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Arizona wants to be a leader in flying cars? Oh, brother

I’ve clearly been watching too much Neil deGrasse Tyson. Because when I read about Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to revamp an arm of the state’s...

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Opinion: How Trump, Congress could change Arizona water

Most voters weren’t thinking about Arizona’s water supply when they voted for president or Congress. But the election results could impact pending...

11.11.2024 4

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Opinion: No, the democracy apocalypse never happened

Plenty of folks woke up this morning feeling angry, disappointed and bewildered. Me? I am relieved. And, no, it has nothing to do with who won. People...

07.11.2024 4

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Opinion: Who will win? Make your predictions here

Who will win the election? You know it’s tight when polls are statistical dead heats and even the paid prognosticators are couching their...

02.11.2024 5

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Opinion: Don't let a plan to use less groundwater die

Arizona is considering the most significant change in decades to its Assured Water Supply program, which helps ensure that new growth has acquired...

30.10.2024 5

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Opinion: Forced water regulations? They could be coming

Batten down the hatches: Willcox may be the first community in Arizona to be told what kind of water regulation it will have. State law has long...

24.10.2024 3

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Opinion: What to know about the water race on your ballot

Not sure what to do about the Central Arizona Water Conservation District candidates on your ballot? Here’s a quick rundown: There are two...

17.10.2024 2

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Opinion: Many ballots are 80 questions long. Yes, really

A local Republican legislative district is urging fellow GOP voters to use a mail-in ballot. “Did you know 350,000 Republicans left their green...

11.10.2024 8

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Opinion: What to know about the 69 judges on the ballot

Few Arizona voters have met the judges on the Nov. 5 ballot. We don’t follow their cases and haven’t sat in their courtrooms. But — like most...

08.10.2024 30

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Want water? Then this down-ballot race matters to you

It might seem like things are smooth sailing on the Colorado River. We haven’t seen headlines about its largest reservoir, Lake Mead, heading for an...

13.09.2024 5

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Which national parks are best? Answer might surprise you

Darryl and Kathleen Toupkin of Scottsdale have gone to the far edges of the earth — literally — to accomplish their goal. They visited their first...

11.09.2024 6

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Why I'm rethinking how Arizona can save more water

It’s widely believed that Active Management Areas (AMAs) are too stringent to work in rural Arizona. The rules are too prescriptive, the argument...

05.09.2024 5

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The plan to save Lake Mead is working. But it won't last

We have a good story to tell about the Colorado River (I know. Since when have I typed those words?) Consider where we are: Lake Mead and Lake Powell...

27.08.2024 10

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New plan to replenish pumped water is a stab in the dark

Once a decade, the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District must decide how much water it must put back into the aquifer to offset the...

21.08.2024 7

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What is the future of MAGA in Arizona? Readers weigh in

If you’re not subscribed to our free opinions newsletter, you’re missing out on exclusive content ― like this conversation we’ve been having...

19.08.2024 8

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Decide how to grow and save water, or others will

GOP lawmakers have grown impatient with Gov. Katie Hobbs’ 2023 “pause” on new subdivisions in areas of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater....

13.08.2024 4

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You may soon drink recycled water. How to know it's safe

You might think that if we’re going to drink recycled wastewater, we should throw as many regulations at it as possible. But a mound of stipulations...

25.07.2024 20

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W. Valley provider can't pump enough water to meet demand

Liberty Utilities, a private water provider that serves more than 20,000 homes and businesses in parts of Avondale, Glendale, Goodyear and Litchfield...

14.07.2024 5

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Arizona ignored the law to break a water promise

The Water Infrastructure Finance Authority is clapping back at state leaders who stripped them of cash in this year’s budget. But you might not hear...

28.06.2024 3

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Arizona will never solve its water issues like this

Arizona has diverse voices at its water negotiating table, and that’s a good thing. We get better policy when broad swaths of water users —...

