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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 10, 2017Valley residents head to Texas to help victims of Hurricane Harvey
Nearly a dozen Valley residents drove to Houston, Texas, to deliver supplies and aid to the victims of Hurricane Harvey this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 10, 2017Advocates warn that cuts to EPA budget will be felt in Arizona programs
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality got $315 million in funding for specific federal programs over the past five years – funding that could be endangered by proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency budget.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 9, 2017Arizona attorney helps DACA recipients plan for uncertain future
After President Donald Trump’s official DACA decision was announced earlier this week, DREAMers now turn their focus to what could be next for them.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 9, 2017Arizona lawmakers weigh in on case pitting gay rights, religious rights
Three Arizona lawmakers filed a court brief defending a Colorado cake shop owner that was sued for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 5, 2017Phoenix, Tucson get low scores in sustainability in UN report
The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area ranked a middling 43rd in the U.N.-backed study on sustainability. Tucson finished 57th.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 4, 2017DACA repeal could have negative economic impact in Arizona
As reports surface that President Donald Trump will repeal DACA, advisers warn of the economic downfalls that could hit Arizona as a result.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 31, 2017Arizona cuts to college student support still among steepest in nation
State support for Arizona college students has fallen by 53.8 percent since 2008, more than three times the national decline, according to a new report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 31, 2017Phoenix Chinese community shocked by sale of cultural center property
Members of the Chinese community in the Valley said they were caught off guard by the sudden sale of the property where their cultural center is located.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 21, 2017A native of note: Phoenix boys choir alum scores hit horror film ‘Get Out’
Michael Abels, a former member of the Phoenix Boys Choir, scored Jordan Peele's hit horror film "Get Out," which has grossed more than $170 million domestically.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 20, 2017Three Arizona state prisons to launch employment program for inmates
The Arizona Department of Economic Security partnered with the Arizona Department of Corrections to launch an employment program inside three state prisons.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 19, 2017Bills to ease Border Patrol hiring advance in Senate, stall in House
A Senate committee Wednesday approved a bill that would make it easier to hire Border Patrol officers by waiving polygraph tests for some applicants.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 14, 2017Environmentalists face uphill battle with proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall
Many environmental activists remain concerned over the potential impact that a U.S.-Mexico border wall will have on wildlife and ecology along the border.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 13, 2017Advocates fear Arizona Superfund budget cuts further delay cleanup of sites
Advocates say clean up of the 1,336 Superfund sites in the U.S. will remain slow, after the Trump administration outlined a budget that proposed cutting funds by $330 million.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 4, 2017After post-inauguration slump, gun sales in Arizona on the rise
Gun sales in Arizona have started to rebound after a brief January slump that experts attribute to the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 2, 2017Arizonans donated $1.5M to President Donald Trump’s inauguration
Arizona residents donated $1.5 million toward President Donald Trump’s record-breaking inauguration fund, according to Federal Election Commission reports.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 26, 2017Rush to hire Border Patrol agents raises concerns about unqualified officers
A Trump administration plan to hire thousands of border and immigration officers has advocates concerned about a possible repeat of the last hiring binge, which they said was followed by an increase in corruption and misconduct.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2017Arizonans paid $11,264 in federal taxes in 2016, below US average
After accounts are settled Tuesday with Uncle Sam, the typical Arizonan will have sent $11,264 to the federal government, about 20 percent below the national average of $14,051.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 18, 2017Highway fatalities in Arizona continue three-year climb in 2016
Highway fatalities in Arizona rose from just over two per day in 2014 to an average of more than 2.6 per day last year, the highest level in nine years, according to the most recent estimates.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 16, 2017Rich student, poor student: Tempe to offer free preschool program for needy students
Children living in poverty in Tempe will be able to attend a free preschool program to jump start their academic potential and narrow the learning gap between poor and more well-off students.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 15, 2017Report finds airline quality best in years, but Phoenix Sky Harbor carriers lag
Airlines performed better last year than they had for almost the last three decades, but carriers at Sky Harbor have lagged in quality, according to an annual report on airline quality released Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 15, 2017Arizonans’ complaints about medical debt collectors rank among top in nation
Arizonans have filed 439 complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about medical debt collectors since the bureau started tracking complaints in 2013, the 11th-highest rate in the nation.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 14, 2017Officials break ground on downtown Phoenix’s first grocery store
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and other officials on Thursday broke ground on the construction of downtown’s first grocery store: A Fry's grocery store located near CityScape.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 7, 2017Arizona ranks among the top states for pedestrian deaths in 2016, report finds
Distracted driving and walking is contributing to a 20-year high in pedestrian deaths, according to data collected in the first half of 2016 by the Governors Highway Safety Association.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 5, 2017ASU provides support to international students concerned over Trump’s travel ban
Arizona State University officials are providing support to the international student community over President Trump’s second executive order calling for a travel ban from six Muslim-majority nations.