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A Minimum Wage Worker Must Work 57 Hours a Week to Afford to Rent in Arizona
Full-time workers in Arizona must earn at least $21 an hour to be able to rent a modest home, or work 57 hours per week at minimum wage.
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Gov. Ducey Is Now the Most Unpopular Governor in America
Recent polling shows Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s approval rates have taken a steep fall since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
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State Trooper Who Killed Dion Johnson on Paid Administrative Leave as Prosecutors Review Case
The County Attorney’s Office received findings this week from an investigation into the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old Black man on Memorial Day weekend.
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Phoenix Is Turning Parking Spaces Into Full-Blown Shelters for City’s Unhoused
Some of Phoenix’s most vulnerable are being tasked with an impossible decision: risk contracting COVID, or expose themselves to the harsh summer weather?
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Voters in Maricopa County Can Cast Their Ballot at Any Polling Place This Fall
151 polling locations throughout Maricopa County will be converted into locations where any registered voter can go and cast their ballot.
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Rent, Unemployment Insurance, and Other Important COVID-19 Deadlines: What You Need To Know In AZ
Don’t lose track of what’s due — and when. Check our list of COVID-related due dates for deadlines postponed by the pandemic.
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Her Brother Was Deported 9 Years Ago. She Hasn’t Stopped Fighting Since.
Jessica Rubio is a homeowner, philanthropist, and working on her Master’s degree. And until last week, she was living in fear of being deported.
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‘We Didn’t Know How Long This Was Going to Last’: Nurses in Flagstaff COVID Ward Speak Out
Nurses and doctors on the front lines have had to restructure every action and routine of both their work and personal lives because of the virus.
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Arizona Officials React to Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQ Protections
A 6-3 landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ workers being protected from job discrimination.
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Tribes Are Finally Going to Get the $700 Million They Were Promised
The funds are part of an $8 billion pandemic relief package promised to the Tribes in late March, and were supposed to be distributed by April 26.



















