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TweetPinShareFile Photo By Nik Wicksman/Cronkite News: Driven in large part by COVID-19, life expectancy in the U.S. fell by 1.8 years in 2020, down from 78.8 years in 2019 to …
Arizona life expectancy fell an ‘extraordinary’ 2.5 years in 2020 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo/Courtesy ADOT: Commercial truck inspections help keep the roadways safer. Good-working brakes essential to road safety Contributed Article PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Enforcement and Compliance …
ADOT and DPS recognize Brake and Safety Week with a focus on commercial brakes Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo: Tim Wilson, a manufacturing instructor at Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) West-MEC campus, shows Kelly a robotic arm in one of the EMCC classrooms. Kelly previously toured …
Senator Mark Kelly’s landmark Microchip Manufacturing Bill signed into law Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo by Madison Thomas/Cronkite News Arizona’s housing market has been particularly hot over the past two years. While property throughout the US has been in high demand, cities like Tucson …
How will a recession affect Arizona’s housing market? Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT: Two safety message contest winners have been chosen. Messages focus on speeding and signaling PHOENIX – The votes are in and the winners of the Arizona Department …
ADOT reveals winners of Safety Message Contest Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Matthew Legere/Cronkite News: Sarah Sponcil prepares to dig a ball in the second set of the championship match of the AVP Hermosa Beach Open. By Aayush Gupta/Cronkite News LOS ANGELES …
From the desert to the beach: Sarah Sponcil shows off skills at AVP Hermosa Beach Open Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Sen. Mark Kelly speaks to the press during a previous visit to Graham County. His microchip manufacturing bill passed the Senate on Wednesday. Kelly was …
After a year-long push, U.S. Senate passes Sen. Kelly’s Microchip Manufacturing Bill Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Daisy Gonzalez-Perez/Cronkite News: Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is one of the faces, and the only woman, depicted on a new mural in Washington dedicated to Americans held hostage …
Image of Griner graces ‘Bring Them Home’ mural of hostages in Washington Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Select Committee on Jan. 6: Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers told the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack that he repeatedly rebuffed Trump campaign efforts …
Arizona GOP censures Bowers a month after his testimony to Jan. 6 panel Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT: New charities are available to support via license plates. Arizona 4-H, Arizona Education, Congenital Heart Defect Awareness, and Thunderbird Charities among new plates offered Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT …
ADOT MVD unveils new specialty license plates Read More