Good morning, it's Monday, May 6. I'm Jordan Williams and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be mostly sunny today with a high of 87 and a low of 64. It’ll be breezy this afternoon. Tonight will be partly cloudy. Our top story is: The Trump administration recently approved a new mine in Southern Arizona that, if built, will be the third-largest copper mine in the United States.

Good morning, it's Sunday, May 5. I'm Elise Randall and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will see sunshine and patchy clouds today. It’ll be warm with a high of 95 and a low of 66. Tonight will be mainly clear. Our top story is: The Mexican state directly south of Arizona has seen an uptick in murders. There were 745 murders in Sonora in 2018, but the state has mostly escaped the large-scale cartel violence plaguing other states in Mexico.

Good morning, it's Saturday, May 4. I'm Elise Randall and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area can expect plenty of sunshine today. It’ll be hot with a high of 96 and a low of 69. The air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. Tonight will be mainly clear. Our top story is: No Democrats are on the 15-person state commission that helps pick Arizona's top judges. State Democrats are saying Governor Doug Ducey is stacking the commission.

Good morning, it's Friday, May 3rd. I'm Kaitlin Bellamy, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be warm, with plenty of sunshine today, and a high of 93. Tonight, expect clear skies, and a low of 68. Our top story is: Harmful, hard-to-eliminate toxins from firefighting foam and other industrial and household products have made their way into the water supply, not just at Luke Air Force Base, as was announced last month, but across Arizona.

Good morning, it's Thursday, May 2nd. I'm Jordan Williams, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be mostly sunny today, with a high of 90. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies, with a low of 65. Our top story is: A fire that destroyed St. Joseph Catholic Church in northeast Phoenix early yesterday is being assumed to be arson by investigators, but officials said the cause remains unknown.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, May 1st. I'm Jordan Williams, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be sunny today, with a high of 87. Tonight, expect clear skies, and a low of 66. Our top story is: Arizona legislation, backed by the nation's biggest cigarette maker and e-cigarette giant Juul, could raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, April 30th. I'm Jordan Williams, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be partly sunny today, with a high of 83. Tonight, expect clear skies, and a low of 63. Our top story is: Arizona’s prisons face an understaffing crisis in the wake of a 13-year freeze on officer pay. Corrections officials say the freeze has exacerbated already high turnover in a physically and mentally grueling job.

Good morning, it's Monday, April 29th. I'm Sam Scholl, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be cloudy and cooler today, with a high of 81. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies, and a low of 62. Our top story is: Border Patrol officials have begun releasing migrant families in Tucson because they lack the space to detain them, and immigration officials are unable to take them into custody.

Good morning, it's Sunday, April 28th. I'm Jordan Williams, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be mostly sunny and hot today, with a high of 95. Tonight, expect cloudy skies, with a low of 71. Our top story is: Move over, rock stars and pro athletes — the chief executive officer of an Arizona-based company has a chance to earn nearly one-quarter billion dollars.

Good morning, it's Saturday, April 27th. I'm Jordan Williams, and here's your local news from the Arizona Republic. From Accuweather, the Phoenix area will be hot and sunny today, with a high of 96. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies, with a low of 70. Our top story is: Arizona judges can require parents to provide counseling, therapy, and other expert help to children who may be transgender, even if one parent doesn't support treatment, ruled the state's highest court Thursday.