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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The Pima County Board of Supervisors has rescinded an expanded eviction moratorium enacted early this month after two Republican state lawmakers asked the Arizona attorney general to review whether it violated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.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 17, 2021Arizona woman charged in Capitol seige says Proud Boys recruited her
An Arizona woman charged in connection with the Jan. 6 onslaught of the U.S. Capitol bragged in a Snapchat video that she was recently recruited by a Kansas City chapter of the Proud Boys.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 17, 2021Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh dead at 70
Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, died Wednesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 17, 2021Bill to purge Arizona permanent early-voting list fails in Senate
The Arizona Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort to purge about 200,000 people from a list of voters who automatically get mail ballots.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2021UArizona to use $1.35M grant to help digitize Native American oral histories
The University of Arizona will join six other schools to help digitize the oral histories of Native Americans collected during the 1960s and 1970s.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2021Arizona house committee votes to boost unlawful protest penalties
A measure approved Monday by a state House committee is among several bills advancing in the Republican-controlled Legislature in the wake of demonstrations against police brutality last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2021Remains ID’d as missing Arizona woman; prime suspect died in prison
Authorities have identified human remains as an Arizona woman reported missing in 2015, but say the main suspect in her death died in prison last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2021Arizona Senate committee rejects proposed ban on red light cameras
An Arizona Senate committee on Monday rejected a proposal that would have banned cities from using photo radar speed and red light cameras to enforce traffic laws.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 14, 2021Average US virus cases dip below 100K for 1st time in months
Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 14, 2021
Court rules against Apaches in bid to halt proposed mine
A federal judge has rejected a request from a group of Apaches to keep the U.S. Forest Service from transferring a parcel of land to a mining company.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 13, 2021Trump the inciter? Senate moves toward impeachment vote
House Democrats began wrapping up their impeachment case against Donald Trump on whether the former president incited the deadly Capitol insurrection.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 13, 2021Arizona’s prison population declines by 11% during pandemic
The number of inmates in Arizona’s prisons has declined 11% since the start of pandemic, reflecting a slowdown in the state’s court system.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 13, 2021Fight over witnesses could delay Trump trial conclusion
A last-minute fight over calling witnesses threatened to slow the speedy conclusion of Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial Saturday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 13, 2021Arizona Supreme Court presiding disciplinary judge to retire
The Arizona Supreme Court’s presiding disciplinary judge has announced plans to retire this year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 12, 2021Man gets life sentence for killing 3 in Arizona bar shooting
A man accused of fatally shooting three people at a bar in Globe in 2018 has been sentenced to life in prison.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 12, 2021What to watch as Donald Trump’s lawyers deliver impeachment defense
Donald Trump’s lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president’s impeachment trial: Don’t lose any Republican votes.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 11, 2021Arizona officer suspended after death of police dog left in hot car
An Arizona officer has been suspended without pay for 20 hours because his police dog died after being left in a car while it was 108 degrees outside.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 11, 2021Arizona Senate Republicans push backup plan in county election fight
Arizona Senate Republicans who have been battling with Maricopa County to get access to ballots and election equipment from the November election are pushing a backup plan.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 10, 2021Arizona Senate votes to limit governor’s authority during crises
The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to ask voters to curtail the governor’s authority to assert emergency powers during future pandemics or other crises.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 10, 2021Arizona woman attacks boyfriend for leaving on TV overnight
Police in Bullhead City arrested a 74-year-old woman accused of hitting her sleeping boyfriend in the head with a hammer because he left the television on during the night.