Arizona’s Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, are supporting a bill which would require undocumented immigrants charged with crimes to be taken into custody. Mexico is working on breaking up migrant caravans setting out from the south of the country toward the U.S. border in the days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. A new study found that adding public school employees to the state’s employee health insurance plan would decrease health care costs for teachers and other school workers. Plus the latest science, business, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

The VA is expanding the list of cancers that some veterans can get benefits for, if they served in designated locations. It appears there has not been a massive surge of migrants to the border before President Joe Biden leaves office, as some had predicted would happen. The Arizona Department of Education abruptly ended free tutoring for elementary school students two months after extending the program through the end of the school year. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, tribal natural resources and science news.

Arizona Republicans passed a resolution Wednesday declaring that they believe recent executive rules on water requirements for development are illegal. Navajo Nation president Buu Nygren wants his own chief of staff to serve as the tribe’s new attorney general. At least one Arizona school will be handing off teaching duties to artificial intelligence in 2025. Plus the latest science, tribal natural resources, business and metro Phoenix news.

Health officials in Arizona are continuing to monitor for cases of avian flu. In Tempe, city officials are considering microgrid power sources to keep certain community spaces cool, even in an emergency. Marijuana use among older adults is on the rise. Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is following through on her promise to sue a Saudi Arabian agriculture firm for “excessive” groundwater pumping. Plus the latest education, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

Arizona’s water agency has a plan to conserve water by converting agricultural land for other purposes. After years of fighting, Phoenix and Tempe have reached a deal about future development near Sky Harbor Airport. Researchers in Arizona discovered what they say is the oldest firearm in the continental U.S. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, education and metro Phoenix news.

As Democrats across the country formulate plans to oppose the incoming Trump administration, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is taking a different approach. One of the oldest observatories in the country now boasts one of the newest ways to explore the universe. Native candidates up and down the ballot made historic gains across the country. Plus the latest in Fronteras Desk, business and metro Phoenix news.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has signaled her strategy to navigate a split government hasn’t changed. The Arizona Department of Education has begun distributing what will be more than 16,000 Narcan anti-overdose kits to schools throughout the state. Phoenix is facing significant budget shortfalls — about $200 million over the next two years. Plus the latest health, tribal natural resources, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk new.

Earlier this week, the Yavapai-Apache Nation and U.S. Forest Service inked a rare land exchange in the Verde Valley to expand one of the smallest reservations in Arizona. By approving Proposition 314, voters have effectively increased Phoenix police officer workload by making them immigration agents, too. The Phoenix Union High School District wants the state to investigate after two independent audits found issues with the district’s hiring practices. Plus the latest business, metro Phoenix, Fronteras Desk and health news.

Two competing measures on Arizona’s ballot will allow voters to pick how the state's primary elections will be run in the future. The state-regulated delivery of recreational marijuana to adults is scheduled to be available starting Friday. UA and ASU are working together with the Rob Dollar Foundation on a new device designed to help bicyclists stay safer on the roads. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Arizona will be one of ten states this election to vote on an abortion-related ballot measure. President Biden is planning to formally apologize for the nation’s 150-year campaign to assimilate Indigenous children while meeting with a Phoenix-area tribe. The president of the Arizona State Troopers Association says hundreds of positions remain vacant inside the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Plus the latest in Fronteras Desk, education, metro Phoenix and politics news.