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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 24, 2022Arizona legislators push final bills as adjournment looms
The Arizona Legislature was moving Thursday night to vote on a flurry of bills lawmakers need to clear off their desks so they can adjourn for the year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 23, 2022Arizona Legislature approves bipartisan $18 billion budget
Arizona's legislature approved a bipartisan $18 billion spending plan early Thursday that will make substantial investments in public schools, build new highways and pay down long-term debts.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 22, 2022Arizona Legislature begins hearings on state budget plan as deadline looms
The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature began hearings Tuesday on a long-delayed state budget plan, which is short of votes and without a clear path to the finish line ahead of the July 1 deadline.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 21, 2022Containment grows for Contreras Fire burning at Kitt Peak near Tucson
A lightning-caused wildfire that led to last week’s evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson was 50% contained Tuesday, up from 40% in previous days.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 16, 2022Internet, cellphone outage knocks part of rural Arizona offline
A telecommunications outage over the weekend left swaths of rural northeastern Arizona without internet or phone connections, knocking out credit card processors and, in some cases, easy access to emergency services.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Jun 12, 2022
Latino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change
Latino and other communities of color are disproportionately affected by climate change, such as longer heat waves in Phoenix.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 12, 2022Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office settles jail attack lawsuit for $11.75 million
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office reached an $11.75 million settlement in a lawsuit after a jail attack seriously injured an inmate.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 9, 2022NTSB: Broken rail probably caused fiery Tempe train derailment, bridge collapse
A broken rail was the probable cause of a fiery freight train derailment and subsequent bridge collapse in Tempe two years ago, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 8, 2022
Arizona prisoner Frank Atwood executed for 1984 murder of 8-year-old girl
Frank Atwood, an Arizona man convicted of murder in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl, was put to death Wednesday.
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WORLD NEWS | Jun 5, 2022
As Ukraine loses troops, how long can it keep up the fight?
ZHYTOMYR (AP) — As soon as they had finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 5, 2022Arizona’s minimum wage now tied to changes in Consumer Price Index
In Arizona, rising inflation has an added twist: the state’s minimum wage is now tied to changes in the Consumer Price Index.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Jun 5, 2022
Three people killed in downtown Philadelphia shooting Saturday night
Gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular downtown Philadelphia entertainment district late Saturday night.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 4, 2022Officials: Thousands of Tempe homes could have critically-deteriorated sewage pipes
A pipe rupture that spilled around 8 million gallons of water and closed a major Phoenix-area highway put Tempe’s infrastructure in the news.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 202213 injured after Greyhound bus blows tire, collides with SUV on route to Phoenix
Thirteen people were injured Friday when a Greyhound bus blew a tire and veered into a sports utility vehicle and a center divider wall on its way to Phoenix.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2022Arizona woman pleads guilty in ballot collection scheme
An Arizona woman accused of illegally collecting early ballots in the 2020 primary election pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with state prosecutors that saw the more serious forgery and conspiracy charges dismissed and limited any potential for a lengthy prison sentence.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 20221 tribal police officer killed, another wounded in eastern Arizona shooting
One tribal police officer was killed and a second wounded in two related shootings on a Native American reservation in eastern Arizona, officials said Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 1, 2022Arizona lawmakers hear from 2020 election conspiracy theorists
Arizona Republican lawmakers heard Tuesday from members of a conservative group that provided research for a widely debunked documentary that alleges widespread voter fraud led to former President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 29, 2022
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in Israel for talks with political and business leaders
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is in Israel for five days of talks with political and business leaders of the Middle Eastern country.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2022Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego goes at NRA, Ted Cruz in tweets on Texas school shooting
Arizona Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego lashed out at the National Rifle Association and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in a series of profane tweets in response to the massacre at a Texas elementary school.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 21, 2022Glendale adopts new short-term rental regulations ahead of Super Bowl
Glendale has preemptively adopted rules regulating short-term rental properties before the city welcomes visitors for the 2023 Super Bowl.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | May 20, 2022Judge rules Title 42 COVID asylum restrictions at US border must continue
A federal judge ruled Friday that COVID-19 asylum restrictions known as Title 42 must continue on the southern U.S. border, blocking the Biden administration's plan to end the policy next week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 20, 2022
Emails show Justice Thomas’ wife pushed Arizona lawmakers to overturn election
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona to choose their own slate of 2020 presidential electors.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 20, 2022Appeals court revives Arizona lawsuit on virus cash tax cut ban
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived Arizona’s lawsuit challenging the part of President Joe Biden’s massive coronavirus rescue law that bars states from using the federal money to offset tax cuts.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 19, 2022Lethal injection to be method of Arizona execution set for next month
Arizona death row inmate Frank Atwood declined to pick a method of execution when officials asked him if he wanted to die by lethal injection or the gas chamber.