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Back-to-back Category 5 haboobs knocked out power to more than 60,000 customers and damaged Sky Harbor, and the monsoon conditions behind them run through September.
Employers must provide water, shade and rest at outdoor job sites under rules effective July 31 and enforced by the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Noncompliance can bring penalties reaching tens of thousands of dollars.
A Maricopa County judge ruled that lawmakers illegally paired a voucher-protection clause for military families with a 'poison pill' designed to void a rival citizen initiative, keeping Proposition 145 off Arizona's November ballot.
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled that a Republican-backed ballot measure aimed at restricting public-employee unions cannot appear on Arizona's November general-election ballot, finding it violates the st
The Arizona Commerce Authority announced that companies committed to creating over 26,000 new jobs and investing more than $109 billion in the state during the fiscal year ending June 30.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is set to adopt a proposal requiring Arizona, California, and Nevada to reduce their Colorado River allocations by approximately 21 percent over the next two years.
Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order barring state employees from using job-obtained information to wager on prediction markets, joining six other governors.
Federal agriculture officials will reopen the Douglas, Arizona, border crossing to cattle imports on August 24, a year after screwworm concerns shut down livestock trade with Mexico.
Arizona joined 47 other states and territories in a $29.6 million agreement with generic drugmaker Glenmark over alleged price-fixing, the attorney general's office said July 23.
Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a 26-state lawsuit arguing that 2026 federal homeland-security grant rules unlawfully tie emergency-preparedness money to immigration enforcement and election-law changes.
Governor Hobbs said the state's Residential Utility Consumer Office helped save Arizonans more than $321 million on utility bills over three years.
Arizona's attorney general joined 18 other states in formal comments urging the EPA not to withdraw federal limits on four PFAS chemicals in public drinking water.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and bipartisan state leaders criticized the federal government’s denial of FEMA disaster relief for Gila and Mohave counties in a July 16 announcement.
A federal judge ruled that federal agencies cannot use a change in administrative priorities by itself to terminate grants after they have been awarded, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, whose office joined a multistate coalition in the case.
Scottsdale led Arizona at No. 48 in the 2026 ACSM American Fitness Index, and East Valley neighbors Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert all made the top 100 of the nation's largest cities.
Arizona is among 42 states splitting an $18 million settlement with 23andMe over the 2023 breach that exposed 6.9 million customers' genetic data. The state's share is about $612,000, and the deal adds new data-security requirements.
The September 25-27, 2025 storms caused loss of life and widespread damage to homes, businesses, roads, bridges, and public infrastructure across Gila and Mohave counties and nearby Tribal communities. FEMA informed the state on July 2, 202
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 18 other attorneys general in moving to intervene against the U.S. Defense Department over a freeze on reviews of land-based wind-energy projects, including one in Apache County.
Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general in a settlement with the bankruptcy trustee for 23andMe, resolving claims from a 2023 breach that exposed the genetic data of more than 143,000 Arizonans.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Monday joined a coalition of 12 states in filing a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing it would lessen competition and raise prices for consumers.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced indictments against 42 defendants across 10 health care fraud cases in five counties, calling it one of the most significant coordinated law enforcement actions in the state's history. Charges span alleged Medicaid billing fraud, drug diversion, unlicens
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