After a year in which the Valley saw the nation’s highest inflation rate for metro areas, experts say consumers can expect inflation to ease in 2023 – but warn that it’s not going away entirely. Read more»

Arizona voters said no to a plan that would have added one-tenth of a penny to the state sales tax to benefit rural fire districts, but firefighters warn that the need – and the threat to public safety – have not gone away. Read more»

School staffers across Arizona may increasingly find themselves pressed to fill in on other jobs, as districts struggle to fill positions across the board and personnel officers say they have openings they cannot fill for everything from nurses to custodial employees and administrators. Read more»

Consumers will face “historically high” prices for their Thanksgiving meal ingredients this year, with experts urging them to plan ahead, look for deals and be ready to substitute traditional foods for something cheaper. Read more»

A federal court said Thursday that it will take another look at claims that the proposed Resolution Copper mine should be delayed because it sits on land sacred to the Apache and would violate their religious rights. Read more»

Rolande Baker of Tucson was one of three arrested for disrupting a Supreme Court hearing Wednesday with a protest over abortion rights. The protest was peaceful but one longtime court reporter called it "surprising" nonetheless. Read more»

Rising prices for candy, costumes and pumpkins - coupled with a post-pandemic surge in interest in Halloween - will likely send holiday sales to a record-breaking $10.6 billion this year. Read more»

Prop. 310, a ballot question that would raise the Arizona state sales tax from 5.6% to 5.7% for the next 20 years with the new revenue distributed to the 144 fire districts in the state, would help fund vital emergency services but hit taxpayers that might not benefit from the services. Read more»

Clinics across Arizona have largely resumed offering abortions after a court last week blocked a ruling that briefly outlawed the procedure, but providers said they are taking abortion’s future in the state day by day. Read more»

Whatever their position on abortion rights, the Arizona county attorneys who would be responsible for enforcing the state’s abortion law all acknowledge that they will do their best to follow it - except that they’re not all sure what the law currently is. Read more»

Planned Parenthood Arizona said Monday it will appeal a Pima County judge’s ruling that restored a territorial-era law that criminalized abortion in the state and effectively shuttered abortion services in Arizona, while seeking an immediate stay of the Pima County Superior Court ruling. Read more»

Officials in school districts across Arizona are scrambling to figure out how to afford meals for students at a time when inflation nationwide is running at the highest level in decades - with even the rising cost of food storage putting the pinch on school districts. Read more»

Planned Parenthood Arizona began offering abortions again at its Tucson facility this week - two months after it suspended services - one of a handful of clinics in the state that have resumed abortion services even though Arizona law is unsettled after the Supreme Court’s ruling. Read more»

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, it left Arizona officials, advocates and physicians with 120 years of conflicting abortion laws to untangle - two months later, things are still tangled. Read more»