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K through 8 students in Gilbert public schools will no longer be able to use their cell phones during the school day.

The Arizona State Board of Education approved the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) handbook with a vote of 8-1, locking in the voucher program’s requirements for the 2025-26 school year.

Two-million acres of public lands are for sale across eleven states, including Arizona, in the Big Beautiful Bill. Arizona U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego encouraged people to call their Republicans senators and representatives and ask them to take this provision out of the budget proposal. 

A group of Native American high schoolers are tapping into their culture and future health through food.

A recent Rent Cafe report shows the number of valley households earning at least a million dollars a year and choosing to rent their instead of buying one grew by nearly 520 percent from 2019 to 2023.

The Scottsdale Unified School District is raising its school lunch and breakfast prices for the upcoming school year, the district’s first meal price increase since 2018.

Alleged Medicaid fraud in Arizona is reportedly worth up to $6 billion a year. State Senator Janae Shamp is requesting a full audit of Medicaid eligibility, known in Arizona as AHCCCS. She claims more than 5,000 enrollees have over $50,000 in their bank accounts, according to data obtained by LexisNexis. 

Childcare is a necessity for many Arizonans, with 61% of children in the state under the age of 5 living in households where every adult works. So why is childcare inaccessible to so many families, and how do we change that?

Arizona State University’s preparatory academy is launching a new teacherless high school program focused on self-directed learning called ASU Prep Tempe.

Arizona law enforcement agencies have arrested 73 alleged child predators, a result of “Operation Safe Online Summer” conducted in April. 

Scottsdale Unified School District could lose federal funding over what State Superintendent Horne calls a ‘woke’ curriculum

A mother is suing a Tucson rehab facility after her daughter overdosed on fentanyl during her stay at Buena Vista Health and Recovery Center. The lawsuit asks for compensation over the death of 25-year-old Terria Lewis. Her attorneys argue Buena Vista had a responsibility to maintain a safe and secure treatment environment, free from illicit drugs. 

Kids in the Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Center now have the opportunity to learn from Arizona State University students about music, and life skills.

Arizona school districts and charter schools could receive 60% of its state funding at the beginning of this month.

The group of high school students from across the Arizona experienced a unique opportunity to learn about government, civics and tour Washington D.C. The trip is hosted by Civics Up Foundation and supported by the Arizona Cardinals. 

This week, 275 high school students from across Arizona headed to Washington D.C. for a "Civics Matters Arizona" trip, in collaboration with the Arizona Cardinals, the Close Up Foundation and the office Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. 

A new grant is helping students afford higher education and succeed in school. 

Teachers can receive free supply kits for their classrooms through tomorrow as a part of the Four Peaks for Teachers program. Five teachers will also receive $1,000 dollars.

A new state law looks to raise awareness about postpartum depression and help new mothers get access to care. State Rep. Julie Willoughby says her bill creates an advisory committee to increase access to postpartum mental health resources wherever there is an obstetrics desert in the state. She says few resources currently exist. 

The University of Arizona is updating the Arizona Board of Regents on its financial status as it heads into summer break.

Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari joined Arizona's Morning News after her visit to an ICE detention center in Eloy. Ansari said she spoke with more than a dozen detainees and she left the conversations feeling sick.

Arizona was designated unacceptable in four out of five math standards in a new study from the National Council on Teacher Quality.

The Arizona Department of Transportation could be partnering with local university researchers to make roads safer.

Arizona state treasurer Kimberly Yee is running for the role of state's school's chief in the 2026 election.

If you've been waiting until now to dive into the home-buying market, you'll have plenty of options--and could pay less.