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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 25, 2021Arizona House votes to raise state’s low unemployment pay
The Arizona House voted Wednesday to raise Arizona's low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit to $300 at the start of 2022.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 25, 2021Arizona to pay $1M for not improving prison health care as promised
A judge presiding over a legal settlement on the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons imposed $1.1 million in contempt of court fines against the state.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 25, 2021Judge to rule on fight between Arizona Senate, Maricopa County by Friday
A judge is promising to rule quickly after hearing arguments in the fight between the Arizona Senate and Maricopa County over access to ballots and voting machines.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 24, 2021Tucson bans discrimination over hair in workplaces, schools
It is now illegal in Tucson to enforce dress code or grooming policies that discriminate against hair texture and hairstyles in the workplace and public schools.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 24, 2021Arizona horned rioter who stormed Capitol seeks release from jail
The Arizona horned rioter who stormed the U.S. Capitol seven weeks ago has asked to be released from jail as his lawyer disputed that his client was dangerous because he carried a spear into the riot.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 24, 2021Arizona Republicans revive bill to purge state’s early voting list
The Arizona Senate has revived a stalled bill that would purge about 200,000 people from a list of voters who automatically get mail ballots.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 23, 2021Arizona lawmakers ponder raising notoriously low unemployment benefit
Arizona's super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit would increase to $320 by mid-summer and employers would have a small increase in their premiums under a new proposal.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 23, 2021
Native Americans keep close eye on Deb Haaland confirmation hearing
Many Native Americans see Deb Haaland, nominee for secretary of the Interior Department, as a reflection of themselves. Here are stories of her impact.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 23, 2021Cindy McCain to release book about her life with late senator in April
Crown Forum announced that Cindy McCain's “Stronger: Courage, Hope, and Humor In My Life With John McCain” will be released April 27.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 22, 2021Texas-style grid failure unlikely in Arizona, experts say
A widespread electrical grid failure like the one that crippled Texas and left millions without power last week would be unlikely to occur in Arizona, even with a prolonged period of exceptionally hot weather, grid experts and utility officials say.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 22, 2021Moderate Democrats like Arizona’s Sinema causing headaches for Biden
Moderate Democrats like Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Jon Tester of Montana also hold significant political clout in Biden's Washington, making for a muscular counterweight to the progressives who make up the party’s base.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 22, 2021
Coronavirus death toll passes 500,000 in United States
The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 500,000 Monday, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 22, 2021UArizona student shot to death at campus garage
The University of Arizona president on Monday called the shooting death of a student inside a campus parking garage a “senseless murder.”
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CORONAVIRUS NEWS | Feb 21, 2021UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31
The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 21, 2021Drought-stricken West holds out for more than just dry snow
Exceptional drought has hit many states in the West with parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Nevada among the hardest hit.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 20, 2021Tribes have high hopes as Haaland confirmation hearing nears
Native Americans see Deb Haaland's nomination as the best chance to ask to put more land into the hands of tribal nations.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 20, 2021Arizona man accused of faking own kidnapping to evade work
Arizona police said a man who claimed he had been kidnapped later confessed during an interview that he made up the story up to avoid work.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Feb 20, 2021
Enrollment at US community colleges plummets amid pandemic
Nationwide, enrollment at community colleges dropped 10% from fall 2019 to fall 2020, according to the National Student Clearinghouse.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 19, 2021
Arizona prison inmates seek action in health care dispute with state
Lawyers for Arizona prison inmates in a legal settlement over health care have asked a judge to hold a hearing to discuss her threats to impose contempt-of-court fines against the state for not complying.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 18, 2021Navajo Generating Station closure to cost Coconino County $40M in taxes
The closure of a coal-fired power plant in far northern Arizona led to the loss of $40 million in property tax revenue for Coconino County, county officials said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 18, 2021Former metro Phoenix official appeals sentence for illegal adoption scheme
Former Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen, who acknowledged running an illegal adoption scheme in three states, argued to an appeals court that his six-year prison sentence in a federal case is too long.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 18, 2021Paradise Valley Mall redevelopment moves forward after rezoning OK
The Phoenix City Council approved a rezoning request that will redevelop Paradise Valley Mall for mixed use, including a grocery store, restaurants and high-rise multi-family housing.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 17, 2021Pima County board rescinds expanded eviction moratorium
The Pima County Board of Supervisors has rescinded an expanded eviction moratorium enacted early this month after two Republican state lawmakers asked the Arizona attorney general to review whether it violated the law.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 17, 2021Arizona attorney general clears Gov. Doug Ducey of electioneering claims
The Arizona attorney general ruled that Gov. Doug Ducey did not violate state law when he encouraged small business owners to vote no on a ballot measure calling for a tax surcharge on high-earners to boost education funding.