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September 20, 2023

AZCentral

By Allie Feinburg

Arizona's congressional Democrats are seeking aid from a federally funded program to help low-income families pay for air conditioning during the ongoing heat wave.


September 20, 2023

12News

By John Tanet

PHOENIX — We get them every year: visitors who flock to Arizona to defrost. Whether they're from Canada or the United States, we all know these visitors as "snowbirds."


September 20, 2023

KJZZ

By Greg Hahne

The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care that deeply divided the chamber.


September 20, 2023

Fox10

By Anita Roman

For some Americans, travel woes this year involve more than just airline delays and cancelations, as some are running into problems with passport applications and renewals.

According to officials with the U.S. State Department, applications for passports are up about 40% from 2022. With more applications comes a bigger backlog, and along with that, a longer wait time for people to get their passport.


September 20, 2023

AZCentral

By Tara Kavaler

It has been nearly a decade since Rep. Greg Stanton first served as Phoenix's mayor.

His six-year tenure as Phoenix's mayor from 2012 to 2018 has profoundly shaped his approach to legislating in Congress.


September 15, 2023

The New York Times

By Luke Broadwater and Ana Sasani

Members of an all-female tactical combat unit in Afghanistan, who were evacuated during the United States withdrawal, are asking Congress to grant them permanent legal status.


September 15, 2023

AZCentral

By Jake Frederico

An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed in New Mexico by federal employees, according to a document released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


September 15, 2023

AZCentral

By Joshua Edler Davis

After fielding more than 144 teams from tribes with players of high school age from all over the country and Canada and even New Zealand, by Sunday afternoon only two were left holding the biggest trophies.


September 15, 2023

Bloomberg Government

By Kellie Lunney

The Senate, capitalizing on intense publicity about "Oppenheimer," the blockbuster movie depicting the creation of the atomic bomb, voted to expand compensation for victims of radiation exposure resulting from the federal government's testing of the weapon in the mid-20th century.


September 15, 2023

Arizona Capitol Times

By Erin Murphy

Arizona added almost 13,000 clean-energy jobs in the past year, good enough for seventh-most among states and evidence that the state is becoming a "powerhouse" for clean energy and electric vehicle production, a new report says.