WASHINGTON – The $2 billion Sun Stream Complex in western Maricopa County will soon generate enough power to supply over 200,000 homes. The first phase has been transforming Arizona’s scalding sunlight into electricity for more than three years.

The vast solar farm covers more than 6,000 acres, or 9 square miles. By 2026, it will generate 973 megawatts of emission-free electricity and, over time, $300 million in lease payments and taxes to Arizona schools and communities, according to Boston-ba...

WASHINGTON – An estimated 97% of Americans have detectable levels of invasive “forever chemicals” in their bloodstreams – many are unaware that they’re drinking them.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – or PFAS – are man-made synthetic chemicals manufactured and commercialized since the 1940s. This class of chemicals includes roughly 14,000 variations, widely used in consumer and industrial products – nonstick cookware, waterproof clothing, cosmetics and firefighter foam – due to their grease...

WASHINGTON – The nation’s first solar-powered cobalt processing facility will break ground next year in Yuma County, a $300 million project subsidized by a big federal investment in climate-friendly projects.

The plan is one of two dozen projects underway in Arizona catalyzed by the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022. The law set aside $370 billion to promote clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“The IRA is very helpful,” said Gil Michel-Garcia, e...

WASHINGTON – Arizona voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, approving Proposition 139 by a decisive margin of nearly 2-1. Passage means Arizona will protect a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy through fetal viability – roughly nine weeks beyond the state’s current 15-week ban.

Opponents call it radical. Backers say the current ban endangers women with complications later in pregnancy and demanded a return to the more expansive rights ensured for decades by the U.S....

WASHINGTON – The $2 billion Sun Stream Complex in western Maricopa County will soon generate enough power to supply over 200,000 homes. The first phase has been transforming Arizona’s scalding sunlight into electricity for more than three years.

The vast solar farm covers more than 6,000 acres, or 9 square miles. By 2026, it will generate 973 megawatts of emission-free electricity and, over time, $300 million in lease payments and taxes to Arizona schools and communities, according to Boston-ba...

WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly was among the combat veterans and Democrats expressing deep skepticism at Donald Trump’s choice of a defense secretary with no national security experience.

“Typically you expect someone in that role to have implemented or made policy – defense policy,” Kelly, a Navy combat pilot, said Wednesday of the president-elect’s pick, conservative Fox News host Pete Hegseth.

Resumes of defense secretaries in recent decades included stints as CIA director, secretary...

WASHINGTON – Ten states considered measures to protect or expand abortion rights on Tuesday. Voters approved seven of those proposals, including one in Arizona that overturned a 15-week ban and enshrines abortion access in the state constitution.

Democrats were counting on these ballot measures to propel their presidential nominee and other candidates.

Vice President Kamala Harris made reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, promising that her “first priority” would be to reinstate...

WASHINGTON – Arizona voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, approving Proposition 139 by a decisive margin of nearly 2-1. Passage means Arizona will protect a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy through fetal viability – roughly nine weeks beyond the state’s current 15-week ban.

Opponents call it radical. Backers say the current ban endangers women with complications later in pregnancy and demanded a return to the more expansive rights ensured for decades by the U.S....

WASHINGTON – An estimated 97% of Americans have detectable levels of invasive “forever chemicals” in their bloodstreams – many are unaware that they’re drinking them.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – or PFAS – are man-made synthetic chemicals manufactured and commercialized since the 1940s. This class of chemicals includes roughly 14,000 variations, widely used in consumer and industrial products – nonstick cookware, waterproof clothing, cosmetics and firefighter foam – due to their grease...

WASHINGTON – As Hurricane Milton slams into Florida, and North Carolina residents dig out from Hurricane Helene, Republicans are pushing claims – widely debunked – that federal disaster aid has been depleted because of illegal immigration.

“FEMA, among a whole bunch of other federal agencies, has been using your tax dollars that are supposed to help you as American citizens,” said U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, during a campaign stop Tuesday in Phoenix on behalf of forme...

WASHINGTON – The nation’s first solar-powered cobalt processing facility will break ground next year in Yuma County, a $300 million project subsidized by a big federal investment in climate-friendly projects.

The plan is one of two dozen projects underway in Arizona catalyzed by the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022. The law set aside $370 billion to promote clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“The IRA is very helpful,” said Gil Michel-Garcia, e...

A Swiss company is attempting to “connect the dots” between European and American innovation by operating as a global network for startups. That work included an unusual gathering in Palo Alto on Thursday, May 30.It is known as Swissnex and it is a prime initiative for Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. The office has seven hubs throughout the world, including one in San Francisco. Each aims to give Swiss startups a platform to thrive within America’s technol...

At DB Trucks, the sounds of heavy machinery fill up the building bay where a team of nine mechanics methodically works in an assembly line to paint, weld and repair custom water trucks, while the owner focuses on being a reliable and assertive business manager.Owner Sara VanFleet said that while she may only have two and a half years of experience in a male-dominated automotive industry, it is imperative to adopt a hands-on business model and act as a resource for her employees in order to gain...