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Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed a breakthrough bipartisan measure to fund services for tens of thousands of disabled Arizonans that had run out of cash and led to a months-long fight between her and Republican lawmakers.
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Books can take you in new and unexpected directions. When author Scott Thybony read about a journey to the Grand Canyon by a band of scalphunters in the 19th century, he had no idea it would lead him to an important fossil tracksite millions of years old. He recounts the experience in this month’s Canyon Commentary.
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Six Southwestern tribes have formed a coalition to defend Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument against threats that include possible cuts to its size by the Trump administration. The monument was established for its geology and biodiversity but also has deep cultural significance.
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Line crews with Light Up Navajo have connected nine homes to the electrical grid in the last two weeks as part of the sixth installment of the project.
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New data shows Native American students miss more school days than their classmates.
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Attorney General Kris Mayes says two Utah residents have been indicted by a grand jury after allegedly submitting false applications to receive $110,000 in Arizona school vouchers.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed off on a settlement agreement with the Yavapai-Apache Nation, providing water rights to the tribe and additional protections to the Verde River.
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President Joe Biden formally apologized for the U.S. government’s role in running federal Indian boarding schools last month. About four dozen operated in Arizona and one is reflecting on the apology.
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At the heart of the Colorado Plateau sits the largest concentration of archaeological remnants in the country, known as the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
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In the four-part series, Houston-based journalist Charly Edsitty examines the struggle to secure reliable water resources and a historic settlement that could grant tribes long-awaited access to the Colorado River.
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The man remembered today at a funeral in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, was once very different.
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Fueling Knowledge is a two-part series from the W-W-N-O and W-R-K-F podcast Sea Change, produced with Floodlight and the Louisiana Illuminator.
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Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades.
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He had to wait until the fifth round, but Shedeur Sanders, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders — his coach at the University of Colorado — has finally been drafted by the NFL.
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