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Gov. Hobbs seeks federal reimbursement for Arizona’s border costs
Key Points: Arizona spent $100 million building and $70 million removing a border wall Gov. Hobbs is now seeking federal reimbursement for those costs Big Beautiful Bill has $10 billion in available grants for border wall funding As secretary of...

Robots and artificial intelligence are transforming jobs from manufacturing to sports
A majority of small businesses are using artificial intelligence and finding out it can save time and money. Artificial Intelligence and automation are often used interchangeably. While the technologies are similar, the concepts are different....

Texas Floods Spark Debate About Weather Modification in Arizona
Sometimes, even the possibility of being proven right is a hollow victory. Conspiracy theorists are dusting off their hypotheses as recent events have stirred up the debate over weather modification. As I write this, the world has watched in...

University of Arizona loses $59 million in federal funding
An internal University of Arizona website shows that to date, 64 federal grants have been terminated or stop-work ordered as of July 8. The cancellations add up to $59,200,720, according to the website. Mitch Zak, spokesperson for the UA could not...

Provident Industrial expands footprint with new office in Phoenix
Provident Industrial, a division of Dallas-based Provident, a leading industrial real estate developer specializing in logistics and distribution facilities across high-growth U.S. markets, is proud to announce the opening of its newest regional...

Trump Agriculture Department Ends Biden’s Racial Preferences Criteria
by Melissa O’Rourke The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will no longer offer increased benefits to minority groups through its programs, the agency announced on Thursday. A new USDA rule released on Thursday eliminates race and sex-based...

APS, SRP customers set an energy usage record — again
Arizona's largest electric utilities, APS and SRP, set new energy demand records during extreme heat on July 9. These records exceed previous highs set in 2024 and mark the third consecutive year of record energy use. Utilities are planning for...

Arizona sees record-breaking economic growth with new job creation
Following a series of record-setting years, Arizona's economic development efforts have reached new heights in Fiscal Year 2025. The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) and local economic development agencies collaborated with companies to create a...

Record heat pushes Arizona energy use to new high, APS reports
PHOENIX (KVOA) - Arizona Public Service (APS) customers have set a new peak energy demand record on one of the extreme heat days of the summer. On July 9, 2025, between 5 and 6 p.m, APS said it's customers reached 8,527 megawatts of power used in...
Arizona Sonoran Closes C$5.8 Million Private Placement with Hudbay Minerals
All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained or incorporated by reference in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” and ” “forward-looking information” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within...

Toyota Accelerates Vehicle Innovation With Major Arizona Facility Upgrade
Toyota Motor North America has announced that it has allocated and broken ground on more than $50 million in construction of new amenities for vehicle and automotive technology testing and development, affirming commitment to the Arizona Proving...

Douglas, Arizona: The Most Important Border Town That Almost No One Knows About
When people think of border towns along the U.S.-Mexico border, the two cities that come to mind are El Paso and San Diego. Most people don’t even have Arizona on their radar, let alone a town in Arizona. However, Arizona might just be the most...

You Can't Miss THESE Arizona County Fairs
As the summer rolls through Arizona, you're likely to spend most of your time inside, A/C blasting, and water on hand to try and avoid the brutal heat as much as possible. A boy dumps a water bottle on himself Credit: Canva If you do want to get...

Letter: Consumers pay twice, economy suffers
I am no financial wizard, but here's my take on the President's chaotic decisions on tariffs. Due to our 2024 trade deficits of $69B and $66B with Japan and Korea, mostly in autos and electronics, their newly imposed tariffs will be 25%. With the...

APS, SRP hit new energy records when Phoenix reached 118 degrees on Wednesday
The city broke a new daily high temperature for that date when Sky Harbor Airport reached 118 degrees Wednesday afternoon. PHOENIX — APS and SRP reported hitting new energy demand records on July 9, when Phoenix experienced its hottest day of the...

Fall River developer spearheads shipping container shopping plaza
A shipping container plaza featuring retail spaces, a brewery/distillery, and an amphitheater is being built at the former Bacon Felt Factory site in Taunton. Joseph Holdiman, lead developer for RCSI Property, LLC in Fall River, said the project...

APS, SRP hit new energy records when Phoenix reached 118 degrees on Wednesday
The city broke a new daily high temperature for that date when Sky Harbor Airport reached 118 degrees Wednesday afternoon. PHOENIX — APS and SRP reported hitting new energy demand records on July 9, when Phoenix experienced its hottest day of the...
‘Hot Picks in Transportation and Logistics’: Baird Picks 2 Stocks Positioned to Outperform
Transportation and logistics are the lifeblood of the global economy, but in recent years, these sectors have hit some serious bumps in the road. Soaring fuel prices and stubborn inflation have piled on the pressure, making life tough for...
Intrepid Metals Intersects 216.50m of 0.71% Copper Starting 29m from Surface at Corral Copper in Arizona
216.50m of 0.71% Cu, 0.28 gpt Au and 5.14 gpt Ag (0.85% CuEq1) from 29.00m to 245.50m in Hole CC25_029 including 49.10m of 1.84% Cu, 0.78 gpt Au and 11.41 gpt Ag (2.20% CuEq1) and 23.05m of 3.31% Cu, 1.31 gpt Au and 16.65 gpt Ag (3.77% CuEq1) and...

Trump tax bill guts clean energy incentives, costs AZ billions
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy (Arizona Mirror) The “one big, beautiful bill” that Republicans crafted and President Donald Trump signed last week eliminates a number of incentives for clean energy that will directly lead to billions in lost investments for...