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7 key local races to watch in Phoenix area in Arizona primary election 2024
Time is almost up for voters around Maricopa County to mail in their ballots. While most eyes are focused on races at the top of the ballot, plenty of local elections are heating up. Some are controversial, others consequential, some both. Throughout the Phoenix area, races for mayor or for...
7 Arrested in Arizona on Hospice, Behavioral Health Fraud Charges
Seven individuals in Arizona face federal charges for their alleged roles in defrauding Medicare out of hundreds of millions of dollars in total. The charges for the most part stem from submitting Medicare claims for patients who were not eligible for hospice care, as well as fraud related to behavioral health services. The arrests were the result of a two-week nationwide federal law enforcement action that resulted in criminal charges for 193 individuals for a total of more than $2.75 billion in alleged false claims, as well as opioid abuse schemes.
Trump rally shooting puts election officials on even higher alert over political violence
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the latest reporting from Votebeat bureaus and curated news from other publications, delivered to your inbox every Saturday.Within hours of when former President Donald Trump and others were shot at a political rally in Pennsylvania, election officials in Arizona were scrambling to assess the implications for the early voting already in progress for the state’s July 30 primary.Maricopa County Supervisors Chairman Jack Sellers was on the phone...
Asthma study tracking Tucsonans from birth into adulthood
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are potentially life-threatening lung conditions that make it difficult to breathe. Around 40 years ago, there were theories that asthma and COPD could have causes originating in early life, but they were just that – theories. “Researchers asked 70 year olds...
Arizona’s top DJs compete at the Phoenix DMC regional battle
Turntablists of Arizona, we hope you’ve been practicing. The best DJs in the Southwest will face off on Sunday at local hip-hop shop Trill during the 2024 DMC Phoenix Regional DJ Battle and your skills will have to be at their sharpest if you hope to win. That’s because...
FIRST ALERT FORECAST - Very stormy this evening through tomorrow
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – We are dealing with a lot of showers & storms, some severe, in the late afternoon into the evening hours. It’ll likely take until the overnight hours for showers & storms to fizzle out. Therefore, we have a First Alert Action Night tonight, with the main threats being damaging winds & flash flooding. This will lead to another First Alert Action Day tomorrow, as we’re expecting widespread storms that’ll carry the risk once again of flash flooding & damaging winds.
A Rite of Passage, the Class of 2028 Begins Their Journey in Medicine
For the Class of 2028 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, the White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of more than just their studies. It is a symbolic welcome into a career dedicated to the pursuit of healing. The next four years will be built...
Blast From The Past: R Dub!; KXCI, 1994
Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past features Randy “R Dub!” Williams at KXCI in Tucson in 1994. The photo comes from R Dub’s first on-air gig at age 15 – an unpaid shift covering early Thursday mornings at the local community radio station. That shift would officially morph into Sunday Night Slow Jams after Williams was recruited (for a paid gig) at Power 1490.
Migrant children in Arizona, 2 other states were put in abusive shelters for years, suit says. Critics blame lack of oversight
MCALLEN, Texas — As allegations of sexual abuse built up at the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., officials continued placing children in their care in a system that lacks adequate oversight, advocates say. A lawsuit filed Thursday by the Justice Department alleges employees of...
'You don't need the best equipment to be the best': Tucson BMX Olympian shares her story, how she got to the top
TUCSON, Ariz. — Those watching the 2024 Olympics can tune in to see some Arizona faces racing in the BMX competition. Daleny Vaughn, a 23-year-old Tucson native, will compete in her first Olympics this year. "I'm super blessed and thankful for the opportunity," Daleny Vaughn said. "I'm excited to...
From walk-on at Oakland to Arizona portal pickup, Trey Townsend has gotten the full college experience
Trey Townsend officially committed to Arizona in late April, three weeks after entering the transfer portal and just over a month after he helped lead Oakland to only its second NCAA Tournament win in school history. But the groundwork for his eventual arrival in Tucson began a year earlier. Going...
Illegal immigrants storm border, then soccer game
On March 24, 2022, Elkin Mayorga, a migrant from Colombia, illegally crossed the southern border and was arrested by Border Patrol near Yuma, Arizona. As was President Joe Biden’s policy at the time, instead of being detained or returned to Mexico, Mayorga was enrolled in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Alternatives to Detention program, the same […]
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