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Peoria Unified will have $120 million bond on November ballot
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Blasting complete for I-17 improvement project
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‘Everything State 48’ exhibit coming to Carefree gallery

US energy panel approves rule to expand transmission of renewable power

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of …
ON TOUR

Grupo Frontera will bring musica Mexican to Phoenix

After just releasing their newest album “Jugando A Que No Pasa Nada,” last week Grupo Frontera also announced their anticipated tour, of the same name.

China and US envoys will hold the first top-level dialogue on artificial intelligence in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) — High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva on Tuesday for talks about artificial intelligence, including the risks of the fast-evolving technology …
Valley & State
municipal finance

Chandler budget requests include increased expenses, new positions

The city of Chandler is on track to have a slightly smaller budget next fiscal year than this year. But there are many challenges and unknowns in the year and few years ahead, city staff warn. …

GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board

General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said Monday that it will validate the …
giving

Peoria Unified athletes give to those in need

Peoria student-athletes and veterans came together Saturday to help provide food to those in need, in partnership with Borderlands Produce Rescue. Amidst the breathtaking beauty of an Arizona …
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

Authorities identify man killed in Mesa house fire

A 57-year-old man died last week in a Mesa house fire, but the cause of the blaze remains under investigation, police said Monday. Richard Daniels died in the fire that started late in the …
ADOT

Bridge work along US 60 to affect Superior-to-Miami travel

Travelers on US 60 between Superior and Miami will face restrictions for six months beginning May 16. Arizona Department of Transportation officials said drivers should prepare for closures …
first responders

Chandler Police provide more details on officer-involved shooting

? Chandler Police have provided an update about and incident that happened Wednesday, May 8. In a news release, the department stated officers /??? The release said officers were …
FIRST RESPONDERS

Mesa ambulance involved in crash responding to motorcycle collision

A Mesa ambulance was responding to a collision when it was struck by a vehicle, Mesa police said Sunday. The first collision occurred about 9 a.m. May 12 at Emerson and Baseline Road and …
WILD HORSE PASS

Work starts on I-10 bridges over Gila River

The construction of Interstate 10 bridges over the Gila River is scheduled to begin today, May 13, state transportation officials said. The bridges are part of the I-10 Wild Horse Pass Corridor …
STEWARD HEALTH CARE

Arizona AG fears bankruptcy's effect on Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix, Florence hospitals

Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy filing in a Texas last week has spurred Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to open an investigation because of potential effects on hospitals in the state. …

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Opinions with Civility
“Is this good policy?” “Or is this merely a political maneuver cloaked as such?” These are questions I ask when reviewing a policy proposal.
Rejecting claims it will lead to racial profiling, House and Senate panels dominated by Republicans on Wednesday were moving to ask voters to let state and local police arrest some people not in the country legally.
The Peoria Council is in the midst of developing the city budget.
On April 30 or May 1 going down R.H. Johnson coming from Bell Road, I saw a dead coyote laying on the curb by the center island.
A group of veteran attorneys has organized to defend the process of how most judges in Arizona are selected and stand for reelection.

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Diamondbacks host the Reds to start 3-game series

The Arizona Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.

Las Vegas hosts Phoenix to tip off season

The Las Vegas Aces open the season at home against the Phoenix Mercury. Tuesday's meeting is the first this season between the squads.

Diamondbacks avoid a sweep with a 9-2 victory on an unusually sloppy day for the Orioles

Zac Gallen pitched six solid innings, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat an unusually sloppy Baltimore team 9-2 for their first victory at Camden Yards since 2007. The Orioles allowed three unearned …

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National sports
The first half of NASCAR's regular season ended Sunday with Brad Keselowski ending his three-year winless drought at Darlington Raceway. There have been plenty of usual suspects out front this season …
Columbia, Maryland, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Howard Community College (HCC) President Daria J. Willis today announced the launch of a women’s flag football program for the college. The …
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek remains on course for an uncommon Madrid-Rome double after beating Angelique Kerber to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals. Swiatek needed eight set points to secure the …

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Valley business

LON’s at The Hermosa Inn 'most romantic restaurant' on OpenTable

Hermosa Inn restaurant Lon’s is the driver of property.

