Fewer heat deaths were reported in Maricopa County last year

For the first time in a decade, Valley reported a year-over-year decline in heat-related deaths in 2024. Phoenix – Dozens of people died last year in the extreme heat of the valley, and Maricopa County first reported that since 2014, the year-over-year heat has declined. Maricopa County announced Monday that authorities confirmed 602 fever-related deaths […]

East Tennessee Republican feels heat to vote for vouchers • Tennessee Lookout

East Tennessee Republicans confirmed Monday that Congress was pressured to vote for the governor’s private school voucher bill to speed up measures towards the vote. “Yeah, you wouldn’t believe it,” said Rep. Kevin Raper, a second-term House Republican from Cleveland, who said he kept an eye on the lawmakers after they were called Monday. He […]

Heat Players Find Out Jimmy Butler Has Been Traded In Hilariously Bizarre Way

The NBA trading deadline was just total insanity for us. Take, for example, the latest cases. Jimmy Butler Trade That saw a washed-down diva shipped to the Golden State Warriors from the Miami Heat in a Wednesday night deal. The news broke just before the Warriors game played against the Utah Jazz. The heat allowed […]

Right-Leaning Activist Groups Reportedly Putting Heat On Big Banks To Ditch DEI Policies

According to The Wall Street Journal, several conservative activist groups are calling on some major banks to rescind their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. Some groups are calling on JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs to cancel or scale back their DEI efforts, according to people familiar with the matter. said Wall Street […]

Maricopa County heat relief centers to provide dog shoes, water bowls

PHOENIX — As local leaders prepare for triple-digit temperatures in the coming months, they aren’t forgetting the animals that often struggle in the heat as well. Maricopa County’s heat control center will reportedly be outfitted with hundreds of new dog shoes and water bowls to keep hundreds of dogs safe and healthy this year. Funding […]

Maricopa County reported 645 heat deaths in 2023

In 2023, 645 people died from heatstroke in metro Phoenix, breaking the record set the previous year. The heat wave in 2023 not only broke previous records, but also increased by 52%. The Maricopa County Department of Public Health released this information and more in a 23-page report Wednesday. of 2023 Heat-Related Mortality Report It […]