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Arizona voters approved most of the measures Republican lawmakers put on the ballot, even as they handed control of the House and Senate to Democrats.
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In her first speech since easily coasting to reelection, Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to crack down on Arizona's school voucher system, which many see as out of control and riddled with fraud and abuse.
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Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley won by a margin of 1,115 votes. But her opponent, New Mexico attorney Justin Jones, isn’t giving up.
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Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process.
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Initial results from Tuesday’s election indicate that Democrats could take over the state Legislature for the first time in six decades.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has won re-election, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
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Katie Hobbs, who in 2022 became the first Democrat elected governor in Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006, handily brushed aside a challenge from East Valley conservative Andy Biggs.
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Voters in northern Arizona defeated local ballot measures that would have increased taxes but also supported open space and heightened requirements for developers.
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Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley will be the next president of the Navajo Nation. She's the first woman elected to lead the largest Indigenous tribe in the U.S.
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On Wednesday, a tiny sliver of votes separated Rep. Eli Crane and former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez in the their rematch for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Doctors expected an experimental drug that lowers a common risk factor for heart attacks would save patients' lives. The medicine made no difference.
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The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during the ICE surge in Minneapolis last winter was a pivotal moment for the country. After Democrats' sweeping wins this week, their deaths at the hands of immigration agents will likely be the targets of renewed investigations.
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British American reporter and author Simon Winchester died of a heart attack Nov. 3. We take a moment to remember his long career, which included covering Bloody Sunday and Watergate.
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Google, Meta, and TikTok have sued California to block the enforcement of a state law meant to protect children from getting addicted to social media.
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Ancient Egyptian mummy remains were once marketed as medicine. Research finds at least some of these products came from real human remains and that mummy materials keep bodies preserved for millennia.
Abundant sunshine and steadily warmer afternoons are forecast moving forward through the forecast.
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