money How election audit costs went from $150K to over $4M; Cold front will bring rain to Phoenix; Guide to Glendale Mexican restaurants
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
It was supposed to cost taxpayers $150,000, but the Arizona Senate's review of the 2020 has grown to more than $4 million. And costs are still adding up.
Cold temperature and winds are expected in Phoenix as a cold front will bring rain Wednesday and snow to northern Arizona.
At Mexican restaurants in Glendale, taste foods from Michoacan, Jalisco, Sinaloa and Sonora, like al pastor tacos, huaraches and raspados.
Today, you can expect it to be rainy and breezy, with a high near 57 degrees. A slight chance of showers at night, with a low near 39 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
Today in history
On this date in 1540, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado set out from Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola. His expedition was the first to explore what is now Arizona, and his men were the first Europeans to visit the Hopi Villages and to see the Grand Canyon.
In 1931, 15 convicts escaped form the State Prison at Florence.
In 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, causing little damage.
In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags (the second flag-raising was captured in the iconic Associated Press photograph.)
In 2011, in a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: How election audit costs went from $150K to over $4M
