🌡️ July was the second-hottest month in Phoenix history, with an average temperature of 101.1°. The only month hotter was July 2023, which averaged 102.7°. (KJZZ)
🧒 Arizona will reinstate a waitlist for families seeking state child care assistance after the state Legislature failed to fill a multimillion-dollar budget hole created by the expiration of COVID-era federal funds. (AZCIR)
🧑⚖️ A judge ruled that the parent of a student at Hamilton High School in Chandler who died by suicide cannot bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district for its alleged failure to address bullying and harassment the student faced on school grounds. (AZcentral)
Intel willlay off 15% of its workforce, though it's unclear what effect this will have in Arizona, where the company employs around 12,000 people.
Editor's note: An item in the Chips & salsa roundup has been corrected to say the student who died by suicide went to Hamilton High School in Chandler, not Chandler High School.
