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Summer is coming and for the third year in a row, the city of Phoenix will operate a 24-7 heat relief site. As deportations continue under the Trump administration, many longtime residents of the U.S.—and of Arizona—find themselves adjusting to a new life. A federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s attempt to force Arizona to turn over its voter rolls to the Trump administration. Plus the latest water, indigenous affairs, and metro Phoenix news.

The Arizona Community Foundation, Phoenix, the Desert Botanical Garden and ASU are teaming up to attract more investments in extreme heat mitigation in the Valley. Phoenix residents will soon be paying more for trash and recycling, with collection fees increasing by $14 over the next three years. The federal government has a new plan to prop up water levels in Lake Powell. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, metro Phoenix, politics, business and tribal natural resources news.

The Colorado River is running dry, and the federal government has proposed big cuts to the amount of water that flows to Arizona. APS will no longer disconnect customers’ power when temperatures exceed 95 degrees, following a settlement with the Attorney General’s Office. Excessive marijuana consumption can be a 'nuclear bomb' to mental health. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, education and politics news.

The latest forecasts for water in the Colorado River show a grim picture. Turning Point USA’s political arm spent months pouring money and resources into a little-known utility election in Arizona. This week, Tucson leaders heard the results of a monthslong study of what residents want to see out of a proposed city amendment to regulate data centers. Plus, the latest metro Phoenix and business news.

The city of Phoenix is hard at work setting up new technology at its Cave Creek water treatment plant. A new spiritual caregiver is stepping in known as eco-chaplains. The Navajo Nation signed an agreement with Utah that centers on advancing economic development and authentic Indigenous representation through cinema. Plus the latest education, business and Fronteras Desk news.

Phoenix leaders have approved wiping the name of Cesar Chavez from city property after a bombshell report on sexual misconduct by the late labor icon. The Mesa City Council took a vote Monday on whether to implement landing fees at Falcon Field. The Department of Justice is adding a terrorism charge to an indictment of an Arizona gun dealer accused of selling firearms to cartels. Plus, the latest business and education news, and a Tiny Desert Concert.

New sexual abuse allegations against the late civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez, are putting Arizona cities, and even the state, in the spotlight over if — or how — they plan to celebrate Cesar Chavez Day. Lately, a new source of money has been helping fuel water conservation projects. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied requests that it block the transfer of public land known as Oak Flat to the private mining company Resolution Copper. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, aging, metro Phoenix and politics news.

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee heard testimony in support of a water settlement for tribes in northern Arizona. State authorities are recommending the owner of a Tempe bar raided twice last year should lose his liquor license and face prosecution on criminal charges. The Commerce Department is investigating whether Mexico’s exports of fresh winter strawberries to the U.S. violates fair trade practices. Plus, the latest metro Phoenix and politics news.

In the aftermath of a pair of fatal shootings by immigration officers in Minneapolis — and amid reports of ramped up ICE plans in Arizona — some city and county officials are mulling new policies to police federal actions locally. A major development on the California coast could make it possible for Arizona to indirectly benefit from desalinated ocean water. Mesa Public Schools will be eliminating 50 positions in May as part of a planned reduction in force. Plus the latest business, Fronteras Desk and metro Phoenix news.

Crews with the Salt River project are dumping thousands of fish into Phoenix-area canals in an effort to help keep them clean. Research has shown that the impact that created Meteor Crater in northern Arizona may have dammed the Colorado River. Thursday is one month since federal authorities raided more than a dozen sports bars and restaurants in metro Phoenix. Plus the latest education, Fronteras Desk and metro Phoenix news.