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Arizona Democrats in Congress have sponsored several bills this year aimed at getting states more federal assistance to cope with extreme heat. But, those bills face long odds. Plans to build a passenger rail line between Phoenix and Tucson are picking up steam. Plus, Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes a bill designed to punish superintendents and board members if a school district goes bankrupt.

KJZZ examines the impact of the Trump administration on Arizona’s water issues in a three-part series. State senators passed a bill to allow the use of state and local taxes to pay for stadium repairs for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Plus, a new installment of the series “Throwing Shade” from KJZZ's The Show.

An Arizona state lawmaker's slate of candidates could upend the state Republican Party. Hopis were among the earliest Alcatraz prisoners. Arizona university students and staff express outrage over decision to remove diversity from policies. Plus the latest business, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

Shifting dynamics and electoral politics are shaping the relationship between Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Republican-controlled Legislature. Local businesses are bracing for potential shortages after avian flu hit the largest egg producer in the southwestern United States. The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear the nonprofit Apache Stronghold’s case to preserve Oak Flat from a proposed copper mine. Plus the latest education, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

Voters in Mexico will make history this weekend as they head to the polls in the country’s first judicial election after major reforms to the constitution. The current bird flu outbreak is the first one labeled an animal disease emergency by state officials. A bill which would force school board members in struggling school districts to step down advanced in the state legislature on Wednesday. Plus the latest metro Phoenix and tribal natural resource news.

City officials say sweeping reform efforts on police policy, training and accountability continue regardless of the decisions made in Washington D.C. One way electric providers are responding to record summer heat is by paying customers to turn down their air conditioners. More than $300 billion in federal funding meant for Indian Country has been blocked – that’s according to a tracker compiled by the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Plus the latest, community, Fronteras Desk, education and metro Phoenix news.

After months of partisan fighting, lawmakers in April reached a last-minute deal to send emergency funding to a state agency that serves Arizonans with developmental disabilities. Several cities across the region that tap into underground water reserves are sinking. For better or worse, the Mill Avenue is changing. Plus the latest Fronteras Desk, education, tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Governor Katie Hobbs signed a bill Wednesday making it a state crime for protesters and others to set up encampments on college campuses. After a surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, one man managed to get back to work in his patio studio. A federal judge in Phoenix heard arguments Wednesday from the nonprofit Apache Stronghold, urging the court to halt a land swap between Resolution Copper and the U.S. Forest Service. Plus the latest business, Fronteras Desk, and metro Phoenix news.

Thousands gathered at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday for a major May Day rally opposing policies tied to President Donald Trump. Arizona politicians say they have a way to save groundwater in areas where it’s dangerously low and at the same time increase the state’s housing supply. While the Trump administration prioritizes the Resolution Copper project east of the Valley to bolster domestic mineral production, opponents of what could become one of the world’s largest copper mines are trying to delay that process. Plus the latest business, Fronteras Desk, education, tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill into law that will expand scholarship opportunities for community college students who want to become teachers. New, temporary art installations are springing up at public parks across Phoenix. The Pentagon has now restored all of its content referencing Native Americans and their contributions. Plus the latest community, Fronteras Desk and metro Phoenix news.