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Is speed more important than accuracy? ... David Gowan is back at it ... And Sedona is the real UFO capital. Editor's note: The Arizona...

There are more than 1,000 days until the next presidential election. Through KJZZ's Q&AZ project, a listener asked: Are campaign signs for 2024 allowed on Arizona public land now?City and county ordinances should be checked when questioning the legality of a campaign banner set up at a trailhead, for example.Attorney Roopali Desai said local governments set timing and

In the ongoing debate about who should get booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, there’s this phrase we’ve heard bandied about a lot: waning immunity.The idea is that your antibodies spike after you get the shot. But then, they fall, leaving you, once again, more vulnerable to infection.But Deepta Bhattacharya says not so fast.

On Saturday, women’s marches for reproductive rights are planned across the country.Marches are planned for 10 towns and cities in Arizona, including at the state Capitol in Phoenix, Armory Park in Tucson and the Flagstaff City Hall.The planned marches are a response to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to uphold Texas’s ban on abortion, which organizers say is the next

Trash outside tents near Ninth Avenue and Jackson Street on Feb. 5, 2020. MARK BRODIE: In a few months, the Phoenix metro area should have a comprehensive regional plan to address homelessness. The Maricopa Association of Governments, known as MAG, presented an overview to the Phoenix City Council yesterday [April 13]. KJZZ’s Christina Estes listened in and she joins me now to talk about it. Good morning, Christina. CHRISTINA ESTES: Good morning, Mark. BRODIE: So, Phoenix has really been pu...

Scott Bourque/KJZZ Interstate 10 runs through downtown Phoenix. According to the 2021 Report Card For Americas Infrastructure report, there are more than 66,000 miles of public roads in Arizona. Preparing for a $2 trillion overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure, the Biden administration has handed out letter grades to each state in the 2021 Report Card For Americas Infrastructure report. Arizona has been given a C for its infrastructure, which sounds rather average, but only two states recei...

Scott Bourque/KJZZ Tents line the sidewalks near the intersection of 12th Avenue and Madison Street near the state Capitol on Jan. 29, 2020. Tempe conducted a point-in-time count that was smaller than usual on Jan. 26, to get a sense of how many of its residents are experiencing homelessness. This year’s version was scaled back and the city says it largely used employees rather than volunteers. Maricopa County’s annual count, meanwhile, will not happen this year. The feds allowed communit...

Updated: Monday, March 22, 2021 - 12:41pm Scott Bourque/KJZZ The crowd of demonstrators marches down Sixth Avenue in Phoenix during a demonstration against police violence May 31, 2020. During Phoenix’s public safety subcommittee meeting on Wednesday, Councilmember Carlos Garcia pushed for information about surveillance. Garcia has been critical about the way police handled Black Lives Matter protests last summer and he asked Police Cmdr. Gabe Lopez what groups the department monitors.   �...