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The latest Arizona Academic Standards Assessment results show students statewide performed slightly better in the last school year than they did in the previous year. Phoenix has a five-year goal to reduce deadly crashes by 25%. Scientists have long tried to clarify the complex relationship between uncomfortable temperatures, human behavior and societal stability. Plus the latest metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

While Arizona is being asked to cut back when Colorado River restrictions go into effect next year, some residents of the state are in danger of being cut off completely from their water supplies. Nearly 6,500 Arizona families have applied for school vouchers under an expansion of the controversial education program. Arizona’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to show signs of improvement, according to the latest update from the state health department. Plus the latest business, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

No major city in the U.S. gets more triple-digit days than Phoenix, but that famous desert heat is leading to more and more deaths. Starting next year, students will be able to pursue bachelor’s degrees at some of the Maricopa County Community Colleges. And does Arizona have enough water to support more microchip production? Plus the latest in science, tribal resources and Fronteras Desk news.

Tucson water authorities briefed community members Tuesday about the city’s drinking water sources and plans for the future. Northern Arizona has been besieged with almost daily flooding after a pair of devastating wildfires near Flagstaff this year. Two-thirds of homeowners who lose their home in a wildfire do not get enough money from their insurance to rebuild or replace their homes. Plus the latest science, metro Phoenix and education news.

A Phoenix city council candidate says the state’s highest court should hear his lawsuit to keep an opponent off the November ballot. Arizona K-12 schools will receive 500 million dollars in new funding this year, but may be prevented from spending it. Officials say a major aqueduct project designed to bring potable water to Yaqui towns in Sonora is moving ahead. Plus the latest in science, metro Phoenix and business news.

Thursday night, two days after polls closed in Arizona, The Associated Press called the Republican primary for governor for former local news anchor Kari Lake.  The Broadway Curve Improvement project addresses one of the most famous and busiest traffic interchanges in the state. A growing number of people in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo are starting to consider how the city and its residents can deal with the impacts of climate change in the already hot, dry Sonoran Desert. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, education, tribal resources and science news.

In northern Arizona, flooding threatens about 500 hundred homes; the result of a worst case scenario where several burn scars in the pine tree mountains are now exposed to a heavy monsoon year. One in three Native American elders will develop Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. And the Village Auntie is helping Muslim communities talk about sex. Plus the latest metro Phoenix and science news.

A flurry of endorsements for GOP-gubernatorial hopeful Karrin Taylor Robson have made the Arizona primary a proxy battle for the state of the Republican Party. The United States and Canada are requesting dispute settlement talks with Mexico over what they say are discriminatory energy policies. Mesa’s swap meets and trailer parks become art as one artist searches for his Native roots.  Plus the latest education, science and metro Phoenix news.

Mexico’s president visited the White House this week to meet with President Joe Biden. And you've probably seen the new photos from the Webb Telescope, but a University of Arizona scientist says the pictures exceeded expectations. Plus the latest in education and business news.

A new study from the University of Arizona shows a connection between dying stars and the creation of complex carbon molecules. A new policy giving tribes a say could slow down AZ Snowbowl development plans. Mexico is set to begin placing concrete blocks around a protected area in the uppermost part of the Gulf of California. Plus the latest metro Phoenix and business news.