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ARIZONA NEWS | May 17, 2022Pair of bills restricting responses to COVID move on to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey
Two more bills restricting responses to the coronavirus pandemic are heading to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's desk, including one that would impact the ability of future state leaders to respond to another airborne-spreading disease and a second blocking the state from ever requiring schoolchildren to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 13, 2022Experts say Arizona executioners took too long to insert Clarence Dixon’s drug line
The first execution in Arizona in nearly eight years was carried out more smoothly than the state’s last use of the death penalty, but experts said the estimated 25 minutes it took medical staff to insert an IV into Clarence Dixon’s body was too long.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 12, 2022Cause of helicopter crash in Arizona in April still uncertain
Federal authorities investigating a fatal crash last month near Phoenix say the helicopter went into a near vertical descent for unclear reasons when it was about to land.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 11, 2022Arizona executes convicted killer Clarence Dixon by lethal injection
Clarence Dixon, who was convicted of killing ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 1978, died Wednesday by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 10, 2022Arizona death row prisoner loses bid to avoid execution on Wednesday
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to postpone the planned execution of an Arizona prisoner in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 9, 2022Arizona’s first execution since 2014 on track after court challenges fail
The planned execution of an Arizona man remained on track Monday after two last-minute court efforts ended without decisions that would sidetrack the state from putting 66-year-old Clarence Dixon to death.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | May 9, 2022Investigators working to ID another set of remains from Lake Mead
A week after a decades-old body was found in Lake Mead, authorities are working to identify a second set of human remains.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | May 8, 2022
Residents of New Mexico prepare for extreme wildfire conditions
Close to 2,000 square miles have burned so far this year nationwide, the most fire recorded at this point since 2018.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 7, 2022Arizona health insurance providers now to cover cancer ‘biomarker tests’
A bill signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday requires health insurers and the state's Medicaid plan to pay for cancer tests.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 6, 2022Former Arizona House legislator Herschella Horton dies at 83
Former Democratic state lawmaker Herschella Horton of Tucson has died, her family announced Friday. She was 83.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 6, 2022Ducey signs bill to limit Arizona governor’s emergency powers
Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Friday limiting the ability of his successor to tap into the emergency powers that he used for more than two years in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 6, 2022Ex-sheriff’s deputy accused of attending Phoenix-area weddings to steal gifts
CHANDLER (AP) -- A retired sheriff's deputy posed as a guest at two Phoenix-area weddings to steal boxes…
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 6, 2022Arizona House ethics panel tables complaint against Democratic lawmaker
The Arizona House Ethics Committee on Thursday voted to take no action on a complaint against Democratic Rep. Robert Meza, with the committee chairman saying the allegations fall outside the panel's scope.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 5, 2022Man pleads guilty to voting in Arizona, New Hampshire in 2016 election
A man who voted in New Hampshire and via absentee ballot in Arizona in the 2016 general election has been ordered to pay over $1,000 in fines and penalties.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 5, 2022Fire restrictions go into effect at most of Arizona’s national forests
Restrictions on campfires and other fire sources took effect Thursday in Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott and Tonto forests.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 5, 2022
Migrant woman who got tangled up on border wall in Arizona choked to death
An autopsy says a Mexican woman found hanging on the border wall in southern Arizona choked to death in an accident when she became entangled in climbing gear.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 4, 2022Gov. Doug Ducey signs bill giving $400M for I-10 widening project south of Phoenix
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation that earmarks $400 million in state general fund cash to add a third lane in each direction to a 26-mile section of Interstate 10 south of Phoenix that has long been a congested bottleneck.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 4, 2022Anonymous Gilbert couple claims Powerball jackpot, takes cash sum of $283.3M
A married couple from Gilbert chose to permanently remain anonymous in claiming the jackpot from a $473 million winning ticket for the Powerball drawing on April 27.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 4, 2022US to hold back water in Lake Powell to protect hydropower
U.S. officials announced what they called extraordinary steps on Tuesday to keep hundreds of billions of gallons of water stored in a reservoir on the Utah-Arizona line to prevent it from shrinking more amid prolonged drought and climate change.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 3, 20222 Arizona lawmakers face ethics complaints, lawyer cites spite
Two Arizona lawmakers face ethics complaints that one of their attorneys said was prompted by a bitter divorce involving the Scottsdale man who filed them and his apparent intent to get back at anyone connected with his former wife.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 2, 2022Arizona couple to spend combined 27 years in prison in 2019 Tucson murder case
An Arizona couple who prompted a nationwide manhunt in 2019 after escaping from custody have both been sentenced in a Tucson murder case.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Apr 30, 2022
Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76
Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 30, 2022Judge tosses lawsuit against former Arizona House Democratic leader
A Yuma court on Friday dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against a former Democratic state lawmaker by three Republican politicians.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 30, 2022Northern Arizona University unveils free tuition program for eligible students
Northern Arizona University plans to offer free tuition to Arizona residents from households with annual incomes not exceeding $65,000 and who meet the university's admission requirements.