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The Biden administration will pause its replenishment of the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves because oil has become too expensive, the White House said. Read More.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer wants a private contractor to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to optimize his office, according to an online advertisement seeking contractors. Read More.

Arizona Democratic Congressman Raúl Grijalva announced on Tuesday morning that he's been diagnosed with cancer. Read More.

An Arizona judge ordered the divorce case between Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03) and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego to be partially unsealed, ruling the decision to permanently make the proceedings private was improper, the conservative media outlet behind the legal action to reveal the divorce records reported Friday. The Washington Free Beacon reported that Yavapai County Superior Court Judge John Napper ruled last Tuesday that the decision to seal the records in the 2017 divorce case of Ruben Gallego, the likely Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, was improper. Read More.

Focusing "on free college is overshadowing good governance," and the myriad mistakes involving families filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form are too much, Read More.

Former President Donald Trump's supporters plan to back him even if he's convicted of a felony before the November election. The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll, conducted in conjunction with Noble Predictive Insights, found that 84 percent of Trump voters would vote for him in November even if he was convicted of a felony before the election. Read More.

Israeli Consul General to the Pacific Southwest Israel Bachar will be addressing the Arizona State Legislature on Wednesday. Read More.

Arizona Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Nevada Rep. Susie Lee introduced legislation this week aimed at enabling $45 million in Bureau of Reclamation funds to be Read More.

Some Arizona leaders are breathing a sigh of relief as the federal government passed funding that will presumably go toward transporting migrants out of border communities or caring for them while there. There was widespread concern about daily mass migrant street releases starting in April, as federal funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Shelter and Services Program was set to expire on April 1, The Center Square previously reported. Read More.

The vast majority of people think schools should focus on traditional subjects like math, reading and science, and a majority also say critical race theory should not be taught, a new poll shows. According to The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll conducted by Noble Predictive, most surveyed said they want schools to focus on core subjects instead of hot-button topics like critical race theory. Read More.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is the focus of a new committee in the Arizona House of Representatives. Read More.

Maricopa County executive director Zach Schira claimed on Tuesday that recent changes to the state's elections as a result of a "landmark" election integrity bill that enjoyed overwhelming support in the Arizona Legislature. Schira told The Arizona Republic that complying with a provision in HB 2785 which requires election workers to count the number of early ballots at each polling location required an average of 30 to 45 minutes at polling locations across the state for the March 19 presidential preference election. Read More.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media company Truth Social shot off to a blistering start in its stock market debut on Tuesday, surging more than 50% at the beginning of trading.  Read More.

Students at Arizona State University (ASU) have the ability to enroll in a program that allows them to provide support services to illegal immigrants serviced by a Catholic Charities organization in exchange for school credit. A university website reveals that any student enrolled in an ASU Health Sciences program and some students from the ASU School of Social Work are eligible to "provide aid to migrants looking for a better life" at Casa Alitas in what the university calls the MILAGRO Collaborative. Read More.

A New York appeals court on Monday gave former President Donald Trump a lifeline in his New York fraud case, allowing Trump to post a much Read More.