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Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer
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| Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what’s happening across the state before you start your day. |
| Phoenix’s Cartwright Elementary School District, where Arizona Democratic Rep. Anna Abeytia served as one of five governing board members until this year, is demanding she and a current board member reimburse the district thousands of dollars for a discounted child care program they allegedly were not eligible to use. |
| ➤ Today, an air quality alert is in effect and you can expect it to be sunny with a high near 101 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 75 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
28 new restaurants are now open in metro Phoenix
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| Skewers cook with smoke rising above them inside Chubby Skewers in Mesa, Ariz., on May 29, 2025.
Patrick Breen/The Republic |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1947: U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall proposed what became the Economic Recovery Act of 1948, or Marshall Plan, which helped Europe financially recover from the devastation of World War II. President Harry Truman later sent Congress a message that detailed Marshall’s ideas. Congress overwhelmingly adopted it, and Truman signed it into law. The United States provided $13.3 billion to Europeans over a four-year period. |
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In 1956: A federal court ruled that racial segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. While the city appealed the decision, segregated seating and a bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks’ late 1955 refusal to give up her seat would continue for a total of 381 days. |
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In 1965: The film soundtrack for “The Sound of Music,” the final collaboration of composer-lyricist Richard Rodgers and lyricist-librettist Oscar Hammerstein, hit No. 1 on the U.K. album chart. The LP from the movie adaptation of their 1959 Broadway musical remained No. 1 there for 70 weeks. Later in 1965, it topped the Billboard 200 U.S. chart and went on to be in its top 10 for 109 weeks. Billboard in 2015 ranked it the most successful soundtrack ever on its chart. |
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In 1968: Palestinian-Jordanian Sirhan Sirhan shot U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, who died the next day. Sirhan was convicted of murder and given a death sentence that was commuted to life in prison in 1972 during a period when California outlawed capital punishment. |
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In 1981: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the first article describing what became known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report detailed five gay men in their late 20s or 30s who all had been diagnosed with “Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia,” or PCP, at three Los Angeles hospitals. Two had died by the publication date; others died afterward. It is widely credited as the start of the AIDS crisis, one that early on many people falsely believed only targeted gay men. |
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In 2004: Former President Ronald Reagan died at 93. The actor-turned-politician died from pneumonia after a decadelong battle with Alzheimer’s disease. As the nation’s 40th president from 1981-1989, he is widely credited with helping to halt the Cold War, overhaul the U.S. tax code and maintain lower inflation than he inherited when he took office. |
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In 2007: I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, ex-chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, was handed a 30-month sentence after being convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury in a case involving Libby leaking the name of Valerie Plame Wilson, operations chief for the Joint Task Force within the Counterproliferation Division of the CIA’s clandestine operations directorate during the Iraq War. President George W. Bush commuted Libby’s sentence but refused Cheney’s request to pardon him. |
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| Google Fiber begins fiberoptic cable installation in Queen Creek. It’s fast because data can move near the speed of light. |
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The Arizona Republic has named Koa Peat the Male Athlete of the Year and Perry basketball the best team for 2024-25, along with other awards. |
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State Sen. Jake Hoffman has been uncommonly strict about Gov. Hobbs’ director nominees. He joins The Gaggle to defend why it’s the right move. |
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Raytheon has won a $1.1 billion Navy contract to expand missile production, mainly in Tucson. The company ranks as one of Arizona’s top employers. |
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Here’s what we know about bombshell Cierra Ortega, who made a memorable entrance on Episode 1 of “Love Island USA” Season 7. |
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