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Set to open in late 2028, the plant will manufacture aircraft parts and bring precision machining work in-house as suppliers struggle to meet demand.

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Mayor Kate Gallego urges Phoenix families who lost SNAP to get free city help

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What’s on your ballot: Arizona’s Prop 317 looks to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups

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26 Phoenix-area school districts asking voters to approve bonds, overrides, property sales

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What’s on your ballot: Prop 316 would limit Arizona cities’ ability to increase grocery taxes

Supporters say it will benefit shoppers, while opponents are concerned about how it could affect local governments' ability to provide important services.

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Honeywell Aerospace plans $500 million Tempe factory, touts 600 new jobs

Set to open in late 2028, the plant will manufacture aircraft parts and bring precision machining work in-house as suppliers struggle to meet demand.

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Sprouts to open 3 new Arizona locations by early November

Two of the locations open in Scottsdale and Tucson on Friday, while the other opens in Mesa on Nov. 6.

Oct 25, 2026

Casa Grande approves 954-acre data center after county denies similar projects

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Oct 28, 2026

Central Arizona Project moves to join Colorado River lawsuit, warns of severe water cuts

Brenda Berman, CAP's general manager, said the Arizona water provider had spent years trying to avoid litigation but believes legal action is now necessary.

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Arizona’s water challenges trickle down to real estate agents, who increasingly face questions about the viability of living in the desert

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Oct 21, 2026

SRP pulls back curtain on Mormon Flat Dam maintenance work at Canyon Lake

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Democrats question $1.2 billion contract to expand Florence immigration detention facilities

Reps. Greg Stanton, Yassamin Ansari and Adelita Grijalva wrote to GardaWorld on Oct. 6 seeking details on its new contract and a response to their March inquiry about its separate contract to turn a Surprise warehouse into an immigration detention facility.

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Neighboring sheriff refutes Santa Cruz County sheriff’s description of ‘peaceful’ protests

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Santa Cruz County sheriff defends decision about border wall construction protesters

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Oct 14, 2026

NIH gives Barrow Neurological Institute another $25.3M for ALS study

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Oct 8, 2026

Boil water advisory in Maricopa canceled after negative E. coli tests

Global Water – Santa Cruz Water Company canceled a precautionary boil water advisory for the city of Maricopa.

Oct 2, 2026

US Supreme Court won’t stop court-ordered takeover of Arizona prison healthcare

An outside corrections professional is set to take over healthcare management for 25,000 inmates Oct. 19 despite an appeal by the state.

Oct 15, 2026

Phoenix police test AI tool from Axon that creates draft reports to speed up paperwork

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues OpenAI for allegedly deceiving ChatGPT users

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