LON’s at The Hermosa Inn has received two new accolades from OpenTable. For the fourth consecutive year, LON’s at the Hermosa has been named by OpenTable one of the Top 100 Brunch …

Build-to-rent bonanza: Communities continue to pop up Valley-wide

Sobremesa Villas has built-to-rent properties available now in Surprise and is in the later stages of construction, as seen in this late April photo (Independent Newsmedia/Richard Smith)

As demand for rental properties in the Valley remains acute, the build-to-rent category continues to boom in ways unique to metro Phoenix.

Trader Joe's coming to Chandler

Chandler's planning administrator, Kevin Mayo, points out during a social media video that helping the city land a Trader Joe's was one of his first assignments as a city intern 25 years ago. The city and Trader Joe's both recently confirmed a South Chandler shopping center will have a vacant space occupied within the next few years by the popular specialty grocer.

A Trader Joe’s market is going to be built in a shopping center on the northeast corner of Ocotillo Road and Arizona Avenue in South Chandler. Not many details, including an opening date, …

Housing on Chandler zoning board agendas

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.

​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 …

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Neighbors

Miss Arizona set for next chapter in life

Miss Arizona Tiffany Ticlo, who was previously Miss Scottsdale, graduated from ASU’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering with a degree in computer science and is starting a career as a solutions analyst with Deloitte. She will also be handing her crown over to the new Miss Arizona in June.

Miss Arizona 2023 Tiffany Ticlo (Formerly Miss Scottsdale) graduated suma cum Laude this month with a 3.9 GPA from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU with a degree in computer science …

Sun City West ladies help brighten Valley kids’ hospital rooms

JoAnn Shaw and the Phoenix chapter of Ryan's Case for Smiles, located in Corte Bella, has sewn and delivered 87,000 pillowcases since October 2014.

Ladies in Corte Bella put their hearts into an effort that they wish they didn’t need to do at all.

UMOM hosts Rock the Block to end homelessness at Phoenix Zoo on Saturday

UMOM New Day Centers is hosting its Rock the Block to End Homelessness event 6-9 a.m. Saturday at the Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway. (Courtesy UMOM)

PHOENIX — UMOM New Day Centers is thrilled to announce its 60th Anniversary Celebration with our Rock the Block event. As UMOM celebrates this significant anniversary, the group invites …

Larry Fitzgerald Jr.’s 14 Annual Fitz’s Supper Club success in Scottsdale

The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation held it’s 14th Annual Fitz’s Supper Club to raise money for breast cancer research and the Larry Fitzgerald Foundation Future Stars Coding Labs at Scottsdale’s Dominick’s Steakhouse April 29.

The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation commemorates another year of achievement at the 14th Annual Fitz’s Supper Club, in collaboration with Dominick’s Steakhouse. This year’s event was …

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Kimes Ranch Western Derby returns to WestWorld of Scottsdale

The National Reined Cow Horse Association is bringing the Kimes Ranch Western Derby to WestWorld of Scottsdale May 29-30.

The Kimes Ranch Western Derby, an 11-day showcase featuring a variety of cow horse competition, is returning May 29 through June 8 to WestWorld of Scottsdale. The derby is free and open to the …

Peoria theater showing Broadway hit on West Valley stage

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” is showing through June 1 in Peoria.

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” is on stage now at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria this month.

Chief Keef summer tour making way to Phoenix

Chief Keef arrives at the BET Awards on June 25, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Chief Keef announced his upcoming nationwide A Lil Tour will include a Phoenix stop.

Ballet Arizona blends classical music, desert landscape

Ballet Arizona dancers, pictured in a previous production, is performing “The Four Seasons” this month at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.

Some classical music mixed with ballet and desert landscape is available this month in Phoenix.

