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The number of foreclosures being started in Arizona continues to drop, according to the monitoring firm RealtyTrac. Vice President Darren Blomquist says about 3,900 Arizona properties got foreclosure notices during April.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona
Senator John McCain is calling the administration's response to the attack on
the American embassy in Benghazi,
Libya a
cover-up. McCain said the revision of the 'talking points' to be used by Ambassador Susan Rice after the
attack was a willful removal of information.
Sept. 20, 2013
A new poll from Phoenix-based Behavior Research indicates that if asked about same-sex marriage, Arizona voters would now approve it.The poll found 55 percent of the 700 adult heads of household questioned in favor, 35 percent were opposed.
Sept. 20, 2013
As Arizona
lawmakers work on the state budget, school districts are trying to plan their budgets for next school year. For rural districts, that challenge is
magnified.
Pat Koury, Hyder Elementary School District Superintendent (Photo by Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez - KJZZ)
Off of Interstate 8, about an hour east of Yuma, is the Hyder Elementary School District.
Sept. 20, 2013
Many Arizona public school students start their summer vacation this week, but it is a bittersweet time for school districts facing massive budget shortfalls and a lot of uncertainty about the level of state funding they will receive next school year.
Sept. 20, 2013
A federal appeals court has struck down an Arizona law that
criminalized performing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The case could wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 2012 law bans most abortions at or after 20 weeks, with only a narrow exception for emergencies.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Hopi
Tribe of Northern Arizona says a national bank seriously mishandled its investments.
The tribe claims it has lost millions.
The tribe filed
its claims against Wachovia earlier this month with the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority.
Sept. 20, 2013
Three years ago, Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved
Proposition 100, a temporary one cent sales tax increase. One of the leading
voices in opposition to the measure was Tom Jenney, Arizona Director of
Americans for Prosperity.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona drivers will start seeing messages targeting two
members of the state’s Congressional delegation.
The NRCC hopes billboards like this one will help defeat Ron Barber and Ann Kirkpatrick in 2014.
Sept. 20, 2013
When the legislative session began, increasing funding for Child Protective Services seemed like a foregone conclusion, but progress has stalled in the House.Representative Kate Brophy McGee of Phoenix talked about the delay and her expectations about the higher funding eventually being approved.
Sept. 20, 2013
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
says the Navajo Nation has failed to spend nearly $150 million in
housing grant money for fiscal year 2012. Since 2000, the Navajo Nation
have almost consistently failed to spend HUD grant money.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona’s newest senator, Republican Jeff Flake, gave his first
speech to the Senate Tuesday. Among the items he addressed,
bipartisanship was the focus. Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona (Photo courtesy of the Office of Senator Jeff Flake)
“There is a time and a place for using super-majority rules to block legislation and/or nominees from coming to the Senate floor, “said Flake.
Sept. 20, 2013
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has lost his bid to get his employees a raise. The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday passed a scaled-back $374 million budget that denied the sheriff’s request.Another year of tight revenues because of reduced state funding and lower property values meant that Pinal County Supervisors had to cut spending by $7 million in the new budget that starts July 1.
Sept. 20, 2013
A bomb
threat forced a Southwest Airlines flight to be diverted to Phoenix on Tuesday
afternoon. The FBI and a police bomb squad were among the agencies that responded
to the threat.
Sky Harbor International Aiport remained open after a plane was diverted to the aiport due to a bomb threat.
Sept. 20, 2013
Tucson Unified School District is recalling some teachers and staff members it laid off last month. A total of 72 workers are getting back on the district’s payroll.TUSD let 187 employees go to cope with a $17 million budget shortfall, but cuts in other areas of the district have allowed officials to hire back almost six dozen teachers and other employees.
Sept. 20, 2013
Authorities in northwestern Arizona are investigating dozens of brush fires intentionally set in Kingman in the past few months. Investigators said 63 brush fires have been set in open fields along roadways.
Sept. 20, 2013
According to a new study, the federal government lost about $62 million dollars on recent coal lease sales.
Sept. 20, 2013
Firefighters in north central Arizona are concerned about high winds whipping the flames of the Doce Fire on Wednesday. The area, about eight miles northwest of Prescott, is under a Red Flag warning for high winds and low humidity, according to meteorologist Valerie Myers of the National Weather Service.
Sept. 20, 2013
Fire crews have contained the Halfway Fire burning near Tusayan on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The Halfway Fire broke out Wednesday, and crews managed to contain the blaze by Thursday afternoon.
Sept. 20, 2013
For
the second time in nine days, there's a fire burning near the community of
Reddington, on the Coronado
National Forest. Fire
information officer Gerry Perry says crews responded to another human caused
fire this weekend, and that it's important that stage two fire restrictions are
in place in all of the National Forests.
Sept. 20, 2013
