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Sierra Watson, Cronkite NewsIn 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. -
![New Mexico attorney Justin Jones [left] and Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley [right] at their respective Election Night watch parties in Arizona on Nov. 3, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/53b497a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1760x990+0+0/resize/480x270!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F33%2Fb82f441344579089c2cf3e2503c2%2Fjones-curley-fb.jpg)
Justin Jones and Crystalyne Curley/FacebookNavajo 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. -
Adam Burke/KSUTFour 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. -
Shondiin Silversmith/Arizona MirrorInitial 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. -
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. -
Voters in northern Arizona defeated local ballot measures that would have increased taxes but also supported open space and heightened requirements for developers. -
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. -
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. -
A common species, Gambel oak covers nine million acres across the West.
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A judge has blocked construction of Trump's arch moments after it won federal approval to proceed. And, the Labor Department is set to release the latest jobs report today, a day after stocks plunged. -
Gold tends to go up when there's uncertainty in the economy. For a while, the price reflected that. But this week, it dropped from a nearly $5,600 in January to below $4,000. What's going on? -
NPR's Leila Fadel asks House Democratic Leader and presumptive House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries about his party's plans to deliver on affordability.
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Dr. Raj Panjabi is the author of Safer: A Playbook. His goal is to help people face a personal crisis — health, workplace, family conflicts — and "turn fear into action." -
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A weak area of low pressure will bring along widely scattered rain showers Friday mainly along the Mogollon Rim and across eastern AZ, rainfall amounts will be light, elsewhere expect a partly cloudy and cool Friday afternoon. Over the weekend and into early next week dry and gradually warmer weather is in the forecast.
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