23.06.2024 10

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Arizona talked a good game on water, then did nothing

This was the legislative session that wasn’t on water. Oh, everyone talked a good game. Gov. Katie Hobbs kicked off the session warning lawmakers...

17.06.2024 5

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This water budget cut could become a long-term mistake

It’s disappointing — but not at all surprising — that lawmakers and the governor want to completely sweep money that had previously been...

14.06.2024 6

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How much water will TSMC use? Less than you think

TSMC Arizona looks like an imposing factory from Interstate 17. And it’s even bigger when you drive by on Loop 303, a series of giant buildings...

12.06.2024 4

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Huge Navajo-Hopi water deal still has a Hill to climb

Navajo and Hopi are hardly friends. Yet they have unanimously agreed to a deal that could finally bring running water to thousands of tribal homes...

04.06.2024 10

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Why metro Phoenix can't build homes that most can afford

It’s nearly impossible these days to build a single-family home in metro Phoenix for under $400,000. And that’s a problem, considering that the...

23.05.2024 20

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How should we respond to bullying, teen alcohol use?

14.05.2024 20

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'Gilbert Goons' problem is much wider than many think

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Why it's so hard for some cities to get off groundwater

Most of metro Phoenix has a designation of Assured Water Supply. It recognizes that a water provider has secured the water it needs to serve existing...

04.05.2024 20

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Proposed water plant could be among world's largest

Phoenix’s effort to send ultra-purified recycled water directly to taps could be among the largest in the world. And that could profoundly impact...

26.04.2024 20

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Abortion law applies to miscarriages. That won't stand

My first pregnancy, with identical twins, was not viable. I learned at 10 weeks that I would eventually miscarry. In fact, my doctor told me, my body...

10.04.2024 20

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Think corporate agriculture is draining Arizona? Not exactly

You may have seen stories lamenting that corporate agriculture is squeezing out the little guy. Family farms are disappearing, the headlines tell us,...

27.03.2024 10

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What dueling Colorado River plans mean for Arizona

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, Arizona and Nevada were united with Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah on the idea that...

08.03.2024 9

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Maybe efforts to regulate water aren't quite DOA

Outwardly, a fierce battle is raging over how to manage water supplies in areas of Arizona that lack regulation. Critics on both sides are pressing...

23.02.2024 10

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Water regulation has devolved into a game of chicken

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05.02.2024 10

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Gov. Hobbs throws a grenade into Arizona water debate

Gov. Katie Hobbs wants to play hardball. She told lawmakers in her State of the State address that if they didn’t act on rural groundwater use, she...

25.01.2024 3

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Quiet water deal paves way for thousands of new homes

Home construction hasn’t stopped in Pinal County, even if it is steadily depleting its stash of subdivisions with enough water to build. In fact,...

23.01.2024 5

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How Arizona's plan to fix the Colorado River might work

A new proposal from the Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada would base future Colorado River cuts on how much water is in the system,...

11.01.2024 20

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My biggest water worry? It's not our dwindling supplies

Someone recently asked what worries me most about water. My answer wasn’t a dwindling Colorado River, the lack of controls on rural groundwater or...

09.01.2024 50

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If lawmakers don't act on water, Hobbs says she will

Some of the strongest words in Gov. Katie Hobbs’ conciliatory State of the State speech came on water: “And to those who have spent years refusing...

09.01.2024 9

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How much water are some Arizona farms using?

Arizona has 51 groundwater basins. Yet new studies estimate that agriculture in just five of them used nearly 420,000 acre-feet of water in 2022....

12.12.2023 9

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Can Arizona avoid these landmines to fix its water woes?

Gov. Katie Hobbs stood before her newly created water policy council in May and essentially said, “Don’t be like the folks who came before you.”...

07.12.2023 60

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Why aren't we already drinking recycled water?

Phoenix and Scottsdale are considering plans to recycle water for drinking in the next few years. The tap water that emerges from this Advanced Water...

05.12.2023 10

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