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March 2013
Tempe-based US Airways is one step closer
to merging with American Airlines following a judge’s decision Wednesday. American
has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since late 2011, so it needed a court’s
approval before the deal could go forward.
March 27, 2013
A bill to require courts to hold initial hearings in
custody cases sooner will go to the governor, after winning the approval of the
state House of Representatives Wednesday. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie has
more.
March 27, 2013
Tuition is going up again at Maricopa County Community Colleges after the governing board approved a second tuition hike in
three years. The decision, which came last night, will mean another $12.5 million in revenues for the district.
March 27, 2013
Eddie Basha, the CEO and Chairman of the Bashas' family-owned grocery store chain in Arizona died yesterday. Basha's family said he had been ill for some time. Basha was an Arizona Board of Regent member for several years and also ran for governor.
March 27, 2013
Arizona
educators are remembering Eddie Basha for his dedication to public schools and
children in need. The businessman and
philanthropist died Tuesday at age 75.
He’s probably best known for the chain of
grocery stores that his family started in Arizona, but Eddie Basha also served
on the State Board of Regents and ran for governor in the 1990s.
March 27, 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.
March 27, 2013
Author and conservationist William deBuys argued in a recent Los Angeles Times Op-Ed that the future of Phoenix is unsustainable, largely because of the impact of climate change. deBuys and Grady Gammage, attorney and Morrison Institute Senior Research Fellow, debated whether Phoenix has done enough to prepare for a hotter future.
March 27, 2013
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery talked about federal efforts to approve comprehensive immigration reform and whether his office's identity theft prosecutions could affect whether some undocumented immigrants could become eligible to be on a path to U.
March 27, 2013
Marshall Shore, the "Hip Historian," gives tours on some of Phoenix's quirkier historic spots. Shore told Steve Goldstein about his latest tour, which focuses on locations related to the infamous accused murderess Winnie Ruth Judd.
March 27, 2013
Authorities in Arizona
have released thousands of pages of documents in the case against the man
convicted in the 2011 Tucson
shooting rampage.
Jared Loughner was sentenced to life in prison in November.
March 27, 2013