state and local news

The IRS will roll out a free online pilot program to file federal and state taxes in Arizona for the 2024 filing season.

The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county has now soared over 360. The deaths are still being tallied after the area's hottest summer on record.

If elected, Jonathan Nez would be the first Native American to represent Arizona in Congress.

The report from the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association says the number of open jobs is up more than 26% from the same time last year and more than half of teachers in the classroom don’t meet the state’s standard certification requirements.

The federal government will test its nationwide emergency alert system at 11:20 a.m. in Arizona and 12:20 p.m. on the Navajo Nation. There is no way to opt-out.

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Monday that the State Land Department terminated the lease with a controversial company that used groundwater in Arizona to grow and export alfalfa to feed dairy cows in Saudi Arabia.

Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply.

The reductions amount to an estimated 13% of the total water use in the lower Colorado River basin and will likely cause significant water restrictions for residential and agricultural uses.

The Border Patrol has released data showing a slight increase in the number of times border officials apprehended migrants who crossed the U.S-Mexico border in Arizona in April, the month before the end of Title 42.

The $17 billion state budget package includes a $5 million provision for the first controlled clinical trials for whole mushroom psilocybin – also known as “magic mushrooms.”