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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Sun Jun 23 2024

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.

Arizona led the U.S. for the biggest jump in home insurance ratesduring the past few years.

Home insurance premium costs across the state have shot up 62% since 2019, according to a new study.

Rising home values and extreme weather are behind much of the state’s higher insurance costs.

More about Arizona’s rising insurance rates.

100 things to do to beat the heat

Cool off in northern Arizona and check out the Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course for kicks.

Flagstaff Extreme

What is there to do when it’s hot in Phoenix? Go ice skating. Visit an Arizona beach. Head to Flagstaff or Sedona. Here is a summer’s worth of ideas.

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We’d love your feedback about the AZ Briefing. Email us at karen.kurtz@arizonarepublic.com.

Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1926: The College Entrance Examination Board first administered the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, for prospective college students.
•	In 1969: Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Warren Burger to be the 15th chief justice. By retirement in 1986, Burger had written more than 250 decisions, including the 1974 opinion in U.S. v. Nixon that required the president to surrender subpoenaed tape recordings and documents for use in his impeachment trial.
•	In 1970: Political newcomer Charles Rangel defeated civil rights activist and incumbent U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the Democratic primary for a district that includes the neighborhood of Harlem, New York, ending the political career of one of the major political symbols of the post-World War II period.
•	In 1972: President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which banned discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that get federal financial funding. It includes pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity.
•	In 1996: American sprinter Michael Johnson set a world record by running 200 meters in 19.66 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Just over a month later, Johnson topped his 200-meter mark at the 1996 Olympics with a time of 19.32 seconds.
•	In 2013: American daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the top of the Little Colorado River Gorge on Navajo Nation land near Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

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AZ Briefing: Arizona leads US for soaring home insurance rates

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: Abortion rights will ‘wake up’ voters

6 heat-related deaths recorded in Maricopa County

ADOT will spend $8.2B in next five years on AZ roads

Altercation in Tucson turns deadly; suspect arrested

Archie the cat rescued from pine tree at Grand Canyon

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