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Arizona National Guard work picks up as virus spreads

MESA, Ariz. – The Arizona National Guard stepped up its efforts to bolster the supply of food Thursday as a few dozen soldiers packed boxes at food banks seeing a surge in demand and others ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sanctuary city initiative divides liberal Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is widely credited as the birthplace of the 1980s Sanctuary Movement, an effort by churches to help refugees from Central America and shield them from deportation. Now, as ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Politician charged in human trafficking adoption scheme

PHOENIX – An Arizona elected official ran a human smuggling scheme that promised pregnant women thousands of dollars to lure them from a Pacific Island nation to the U.S., where they were cr...

DATE: Oct 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona governor yanks Nike grant over flag shoe flap

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that Nike cannot get state money for a planned factory in a Phoenix suburb after the athletic company pulled an American flag-themed shoe from ...

DATE: Jul 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials: Arizona will miss U.S. deadline for key water plan

PHOENIX – Arizona won’t have all the pieces of a Colorado River drought plan finished by the federal government’s deadline to finalize protections for water used by millions across the U.S. ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona joins Colorado River drought plan

PHOENIX – Arizona delivered one of the final puzzle pieces for a Colorado River drought plan, agreeing Thursday to join six other states and Mexico in voluntarily taking less water from the ...

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona lawmakers to debate drought plan ahead of deadline

PHOENIX – Arizona lawmakers face a deadline Thursday to let the state join a drought plan for the Colorado River or risk blowing up a compromise years in the making for the seven states that...

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

California governor pushes for 5M zero-emission cars

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Jerry Brown outlined a $2.5 billion plan Friday to help Californians buy electric vehicles and expand a network of charging stations as part of a goal of getting 5 ...

DATE: Jan 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California wildfire insurance claims top $3.3 billion

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Property damage claims from a series of deadly October wildfires now exceed $3.3 billion, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said Tuesday. The figur...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Oroville Dam repair costs will top $500 million

OROVILLE, Calif. – The costs to repair the nation’s tallest dam after a nearly catastrophic failure of the spillways will top $500 million, nearly double the original estimate of $275 millio...

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California legislators approve ‘sanctuary state’ bill

Governor expected to sign it

DATE: Sep 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

California expands OT to farmworkers

Law ends practice of separate rules for agricultural employees

DATE: Sep 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World