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Real ID deadline extended again due to COVID-19. Heres what that means for travelers Melissa Yeager, Arizona Republic © John Samora/The Republic House bill 2609 allows Arizona to develop a federally compliant driver’s license or ID card that residents will have the option of purchasing. Starting as soon as January, the federal government will no longer accept current Arizona licenses as proof of identification at airport security check points for domestic flights. The tough...

3:45 pm UTC Dec. 19, 2020 His name was Michael Russo, and he was 53 years old.  He was found unresponsive in a wheelchair near 20th Street and Thomas Road and pronounced dead there.  It was May 6, at the start of the second excessive heat warning in metro Phoenix in 2020. Russo was the first person experiencing homelessness this year to die as a result of heat exposure. A combination of a common form of heart disease, recent methamphetamine use and environmental heat exposure caused Russos ...