Arizona Capitol Informant

Amid a data center boom, Arizona’s largest for-profit power company APS says that “growth pays for growth.” The pledge means that as new data centers and microchip plants hook onto Arizona’s power grid, those companies are paying for additional infrastructure and electricity necessary to serve them. Not small businesses. Not homeowners. But an expert-reviewed analysis of APS financial records suggests the motto does not deliver. The "cost shift" model shows homeowners and bus

KJZZ | By Nate Engle At least one Arizona school will be handing off teaching duties to artificial intelligence in 2025. The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools’ approved an application for an AI-based virtual academy on Monday. Unbound Academy, which also operates in Texas and Florida under the name Alpha Schools, claims that kids can learn twice as much using a two-hour learning plan that gets customized by an AI program instead of a traditional human teacher in front o