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Rising premiums, and in some cases outright cancellations by home insurers citing wildfire risks, is a problem not just in California, but also, Arizona. Parents in Buckeye’s Liberty Elementary School District have started a petition to recall two school board members. Democrats in Arizona want to make big changes to the state’s school voucher program after it fell victim to two fraud schemes in recent years. Plus the latest business, metro Phoenix and Fronteras Desk news.

Medicaid expanded coverage of traditional healing practices for tribal members across four western states, including Arizona. Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court. Phoenix’s Isaac School District has agreed to sell one of its middle schools to another district in order to keep schools open amid a budget crisis. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, Fronteras Desk and business news.

Find out how people in Arizona are reacting to President Donald Trump's flurry of executive orders, including several that change how asylum seekers ask for protection in the U.S. and even challenging birthright U.S. citizenship. Plus, get the latest business, Tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

What does President-elect Donald Trump's Day One promise of mass deportations actually mean? Lawmakers are not rushing to renew Proposition 123, the education funding mechanism set to expire in July. Mesa Public Schools has announced that it will eliminate some positions next school year, due to declining enrollment. Plus, get the latest business, Tribal natural resources and metro Phoenix news.

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.