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The number of wildfires that broke out in Arizona on Sunday, kicking off the start of the fire season. Nearly 6,000 acres have been charred, as four of the fires are still raging.
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Arizona Republic
The number of wildfires that broke out in Arizona on Sunday, kicking off the start of the fire season. Nearly 6,000 acres have been charred, as four of the fires are still raging.
State funding the Tennessee House revoked this week from the city of Memphis as punishment for removing Confederate monuments last year.
Chicago police officers who have bought homes in high-crime parts of the South and West sides since the mayor revived a program six months ago that offers them $30,000 loans to do so. If they live there for a decade, they don't have to repay the loan.
What California would be divided into if voters approve a proposed ballot measure. Supporters say they have collected enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Funding deficit for state public pension systems in fiscal 2016, which is a record high and a nearly $300 billion increase from 2015.
Increase in homeownership among black Americans since the Fair Housing Act was signed 50 years ago. Housing advocates say progress has been slow because of the federal government's varied enforcement of the law over the years.
Year the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in Congress. Almost half a century later, it's still not in the U.S. Constitution because at least two more states still need to ratify it. On Tuesday, which was Equal Pay Day, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature blocked an attempt to debate the gender equality amendment.