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Obituaries & Memorials

Patricia Ann Scalzi

Patricia Ann Ingala Scalzi, 83, passed away peacefully in the early hours of April 30, 2024, shortly after suffering a stroke. Patricia had moved to Colorado to be closer to family in late summer …

Thomas (Tom) Hiram Smith

Thomas (Tom) Hiram Smith - dedicated husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, godfather and friend - passed away in his sleep at home in Gold Canyon, Arizona on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Tom was …

Charles Ray Shriver

Charles, 87, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Charles, known as “Charlie” to his loved ones, was a beloved …

Lloyd E. Schill

Lloyd, age 92, of Sun City West, Arizona passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, after a long illness. Lloyd was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 24, 1931. He graduated …

Doris Louise Boneham Engle

In Loving Memory of Doris Louise Boneham Engle, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend, peacefully passed away in her sleep on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at The Colonnade Assisted …

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Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox under investigation by US after 2 rear-end crashes

Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. The …

Argentina will get next installment of bailout as IMF praises Milei's austerity policies

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The International Monetary Fund, Argentina's biggest creditor, agreed Monday to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program, endorsing government …

US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would …

A Kremlin shake-up of Russia's Defense Ministry comes at a key moment in the Ukraine war

Over the weekend, President Vladimir Putin replaced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu — the longest serving member of his Cabinet at 11 1/2 years — in a rare Kremlin shake-up that came even as a …

Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates

Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She helped found the foundation more than 20 years ago with her ex-husband Bill …

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World

Collapsing billboard kills 3 and hurts 59 in heavy rains in Mumbai. Scores might be trapped

NEW DELHI (AP) — A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India's financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported …

Belfast judge says parts of the UK's migrant deportation law shouldn't apply to Northern Ireland

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom's law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn't apply in Northern Ireland, because parts of it violate human rights protections, a Belfast judge ruled Monday. The …

Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere

CANNES, France (AP) — After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he's fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival …

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

BANGKOK (AP) — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in …

Polish activists criticize Tusk's government for tough border policies and migrant pushbacks

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Refugee rights activists on Monday criticized Poland's pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus and for continuing a policy …

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Entertainment
This image released by the Paris Opera shows soprano Lise Davidsen in a rehearsal at the Paris Opera on May 2, 2024, for her role debut as Salome in a revival of Lydia Steier’s production of Richard Strauss’ “Salome.” (Charles Duprat/Paris Opera via AP)

Fans flock to Paris to cheer as Lise Davidsen becomes classical music's Taylor Swift

PARIS (AP) — Taylor Swift isn't the only singer fans are flocking to Paris to hear. Lise Davidsen has become classical music’s biggest draw, attracting crowds to the Paris Opéra for her …
FILE - Judge Judy Sheindlin arrives at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on May 5, 2019. Sheindlin sued the parent company of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly on Monday, May 13, 2024, for a story that she said falsely claimed that she was trying to help the Menendez brothers get a retrial after they were convicted of murdering their parents. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

'Judge Judy' Sheindlin sues for defamation over National Enquirer, InTouch Weekly stories

“Judge Judy” Sheindlin has sued the parent company of InTouch Weekly and the National Enquirer over what she says are false stories about her speaking out on the Menendez brothers murder case. …
FILE - Dr. Cyril Wecht of Pittsburgh, a witness during the hearings to exhume the body of Mary Jo Kopechne, who testified that in his opinion the body should be exhumed, talks to reporters, Oct. 21, 1969, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday, May 13, 2024. He was 93. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File)

Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination …
FILE - Donald Glover, who goes by the stage name Childish Gambino, performs at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York on June 3, 2017. Childish Gambino has returned with a reimagined album and a new tour announcement. Early Monday morning, Glover posted on X that a new album, “ATAVISTA,” had hit streaming platforms. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Childish Gambino announces first tour in 5 years, releases reimagined 2020 album with new songs

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Glover's musical project Childish Gambino has returned with a reimagined album and a new tour announcement. Early Monday, Glover posted on X that “ATAVISTA” had hit …
Joost Klein representing the Netherlands gestures, during a press conference after the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, at the Malmo Arena, in Malmo, Sweden, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Hours before the final, Dutch contestant Joost Klein was dramatically booted out by organizers over a backstage incident. He had failed to perform at two dress rehearsals on Friday, and contest organizer the European Broadcasting Union said it was investigating an “incident.” (Jessica Gow /TT News Agency via AP)

Dutch artist expelled from Eurovision Song Contest is likely to face charges, Swedish police say

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the grand finale will likely be charged for …

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