Over the next two years, Phoenix plans to add 769 beds to emergency shelters and temporary housing facilities. That’s in addition to 475 beds added this year.
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Pinal County officials have voted against expanding its full hand count of ballots in next week's election. The majority of the county’s board of supervisors said they saw no reason to expand its current hand-count audit to include more precincts.

This election season, education is at the top of voters' minds. To walk us through some of what voters are thinking about, The Show spoke with both Chris Kotterman, director of government relations for the Arizona Schools Boards Association, and former state Schools Superintendent Lisa Graham Keegan.

Former president Barack Obama and a slate of statewide Democratic candidates say nothing less than the fate of democracy is at stake in Arizona during this midterm election.
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An Arizona county's plan to hand count all ballots cast in next week's election has triggered a court challenge, marking the latest twist to the effort by rural Cochise County to mollify skeptics distrustful of its vote-counting equipment.

A federal judge late Tuesday immediately shut down most of the activities of those monitoring ballot drop boxes. In an extensive temporary restraining order, Judge Michael Liburdi acknowledged that there is a First Amendment right of people to "gather on a public sidewalk and watch at a distance.''

This midterm election cycle, Run AAPI is doing something a little different. It's partnering with Arizona artist Safwat Saleem to create a rather untraditional political mailer campaign.

Arizona's politics are in the national spotlight. And it's not just ads that are boosting interest, but sketches and interviews as well.

Navajos next week will choose whether to elect a president who has never held political office or one whose career in tribal government spans more than two decades.