Katherine Davis-Young

It’s been two years since the city of Phoenix faced a court-ordered deadline to clear out a massive homeless encampment downtown known as the Zone. Part of the city’s response was to create a city-run campground for people experiencing homelessness.

Maricopa County could be at risk of losing nearly 1,400 housing units for disabled, formerly homeless people after a dramatic shift in federal funding opportunities for homeless service providers.

Traffic at Arizona’s largest food bank is starting to decrease after the government shutdown and a pause on food stamp benefits led to a surge in demand earlier this month.

Amid ongoing uncertainty over federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, Gov. Katie Hobbs is directing another $1.8 million toward food assistance in the state.

Reproductive rights advocates want to overturn a state ban on prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine and a mandatory 24-hour wait to get an abortion in Arizona.

An Arizona father who was facing 20 to 30 years in prison for his daughter’s death in a hot car was found dead Wednesday after failing to appear for a Pima County court hearing.

Even though courts have ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds to keep SNAP going during the shutdown, Arizonans who rely on these benefits still haven’t received payments.

A ballot measure to boost funding for Valleywise Health — Maricopa County’s publicly-funded hospital system — appears to be passing based on early results from yesterday’s election.

Phoenix is among 33 cities across the globe joining a collaboration on extreme heat. The new Cool Cities Accelerator was announced at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Rio De Janeiro this week.

The Trump administration is considering changes to federal funding for homeless services. Arizona advocates are concerned thousands of formerly homeless people could lose shelter as a result.