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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 5, 2017Solar jobs continue growth in Arizona, still trails well behind rest of nation
Arizona saw a 6 percent increase in solar jobs in 2016, bouncing back from a sharp drop the year before but still trailing well behind the national average growth of 25 percent in solar jobs.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 5, 2017Report: Arizona women earn 83 percent of what men earn; U.S. pay gap wider
Arizona women made 83 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts in 2015, falling from 84 cents from the year prior, according to a recent report on the national pay gap.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 31, 2017Phoenix officials tout new Lost Lake music festival, but residents express concerns
Phoenix officials seek to use the Lost Lake Festival to bring in money and increase the city's reputation as a top destination, but residents are concerned that it will hurt the area.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 31, 2017Downtown Phoenix businesses prepare for slam dunk profits from Final Four visitors
The Final Four tournament is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of basketball fans to the Valley this weekend, and owners of downtown Phoenix businesses say they are ready for the demand.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 31, 2017Arizona Sen. John McCain reintroduces bill to replace dollar bill with coin
Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Mike Enzi of Wyoming reintroduced legislation Wednesday to phase out the dollar bill and replace it with a dollar coin.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 23, 2017Arizona ranks among top states for job growth from 2016-2017
Arizona added 54,700 jobs from January 2016 to January 2017, a 2 percent increase that put it near the top of states for job growth, according to a jobs report released this month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 23, 2017Trump’s Border Patrol hiring plan unlikely to happen quickly, witnesses say
A Trump administration plan to hire thousands more border and immigration officers is “desperately” needed, but unlikely to happen quickly the agency, witnesses said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 18, 2017Judges say plan to split 9th Circuit could backfire, spark court delays
Judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals criticized plans to split it in two, telling a House committee that doing so would cost taxpayers money while slowing down the judicial process.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 17, 2017Arizona Department of Public Safety to ramp up distracted driving enforcement
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is renewing enforcement of distracted drivers, focusing on violations such as speeding, following another vehicle too closely and failing to use a turn signal when changing lanes.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 16, 2017Arizona officials vow to make residents feel safe, despite immigration crackdown
Arizona city officials said Monday that while federal policy on immigration is shifting under President Donald Trump, municipalities still have a duty to make residents in their cities feel safe – undocumented or otherwise.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 14, 2017A border runs through it: Tohono O’odham wary of wall on reservation land
President Donald Trump’s proposal for a southwestern border wall would do more than separate two nations – it would split the Tohono O’odham nation in half.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Mar 14, 2017Phoenix immigration attorney leads campaign for Mexico to boycott U.S. corn
Daniel Rodriguez, a Phoenix-based immigration attorney, is leading an international campaign for Mexico to boycott the importation of corn from the U.S. called #NoMaizGringo.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 8, 2017Report: Climate change a growing factor in fall of Colorado River flows
WASHINGTON – There are many factors behind declining Colorado River flows, but climate change plays a larger part…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 8, 2017Arizona begins investigation for lead contamination in state school water systems
An ambitious drive to search for lead contamination in the drinking water systems in thousands of school buildings is underway across Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 3, 2017Mandated use of E-Verify in Arizona shows mixed results
Arizona's implementation of E-Verify, which requires employers to verify the employment status of their workers, has shown mixed results for improving employment opportunities for those legally eligible to work in the U.S.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Feb 21, 2017What do astronomers believe Planet 9 looks like?
Evidence has been building of a huge planet, known to astronomers only as Planet 9, which may be lurking at the outer regions of the solar system.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 20, 2017Southern Arizona city mayor: Trump’s border wall is waste of taxpayer money
The mayor of an Arizona border city said President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is a waste of taxpayer money.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 18, 2017Arizona ranchers want border wall, worry about Border Patrol agents on their land
Arizona ranchers say they support President Donald Trump's border wall proposal and want to see it built, but expressed worry about having more Border Patrol agents on their land.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2017At least 13 guns confiscated at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in 2017
Transportation Security Administration officers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport have confiscated at least 13 guns since the first of the year, most of them loaded, at security checkpoints.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2017Arizona bill aims to protect undocumented immigrants from notary publics
A bill aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants from notary publics who falsely claim they’re authorized to provide legal services is making its way through the Arizona State legislature.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2017Report shows millennial drivers among most dangerous on the road
The most dangerous drivers on the road are not brand-new drivers or elderly people, but 19- to 24-year-old millennials, according to a new report.
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DAVE RAMSEY | Feb 13, 2017Here are some last-minute, inexpensive ways to spend Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day is tomorrow, but if you forgot, you don't have to run from store to store to buy flowers and chocolate. Here are some last-minute and inexpensive Valentine's Day ideas that will warm her heart without breaking your bank.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 13, 2017Phoenix-area mother’s deportation highlights difficulties to obtain citizenship
The controversy surrounding a Phoenix-area woman's deportation this week has raised one question in particular: Why didn't she try to obtain legal status?
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 11, 2017Maricopa County works to provide emergency information to hearing impaired
Emergency broadcasts often didn’t include interpreters or closed captioning for the hearing impaired, but Maricopa County wants to bridge that communication gap.