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![Sen. Lauren Kuby speaks at an event in Tempe, Ariz. in this 2016 photo. [Gage Skidmore]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tempe-Senator-Shifts-Stance-on-Controversial-Pro-Maricopa-Legislation-1000x600.jpg)
![Sen. Lauren Kuby speaks at an event in Tempe, Ariz. in this 2016 photo. [Gage Skidmore]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tempe-Senator-Shifts-Stance-on-Controversial-Pro-Maricopa-Legislation-400x240.jpg)
![Sen. Lauren Kuby speaks at an event in Tempe, Ariz. in this 2016 photo. [Gage Skidmore]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tempe-Senator-Shifts-Stance-on-Controversial-Pro-Maricopa-Legislation-80x80.jpg)
State Senator Lauren Kuby (D-Tempe) recently found herself at the center of a controversy regarding her vote on Senate Bill 1617, which seeks to accelerate funding...
During a hearing at the Arizona State Capitol on February 18, 2025, the Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed a pivotal bill aimed at expediting funding for the...
![An image of State Route 347 and Riggs Road overlayed with an image of baby balloons. [Victor Moreno]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cobblestone-Farms-Welcomes-New-Arrival-Baby-Boy-Born-on-SR.jpg)
![An image of State Route 347 and Riggs Road overlayed with an image of baby balloons. [Victor Moreno]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cobblestone-Farms-Welcomes-New-Arrival-Baby-Boy-Born-on-SR-400x240.jpg)
![An image of State Route 347 and Riggs Road overlayed with an image of baby balloons. [Victor Moreno]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cobblestone-Farms-Welcomes-New-Arrival-Baby-Boy-Born-on-SR-80x80.jpg)
In an extraordinary event that will be remembered in Maricopa, a family experienced a dramatic roadside birth on State Route 347. Shelby and Thomas Vuja welcomed...
Arizona State Senator T.J. Shope, a Republican from Casa Grande, is taking action to expedite funding for the Riggs Road overpass project. Following the Arizona Department...
![A rendering of the selected design, which features State Route 347 traffic traveling over Riggs Road. [Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADOT-Unveils-Game-Changing-Interchange-Design-to-Expand-347-to-Three-1000x600.jpg)
![A rendering of the selected design, which features State Route 347 traffic traveling over Riggs Road. [Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADOT-Unveils-Game-Changing-Interchange-Design-to-Expand-347-to-Three-400x240.jpg)
![A rendering of the selected design, which features State Route 347 traffic traveling over Riggs Road. [Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADOT-Unveils-Game-Changing-Interchange-Design-to-Expand-347-to-Three-80x80.jpg)
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has unveiled the final design for the Riggs Road interchange on State Route 347, a long-anticipated infrastructure project aimed at...
As the holiday season brings joy for many, Melody Rose Tappe is faced with heartache following the tragic loss of her husband, Dustin Michael Tappe. He...
A multi-vehicle accident on Riggs Road, near State Route 347, resulted in the death of a motorcyclist on the evening of December 2, 2024. The crash,...
![A Gilver River Police Department vehicle sits in the median on Interstate 10 and Riggs Road following a crash on March 17, 2025. [Sonia Grimm]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gila-River-Police-Vehicle-Crash-Closes-I-10-Near-Riggs-400x240.jpg)
![A Gilver River Police Department vehicle sits in the median on Interstate 10 and Riggs Road following a crash on March 17, 2025. [Sonia Grimm]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gila-River-Police-Vehicle-Crash-Closes-I-10-Near-Riggs-80x80.jpg)
