racist Immigration Proposals

Republican US Senate candidate Blake Masters has repeatedly said that he would support shutting down the government and blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security in order to get his way on immigration policy.

Flight attendants picketing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Sept. 27, 2022. (Photo by Jessica Swarner)
Southwest Flight Attendants Demand Boarding Pay, Safe Places to Rest, and More

Around 200 Southwest flight attendants and supporters picketed outside Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last month to demand better working conditions. 

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Arizonans Can Move Driver’s License to Their Phones—But Not Much More

“You’d still need your driver’s license or state ID, the physical copy, to show any business that you’d need your ID shown or obviously to deal with law enforcement.”

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After 2 Bone-Dry Years, Arizona’s Monsoon Season Unleashes With a Fury

After two bone-dry years that sank the US Southwest deeper into drought, this summer's rainy season unleashed with a fury.

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Please Just Stay Home This Christmas

Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays… More than 3 million people passed through US airport checkpoints over the weekend ahead of the Christmas holiday even as the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to surge. According to the Transportation Security Administration, upwards of a million people nationwide moved through TSA checkpoints on...

Two passengers wearing face coverings wait for a flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Phoenix. The coronavirus outbreak has caused a significant decrease in air travel. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Viral Video Shows Packed Phoenix Airport as CDC Begs People to Stay Home

Sunday was the single-busiest day for airports in the country since the pandemic took hold in the United States in March.