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FILE - A marijuana plant is visible at a medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 22, 2019 The Biden administration's move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still illegal drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it appears it would do little to ease a longstanding problem in the industry, a lack of loans and banking services other businesses take for granted. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
New era for pot regulation leaves old problem: Many cannabis companies can't find a bank
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Biden administration's move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it might … more
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FILE - Pro-life demonstrators walk in the front of the Arizona Capitol prior to the vote on the proposed repeal of the state's near-total ban on abortions prior to winning approval from the state House on, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push Wednesday, May 1, to repeal the state’s long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions that a court said can be enforced. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Arizona's Democratic leaders make final push to repeal 19th century abortion ban
Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push to repeal the state’s long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions that a court said can be enforced. Fourteen Democrats in the … more
Edgard Leblanc Fils, left, and Smith Augustin prepare to pose for a group photo with the transitional council after it named Fils as its president in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
The unexpected announcement of a prime minister divides Haiti's newly created transitional council
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti’s new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders … more
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Firefighters of the 1st Wildfire Special Operation Unit, take part in a drill near Villia village some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece, Friday, April 19, 2024. Greece's fire season officially starts on May 1 but dozens of fires have already been put out over the past month after temperatures began hitting 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in late March. This year, Greece is doubling the number of firefighters in specialized units to some 1,300, adopting tactics from the United States to try and outflank fires with airborne units scrambled to build breaks in the predicted path of the flames. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece boosts special firefighting units to cope with its growing heat risk
KRYO PIGADI, Greece (AP) — Skimming over miles of hills blackened by wildfires west of Athens, Fire Lt. Col. Ioannis Kolovos readies his elite fire crew crouched inside a helicopter. The … more
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Zhang Yongzhen, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus, looks at a presentation on his laptop in a coffeeshop in Shanghai, China on Dec. 13, 2020. Zhang was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Zhang wrote in an online post on Monday, April 29, 2024, that he and his team were suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since he first published the sequence in early January 2020.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
BEIJING (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang … more
A U.S. district court judge ruled against a Surprise man who claimed he was “unjustifiably” arrested.
U.S. Court of Appeals rules in favor of Surprise Police over 2021 arrest
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Surprise Police Department in a federal lawsuit after a Surprise man claimed he was unlawfully arrested in May 2021. Jabril Caldwell-Parker … more
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Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t let Republican lawmakers strip away the right of Attorney General Kris Mayes to sue the owners of corporate farms whose groundwater pumping dries up the wells of their neighbors. (Capitol Media Services/Howard Fischer)
Hobbs vetoes Republican legislation on corporate farms using groundwater
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t let Republican lawmakers strip away the right of Attorney General Kris Mayes to sue the owners of corporate farms whose groundwater pumping dries up the … more
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This map shows where 76 homes are planned in a housing development called Viviendo. Rezoning and preliminary plan approval for the project is one of a handful of items on the consent agendas for both the Chandler Planning and Zoning Commission’s study session and regular meetings Wednesday, May 1.
Housing on Chandler zoning board agendas
​The next steps in approvals for a 76-home housing subdivision are included in an item the Chandler Planning and Zoning Commission is set to address Wednesday. A study session is set for 5 … more
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Scottsdale City Council will consider two new ordinances cracking down on short-term rentals during its May 6 meeting.
Short-term rentals back in Scottsdale City Council’s cross hairs
Short-term rentals and nuisance parties will be back on the May 6 agenda of the Scottsdale City Council’s meeting. The council has placed two items on its consent agenda to help local law … more
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A woman holds the new Zimbabwean banknotes and coins called the ZiG, in the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Zimbabwe started circulating banknotes and coins for another new currency Tuesday in its latest attempt to solve a long-running and at times baffling monetary crisis that has seen the government try gold coins and a digital currency among other ideas. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe's ZiG is the world's newest currency and its latest attempt to resolve a money crisis
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Out with the Zimbabwe dollar, in with the ZiG. Zimbabwe on Tuesday started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often … more
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FILE - Mississippi House Democratic Leader Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, speaks during a debate, Feb. 1, 2024, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Johnson said Tuesday, April 30, that many House Democrats have concerns about a bill that he said would provide "Medicaid expansion in name only." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement that … more
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House Speaker Ben Toma of Peoria
House GOP leader revokes Dems meeting room privileges over 'drag' event
PHOENIX — House Democrats lost their privilege Tuesday of using meeting rooms after they conducted a “drag story hour,” what Speaker Ben Toma called “radical activism to … more
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