KJZZ News
The Valley's violent dust storms may be a few months away, but the National Weather Service and Arizona Department of Transportation are trying to get people prepared.Tim Tait of ADOT and Ken Waters of the National Weather Service explain how quickly dust storms develop and how drivers should react.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Arizona National Guard faces some deep spending cuts under the sequestration effort to limit the size of the federal budget.
The chief of
the National Guard Bureau, General Frank Grass said the sequester will be
devastating to the Department of Defense and the National Guard.
Sept. 20, 2013
In the United States, more people say they vote in elections than actually do. One way to prove it is some physical evidence of visiting a polling place. As KJZZ’s Nick Blumberg reports, perhaps the most common piece of proof is provided to Valley voters with help from a sponsor.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Valley's population is still growing. KJZZ's Al Macias reports growth isn't as fast as it once was, but it's picking up.The latest U.S. Census estimate, released Thursday, says there are about 135,000 more people in the Valley than there were following the 2010 Census.
Sept. 20, 2013
The debate over simplifying the state’s sales tax system
could shift from the State House to the Senate this week. A bill to make
changes to the sales tax is stalled in the house, but there are indications a
new version could emerge in a senate committee this week.
Sept. 20, 2013
Michel Marizco serves as KJZZ's Fronteras: the Changing America Desk Senior Field Correspondent in Tucson, AZ. His
work focuses on transnational trafficking syndicates, immigration,
federal law enforcement and those weird, wild stories that make the
U.
Sept. 20, 2013
Governor Jan Brewer’s plan to expand access to healthcare for the poor in Arizona got its first hearing in front of the legislature Wednesday, two months after the governor first proposed growing the state’s Medicaid program.
Sept. 20, 2013
Proposed legislation that would have made it a
crime to use the wrong bathroom has been scrapped, but it’s being replaced by a new version. Representative Kavanagh revises the 'Bathroom Bill', his proposed amendment to bill S.
Sept. 20, 2013
Dr. Daniel Von Hoff of Scottsdale Healhcare and TGen spoke about efforts to cure cancer, including the dream teams of physicians coming together with complementary areas of expertise.Von Hoff was featured in the latest edition of Time Magazine in the cover story, "How to Cure Cancer.
Sept. 20, 2013
Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have voted
to pursue the possible purchase of a coal mine. During
a special session of the Navajo Nation Council in Window Rock on Friday,
legislators approved a $2.
Sept. 20, 2013
Mohave
County has given the green light to workers who want to carry guns into its administration
building in Kingman. The Board of Supervisors passed the measure Monday, only a
few weeks after allowing the public to take guns into all county buildings
after a three-year ban.
Sept. 20, 2013
Governor Jan Brewer has signed into law a
rule that stops schools from putting students in isolation rooms without their
parents’ consent.
In
a letter that came with Wednesday’s announcement she was signing the bill into
law, Brewer says putting out-of-control children into small, padded rooms for
hours is chilling.
Sept. 20, 2013
