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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 13, 2021In a pandemic, Navajo community steps up for its vulnerable
With residents urged to stay home, tribal workers, health representatives and volunteers have stepped up efforts to ensure the most vulnerable citizens get the help they need.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 12, 2021Arizona GOP lawmakers’ effort to block clean energy rules stumbles
Efforts by Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature to strip elected utility regulators of their power to require more electricity from clean energy sources have hit a big bump.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 12, 2021Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward sued over party election
Two candidates for the Arizona Republican Party's executive committee who lost their January elections are suing state party Chair Kelli Ward to force an audit of the results.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Mar 11, 2021President Joe Biden sets May 1 target to have all adults vaccine-eligible
President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address to outline his plan Thursday night to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1 and get the country “closer to normal” by the Fourth of July.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 9, 2021Arizona county schools superintendent resigned after porn found on computer
Coconino County's schools superintendent resigned from his post in January after pornographic images were found on his work computer, The Associated Press has learned.
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GENERAL NEWS | Mar 6, 2021
Biden, Democrats prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2021Asylum seekers arriving in Arizona during pandemic
Busloads of asylum seekers have started to arrive in Tucson, Arizona, for the first time since President Joe Biden began reversing border policies implemented by former President Donald Trump, city officials said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2021Phoenix man gets 15 years in federal prison for radiological theft
A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 4, 2021Arizona House pushes through gambling bill despite questions
Some Democrats in the Arizona House on Thursday raised transparency and fairness questions about a major expansion of gambling Republican Gov. Doug Ducey needs as part of his thus-far secret deal with Native American tribes to update their gambling compact.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 4, 2021Arizona House OKs bill to allow guns in cars on school grounds
The Republican-controlled Arizona House on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow people to have loaded guns in their vehicles on school grounds.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 3, 2021
Fired Arizona Senate aide seeks $500,000 in harassment case
An aide who was fired by Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers on Wednesday filed a $500,000 claim against the state for wrongful termination and harassment he says were caused by the senator.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 3, 2021Arizona agency investigates water contamination near Air Force base
The Arizona agency that regulates utilities is calling together water companies near Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix, where drinking water was found to be contaminated with chemicals.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 3, 2021Arizona Senate has nowhere to store 2.1 million ballots it sued to obtain
After the Arizona Senate spent months fighting for access to 2.1 million ballots from Maricopa County, it apparently doesn't know what to do with them.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 3, 2021Arizona high court upholds ex-deputy’s compensation claim from shooting
An Arizona Supreme Court ruling says the state wrongly denied a workers' compensation claim by a former Gila County sheriff's deputy diagnosed with PTSD.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 2, 2021Prosecutors oppose pretrial release for Arizona’s horned rioter
Prosecutors are opposing the pretrial release of an Arizona man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 2, 2021Police say Phoenix man leaves drugs in plain sight after reporting break-in
A Phoenix man who called to report a possible break-in at his apartment wound up getting arrested instead, police said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2021Arizona voting law case goes before US Supreme Court on Tuesday
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Arizona's voting laws Tuesday, and the eventual ruling could have wide-ranging implications.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2021Report released on ethics complaint about Arizona state senator
A report to the Arizona Senate Ethics Committee does not draw conclusions as to whether state Sen. Wendy Rogers broke rules or deserves discipline.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2021Optimism abounds in Arizona as MLB’s spring includes fans
A downward trend in COVID-19 cases throughout most of the country has meant that a limited amount of fans are allowed back in spring training baseball facilities throughout Arizona and Florida.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 27, 2021
FDA clears Johnson & Johnson’s shot, giving US 3rd COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the FDA on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 27, 2021Survey: Arizona grocery workers fret about unmasked shoppers
Many grocery store workers in Arizona say they're still anxious about customers who won’t wear masks to protect them from COVID-19.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 26, 2021Some tribes remain in legal limbo over federal virus relief funding
Nearly a year after Congress passed a coronavirus relief bill, some Native American tribes remain in legal limbo over what's been distributed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 26, 2021US advisers endorse one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson
U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 26, 2021Phoenix nurse in Hacienda rape case wants DNA evidence tossed out
A nurse charged raping an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at Hacienda HealthCare, a Phoenix long-term care facility, is asking a judge to throw out DNA evidence.