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Fans of major artists like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have had to deal with surging ticket prices for popular tours in recent years. An effort to require the approval of Congress or the state Legislature to deploy the National Guard is sweeping the nation. The Department of Defense is green-lighting investigations into sites that have been exposed to PFAS contamination. Plus the latest education, tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Arizona lawmakers agreed to a bipartisan bill Thursday to fix election deadline issues that would have put Arizonans’ votes in upcoming elections at risk. The Department of Defense will help fund investigations for two sites in the Tucson area thought to be the root of groundwater contamination issues. In 2008, the Explosion Detection Dogs Program was created, and they’ve become an essential part of airport security. Plus the latest tribal natural resources, education and metro Phoenix news.

For the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey is considering potential harms to tribes from mining uranium in northern Arizona. High school graduation is an exciting time. But for special education students and their families, it can be complicated. Flute-making is a time-honored artform among tribal communities across Arizona, but this traditional craft may also be under threat.

State Republican lawmakers are tightening the leash on several Arizona agencies, and in some cases, seeking to abolish them altogether. Experts say that for thousands of years, women were at the forefront of producing the world’s beer. A new uranium mine has opened near the Grand Canyon. What does this mean for tribal lands? Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, education and metro Phoenix news.

Keeping the Arizona Commerce Authority going is a priority for Gov. Katie Hobbs, but a Republican-controlled panel voted against continuing the agency. Dams are coming down on rivers across the West and many tribes are all for it. Phoenix has launched a special court for low-level offenders experiencing homelessness. Plus the latest education, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

The federal government reopened the Lukeville Port of Entry last week, but the underlying issues that prompted the closure are still going on. A pilot program to help Phoenix property owners affected by homelessness could become permanent. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is getting in touch with school districts to see if they're complying with the state's required Holocaust education law. Plus the latest metro Phoenix and science news.

The Lukeville Port of Entry reopened early Thursday morning in southern Arizona. The Arizona Department of Child Safety is making a concerted effort to reduce the number of foster children in group homes. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says Cox Communications will spend millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit over allegations that the company broke the state’s consumer fraud act. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, metro Phoenix and science news.

U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly say they want more money for Arizona’s border communities. Preservationists are trying to save a chapel designed by Paolo Soleri. A letter that appeared to be from Arizona State University expelling a student for creating adult content caused a stir among users on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Plus the latest science, tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Arizona’s Supreme Court is considering whether Arizona should ban almost all abortions, or allow them early in pregnancy. Phoenix will soon require certain property owners to register with the city. Water management in the drought-stressed West is complicated by the interplay between mountains and what is known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, education, tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Arizona is receiving $24 million to build safer wildlife crossings and reduce collisions with mostly elk along a stretch of Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff. Generative AI tools are capable of writing and creating images — and that has some university professors concerned about cheating. Arizona tribes are trying to tap into the potential of agritourism to reshape their communities financially. Plus the latest science, business and metro Phoenix news.