Yamiche Alcindor receives the 2022 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the UA School of Journalism.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson talks with the founders of the new African American Museum of Southern Arizona at the University of Arizona
Tribe continues fight against proposed Arizona copper mine
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine.
Arizona voters reject effort to enact stricter voter ID law
Voters who overwhelmingly cast their ballots by mail have rejected a measure that would have required them to add more information to the simple signature and date they now put on the back of the return envelope.
Cochise County leaders end hand-count lawsuit, cite recount
The court filing and one of the GOP supervisors in Cochise County said they did not want to interfere with the likely recount in the race for Arizona attorney general
Arizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people
Murray Hooper, 76, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence.
Children see unusual rise in respiratory virus
Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is seeing higher rates of cases in Arizona.
Cochise County could still hand count ballots
The Board of Supervisors put the decision off for two more weeks.
Arizona measure gives non-citizens in-state college tuition
Arizona joins at least 18 other states, including California and Virginia, that offer in-state tuition to all students who otherwise qualify regardless of immigration status.
AP calls congressional race for Ciscomani
The candidates are separated by 3,502 votes.
Hobbs wins Arizona governor’s race, flipping state for Dems
She’s the first Democrat to be elected governor in Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006.
Cochise College gets NSA validation
It’s the first step for the college to complete all the requirements for the National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) distinction for the program.
Prop. 308 supporters project win as vote count continues
The measure would allow undocumented Arizona high school graduates to receive in-state tuition.
Federal inmate tried to shoot visitor at Tucson prison camp
The weapon misfired and the female visitor was uninjured in Sunday’s incident
Man convicted of killing Tucson teenager gets life in prison
Christopher Clements was convicted Sept. 30 in the death of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez.
High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight
The high court on Monday rejected GOP state chair Kelli Ward's request to halt the turnover of records while a lawsuit proceeds.
