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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 25, 2016Arizona’s independent businesses saw jump in revenue, struggle to get bank loans
A recent national survey indicated an uptick in revenue for independent businesses nationwide, and in Arizona, those numbers were even higher.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 24, 2016Federal lawmakers feud over future of Arizona national park funding program
Both the White House and Congress agree about the positive intent of the Land and Water Conservation Fund – to help acquire and improve federal and local park projects – but disagree on how it should be implemented.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 24, 2016Batter up! Cactus League spring training circus brings large impact to Valley
Cactus League baseball encompasses eight Arizona cities with 10 stadiums that are home to 15 teams. The annual six-week training season signals the end of winter, the beginning of spring and the start of baseball’s summer-long marathon.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 23, 2016Bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide stalls in Arizona Legislature
Senate Bill 1136, sponsored by Sen. Barbara McGuire, would legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients that a doctor has deemed have less than six months to live.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 23, 2016Up, up, up: Arizona-based company plans to offer balloon rides to space
Space, a place that seems foreign to us earthlings, could be the next hot trip destination for the public. World View, a Tucson-based company, plans to offer space tourism in two years.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 22, 2016Phoenix Sky Harbor could soon allow ride-sharing companies to pick up travellers
The proposal that would allow ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport cleared another hurdle Thursday afternoon.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 18, 2016Report: Arizona ranks among states with highest number of resettling refugees
Arizona has resettled more than 70,000 refugees in the last four decades, according to the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, putting it in the top ten states last year to accept citizens from war torn and conflicted countries.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 15, 2016As Pope Francis nears Ciudad Juárez, workers race to finish mass stage
The sights and sounds at the stage for Pope Francis’ Wednesday mass on the border in Ciudad Juárez are an assortment of what comes with hurried construction.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 12, 2016Veterans Affairs struggles to fill medical center positions in Arizona, across nation
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald told lawmakers Wednesday that his agency is having trouble filling vacancies at VA medical centers around the country, which has led to “critical staffing problems” at the facilities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 11, 2016Report: Hundreds of Arizona homeless teens, runaways targeted by sex traffickers
Nearly 120 sex trafficking cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in 2015 came from Arizona. Many of the victims were runaways, teens and young adults picked up off the streets.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 11, 2016Phoenix-area police, schools determine how to handle bomb threats
Phoenix-area police and school officials approach school bomb threats with caution, working together to determine if a threat is credible enough to evacuate a school and bring in bomb-sniffing dogs.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 10, 2016Let the drain begin: Tempe Town Lake emptying for dam construction
Workers started draining Tempe Town Lake Wednesday as city officials prepare to put in a new steel and concrete dam, a $47 million project to replace the rubber bladders that burst a few years ago.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 9, 2016Report: Phoenix renters pay more for car insurance than homeowners
Renters in Phoenix could pay $77 more on average than homeowners for identical car insurance, a practice that “unfairly discriminates against lower-income drivers,” a consumer group said Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 9, 2016Report: Arizona national parks in need of $580 million worth of maintenance
Arizona parks and monuments had more than $580 million in deferred maintenance at the end of fiscal 2015, part of a national backlog totaling $11.9 billion, according to a new National Park Service report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 8, 2016Phoenix-area council to consider affordable loft project for artists
A long-awaited plan to provide affordable living and working spaces for artists in downtown Mesa will be considered by the Mesa City Council on Monday, according to city documents.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 7, 2016Six months later, Gold King Mine crisis has passed but concerns linger in Arizona
Six months after the Gold King Mine spill dumped nearly 3 million gallons of toxins into the Animas River, regulators said an abandoned mine survey has “not discovered anything similar” in Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 6, 2016Yuma, Ariz. saw nation’s biggest surge as Obamacare enrollment wound down
Residents in Yuma, Arizona, posted the highest enrollment gains in the country as open enrollment for Obamacare ended, surging 21 percent in the last week alone.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 5, 2016Federal appeals court overturns death sentence in 1980 Tucson, Ariz. rape-murder
A sharply divided court Thursday overturned Robert Douglas Smith’s death sentence in a 1980 rape and murder near Tucson, saying lower courts wrongly ignored evidence that Smith was intellectually disabled at the time of the crime.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 4, 2016White House adds $1.1 billion in 2017 budget for opioid, heroin abuse
The White House said Tuesday it will include an additional $1.1 billion in its fiscal 2017 budget request to help states battle prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 3, 2016Woof, woof! Uber delivers puppies to benefit Arizona Humane Society
Ridesharing application Uber offered their puppies program on Wednesday, which allowed guests to play with puppies for $30, benefiting the Arizona Humane Society.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 31, 2016Millennial, first-time Latino voters in Arizona look to make big impact in 2016 elections
Together with other millennials, these young Latino voters could bring an important message in November’s elections — if they show up at the polls.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 30, 2016‘Mini’ pigs grow far beyond owners’ expectations as Arizona sanctuary fills
Owners of miniature pigs have spoken out about their experiences of purchasing them as pets under the impression they would remain relatively small, but grew to be 100-plus pounds.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 30, 2016Travelers at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport voice concerns over growing Zika virus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 2 travel notice urging “enhanced precautions,” and the head of the World Health Organization said the Zika virus is spreading “explosively” throughout Latin America.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 29, 2016El Niño storms to affect winter crop industry in Arizona, raise grocery store prices
This year’s El Niño will be one of the strongest weather cycles of its kind on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Arizona saw its first bout of related weather in early January.