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ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | Nov 16, 2015Arizona funding cuts endanger career and technical education programs
West-MEC is one of Arizona’s 14 Joint Technical Education Districts which partner with neighboring schools and districts to give career and technical education courses to students under the age of 22.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 13, 2015Report: Arizona one of top states in the nation for ‘bad apple’ gun dealers
Arizona is among the top 10 states for “bad apple” gun dealers, the 5 percent of dealers who sold almost 90 percent of the traceable guns later used in crimes across the U.S., a new report said.
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ROSIE ON THE HOUSE | Nov 12, 201510 Pinterest do-it-yourself gifts for the holiday season
Pinterest has become a go-to-resource for do-it-yourselfer projects and creative inspiration, and there’s no shortage of gift ideas you can come up with for the upcoming holiday season.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 12, 2015Artificial trees: How ASU scientists are hoping to reverse global warming
Scientists at Arizona State University are developing new technology capable of capturing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a task they believe is paramount to current efforts to reduce emissions.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 11, 2015Federal court voids Tucson City Council election method as unconstitutional
A divided federal court on Tuesday overturned Tucson’s “unusual” method of electing city council members, saying the split system of ward and at-large elections unconstitutionally violated the one-person, one-vote principle.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 11, 2015Phoenix protesters join nationwide demand for $15 hourly minimum wage
Protesters gathered outside a McDonald’s in downtown Phoenix at dawn Tuesday to “fight for fifteen,” a national movement calling for an increase of the hourly minimum wage from $8.05 to $15.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 9, 2015Veterans protest lack of improving care at Phoenix VA medical center
Veterans rallied on Monday outside the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix to protest what they say is a lack of progress in improving care at the hospital despite a visit from President Barack Obama in March.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 8, 2015Tucson, Ariz. vigil honors migrants who died crossing the Arizona-Mexico border
Derechos Humanos, a human rights group in Tucson, organizes Coalición de Derechos Humanos every year to remember the migrants who lost their lives crossing the border.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 7, 2015Eye of the tiger: Phoenix Zoo opens new $2 million home for its two Sumatran tigers
Isle of the Tiger is a nearly 20,000-square-foot sanctuary featuring a pool, climbing trees and more room for the zoo’s two Sumatran tigers, Jai and Suriya, to roam.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 6, 2015Arizona exporters tout benefits of Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership
The 12 countries that negotiated the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership released long-awaited details of the deal they struck behind closed doors and Arizona companies expect to benefit.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 6, 2015Phoenix restaurant to close while condos are built, will reopen after renovations
For the next 18 months, Taqueria Paz Cantina in downtown Phoenix will stop serving margaritas, tacos, guacamole and everything else on their menu during renovations.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 5, 2015A fair education: Traveling school educates children of Arizona State Fair workers
The children of Arizona State Fair workers get an education through Cammack Christian Academy, a school founded to teach the children of fair showmen.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 4, 2015Arizona retailers push to extend border zone statewide to attract Mexico shoppers
Retailers in Maricopa County said they want to make it easier for shoppers from Mexico to visit area malls by extending the border zone statewide.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 3, 2015Texas attorney’s hilarious commercial combines theater, law and…wheelies?
Brian E. Wilson, a Texas attorney, decided to take a different approach to his advertising strategy with wheelies, midgets and advocating for protection from unlawful breathalyzing, blood tests, or field sobriety tests.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 1, 2015Developers turn downtown Phoenix marketplace into adaptive reuse project
The historic Welnick Bros. Marketplace building in downtown Phoenix has sat vacant for the past decade, but now developers plan to restore it as an adaptive reuse project with restaurant, retail and entertainment space.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 31, 2015Phoenix marijuana convention draws thousands of job seekers, entrepreneurs
More than 2,000 people attended the inaugural Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center this week to seek jobs in the industry.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 30, 2015Record amounts of heroin smuggled through Arizona as overdose deaths rise
Heroin is the number one drug threat in major communities across the country, with overdose deaths continuing to increase as more heroin is moved across the Southwest.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 30, 2015Shake it off: Phoenix libraries to offer active workstations to surf the web
As a part of the FitPHX Program, three Phoenix libraries now offer a way to burn some calories while surfing the web, according to a recent press release.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 29, 2015Survey: Arizona food prices on the rise in third quarter of 2015
Food prices are up 6.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the latest survey by the Arizona Farm Bureau, and consumers are noticing.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 29, 2015Police: Heroin and meth seized in Arizona sets record in busy smuggling corridor
U.S. authorities said they seized a record amount of methamphetamine and heroin in the busy Arizona smuggling corridor, the Arizona-Sonora border.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 28, 2015Report: Arizona college grads’ student debt among lowest in nation
Arizona college graduates in the class of 2014 had the fifth-lowest student debt in the nation, finishing their schooling at four-year, non-profit schools with an average bill of $22,609, according to a new report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 25, 2015Arizona groups launch equity crowdfunding site to connect businesses with capital
To address the issue of access to capital for Arizona entrepreneurs today, an Arizona council launched a crowdfunding website for Arizona technology companies and investors.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 24, 2015Report: Campaign spending for 2016 has already topped $5.5 million in Arizona
Congressional candidates in Arizona have already spent $5.5 million on their campaigns – for everything from consultants to coffee mugs, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 23, 2015Phoenix suburb offers first work program in the state for adults with disabilities
The city of Peoria's Group Supported Employment program offers employment opportunities for adults with disabilities, making it the first program in the state to do so.