Notable areas of work were Interstate 10 for the Broadway Curve Improvement Project in the Phoenix area and Interstate 17 for a widening project.

Community leaders said hyperpoliticization, misleading information and tax aversion mobilized voters in a town with a median age of just under 60.

There is no estimated time for I-17 to reopen, ADOT said.

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was extended, but lawmakers took out new provisions that would have helped more victims of radiation exposure, including Navajo uranium mine workers.

The I-17 northbound lanes at Pinnacle Peak were temporarily closed on Thursday afternoon.

Arizona and its neighbors use most of the Colorado River's water, but those states say they can't save the river without help from upstream.