Ben Giles

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for eight Arizona counties, including Maricopa and Pima counties.

Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C., filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research.

A judge in May ruled that a two-year-old appropriation to the nonprofit that runs the self-proclaimed “World’s Oldest Rodeo” violated the Arizona Constitution. So state lawmakers agreed in June to reallocate those funds, this time to the city of Prescott.

A portion of education funding for Arizona that was frozen earlier this month by the Trump administration will soon be released, though millions of dollars more remains in limbo as children across the state prepare to head back to school.

The county has confirmed 17 cases of West Nile Virus so far this year. The virus is typically spread through mosquito bites, and in Arizona, it’s peak season for the spread of mosquito-borne viruses.

Voters will elect a new representative to replace the late Congressman Raul Grijalva.

Officials at the Arizona Department of Education say they inadvertently released personally identifiable information in a database of 1.2 million school voucher purchases.

“At this point, I don’t think so,” Sen. Ruben Gallego said during an interview with WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire. “But I do have a message that I want the Democrats to listen to."

U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton said Democrats in Congress will remain firm in their efforts to rollback GOP-approved changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act as the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington, D.C.

Unlike her Republican predecessors, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won’t spend state funds to keep Arizona landmarks like Grand Canyon National Park open amid a federal government shutdown.