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A Tucson museum is opening its first major exhibit in ten years.The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will open the Warden Aquarium this Saturday. The 1,100 square foot exhibition is called “Rivers to the Sea”.
Sept. 20, 2013
After more than six decades, the Greer Lodge Resort and Cabins in eastern Arizona has gone out of business.The lodge's web page says that it's now closed and directed anyone with reservations to download a refund request form.
Sept. 20, 2013
Five Native American artists from across the country have spent the past week at ASU School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts on a printmaking project with graduate students. Thursday night they debut the results of their work.
Sept. 20, 2013
Some national evangelical leaders have announced a new effort to persuade conservative Christians and lawmakers they should support federal immigration reform.The effort is called “I Was a Stranger.” The campaign asks churches to spend 40 days studying scripture related to immigration.
Sept. 20, 2013
What do New York subway riders and Arizona golf courses have in common? Hopefully a lot, if the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors’ Bureau latest campaign works. KJZZ’s Al Macias reports.AL MACIAS: New Yorkers on the 42nd Street subway will be looking at pictures of the Sonoran Desert, Scottsdale spas and sunny golf courses.
Sept. 20, 2013
Grandparents who take in their grandkids would receive a
monthly stipend, under a proposal given approval Wednesday by an Arizona Senate committee. The bill calls for a $75 monthly payment from the state
Department of Economic Security, if the grandchild is placed in their
grandparents’ home.
Sept. 20, 2013
Coconino
County officials are alerting motorists and people in the back-country areas of
possible avalanches in the San Francisco peaks through at least Tuesday.
From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Lynn Kelly reports.
Sept. 20, 2013
Governor Jan Brewer has signed a bill
that will provide more money for Child Protective Services. Lawmakers have also
approved a measure to send money to Arizona’s Redistricting Commission. From
Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie reports.
Sept. 20, 2013
A bill aimed at clearing up some of the confusion and speeding up vote counts after elections cleared its first hurdle in the state Senate Tuesday. Despite its intended goal, critics of the bill say it could make voting tougher for some.
Sept. 20, 2013
A federal judge says Arizona’s Medicaid program should not be
allowed to charge certain people co-pays for medical care. U.S. District Judge David Campbell found that federal officials should not have
issued a waiver allowing the state’s AHCCCS plan to charge low-income childless
adults a co-pay.
Sept. 20, 2013
Teen drivers would not be allowed to use their cell phones,
or other electronic devices after getting their licenses, under a proposal
moving through the Arizona legislature. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie
reports.
Sept. 20, 2013
At-risk students at the Career Success charter school district have been exposed to teaching methods that have ties to the Church of Scientology, according to former teachers and administrators.Those ex-employees said materials they were asked to use in the classroom crossed the line that separates religion and public schools.
Sept. 20, 2013
Despite this week’s rain and snow, water experts say the
state is still below average in terms of snowpack, which leads to spring
run-off. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie reports.
MARK BRODIE: The mountains got several inches of snow, but Dino DeSimone
says it wasn’t the heavy, wet kind, which leads to more water.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Census Bureau
is dropping its use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans
in surveys. The chief of the agency's racial statistics branch says months of
public feedback and census research concluded that few black Americans still identify
with that designation and view the term as offensive and outdated.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona Senator John McCain is on the Sunday morning talk shows almost every week. Roll Call says McCain has appeared more than any other senator or congressman so far in 2013.B. William Silcock, Associate Professor at ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism, explains why you're likely to see McCain on Sunday mornings and whether it makes him more influential in the Senate.
Sept. 20, 2013
Financial markets have remained steady this week despite the threat of across the board budget cuts, known as sequestration. Thousands of government workers and civilian contract employees could lose their jobs over the next several months.
Sept. 20, 2013
The state of Arizona
is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to execute a 70-year-old
death row inmate for killing a Bisbee man more than three decades ago. A motion
filed Sunday by the state Attorney General's Office asks the Supreme Court to
lift a stay that the 9th U.
Sept. 20, 2013
A new study by the Census Bureau shows that
nearly 80 percent of people who drive to work in this country drive alone.
The survey also shows that more than 10 million people spend two hours a day
getting to and from work.
Sept. 20, 2013
This weekend marks the 10th annual Tres Rios Nature Festival. KJZZ's Mark Brodie speaks with Avondale's Christina Underhill and Darren Julian with the Arizona Game and Fish Department about the event.
One of the three rivers part of the Tres Rios Nature Festival.
Sept. 20, 2013
Wondering what it might be like to travel across Antarctica by yourself? National Geographic Explorer Borge Ousland has done it.Ousland explains how he prepared — mentally and physically — for the trek.
Sept. 20, 2013
