KJZZ News
The National Football League is tightening stadium security this season, limiting the size and type of bags fans can bring to the game. The NFL said the restrictions are designed to enhance security while speeding up entry into stadiums.
Sept. 20, 2013
County elections officials are applauding a sweeping change to Arizona election laws. The measure approved by state lawmakers allows county recorders to remove people who do not regularly show up at the polls from permanent early voting lists.
Sept. 20, 2013
Four Republican members of Arizona’s congressional delegation have introduced a bill that would allow states to verify a voter’s citizenship status.
Tucson Congressman Ron Barber (KJZZ file photo )
It is a reaction to this week’s U.
Sept. 20, 2013
Tucson’s new ordinance granting civil unions to same-sex couples goes into effect in a few weeks. The Tucson City Council voted to change the city’s existing domestic partnership ordinance so that it includes civil unions.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona's retail trade
appears to be on the decline. Department
of Economic Security economist Aruna Murthy says it seems like a paradox, that
when sales are up, related jobs are down, but she thinks there are good
reasons,
“We
are finding a lot of the stores we go into, they are either having automatic
checkouts or they’re hiring fewer people,” Murthy said.
Sept. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way
for same-sex marriage in California by holding that defenders of
California's gay marriage ban did not have the right to appeal lower
court rulings striking down the ban.
Sept. 20, 2013
Thousands
of music fans are expected to show up today in east Mesa for a rock concert known as the Warped
Tour. With the temperature predicted to be more than 110 degrees, health and
show officials are advising concert-goers to prepare in advance.
Sept. 20, 2013
Starting July 1, interest rates for most new government student loans are going up. That is because last week, Congress failed to act to keep rates at their current levels. The change puts hundreds of thousands of Arizona college students in a financial bind.
Sept. 20, 2013
Weather experts working with fire crews in Yarnell say current forecast shows wind gusts are at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. But they say wind direction and speed could change quickly. It can go as high as 80 miles per hour.
Sept. 20, 2013
The medical examiners office in Phoenix has released autopsy results for the 19 hotshots who died Sunday in the Yarnell Hill Fire. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s office performed all 19 autopsies Tuesday and called in extra staff to handle the workload.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Mesa City Council is scheduled to vote on a $130 million bond issue Monday night. If approved, the proposal would go to voters in a November special election for public safety and road improvements.
Sept. 20, 2013
Recent rains and higher humidity are allowing forest
officials in northern Arizona to relax
restrictions in the Coconino and Kaibab
National Forests. Spokesman
Brady Smith says that'll give people using the forests some leeway.
Sept. 20, 2013
James Arthur Ray is set to be released Friday from the Arizona State Prison system. Ray was found guilty in 2011 of three counts of negligent homicide following a sweat lodge ceremony. The charges stemmed from a sweat lodge ceremony hosted by Ray, near Sedona, in October of 2009.
Sept. 20, 2013
Construction
has been completed on a new federal courthouse in downtown Yuma. The building
is named after the judge who was killed in the Tucson shooting rampage. A grand
opening ceremony for the John M.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona firefighters who have died in the line of duty since 1902 will be memorialized at Wesley Bolin Plaza. Governor Jan Brewer held a ceremonial bill signing Tuesday of the law creating the memorial, which was approved in this year's Legislative session.
Sept. 20, 2013
A new report sketches out where the job openings will
be in Arizona
over the next two years. And, even though the state is turning out some 24,000
college graduates a year, the report says three-quarters of the available jobs
will go to people with a high school diploma or less.
Sept. 20, 2013
If you drive the Loop 101 Pima Freeway north of the Red Mountain part of the Loop 202 very often, you know traffic many times becomes bogged down there. There is relief on the way. But, just like a freeway back-up, it is going to take a while.
Sept. 20, 2013
Debate continues this week in Washington over the 2013 Farm bill. One of
the amendments being considered would eliminate a loophole in the current
federal animal fighting law. Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society is a strong
supporter of the amendment, saying along with Arizona's 1998 ban on
cockfighting, it would "eradicate illegal animal fighting once and for
all" in the state.
Sept. 20, 2013
The New York
man who has been indicted for threatening to kill two CNN anchors has allegedly
confessed to tweeting about the plots to kill Jane Valez-Mitchell and Nancy
Grace. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says David Simpson's car had been
packed with guns, zip ties and a knife, and he was ready to leave New York for Georgia.
Sept. 20, 2013
A box of items donated to the Kiwanis Club in Carefree became
a problem Saturday, when a grenade was found inside. The donation was brought
to a fire station and Sheriff's Office spokesman Chris Hegstrom says deputies
took it from there.
Sept. 20, 2013
