Governor Jan Brewer's proposal to expand Medicaid in Arizona by using federal
funds is a major bone of contention for lawmakers attempting to negotiate a new
state budget.
Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva weighed in on
the immigration reform bill, unveiled in the Senate last week, by saying its
'path to citizenship' is too long
and the costs of becoming a citizen are too
high.
The Veterans Affairs department
announced a new effort Friday to clear a backlog of veterans waiting for
decisions on their applications for disability benefits to help those veterans
who’ve been waiting the longest to get benefits sooner.
Law enforcement agencies from across Arizona have been involved in an effort to
bring in fugitives with outstanding felony warrants, over the last week.
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records the stories of everyday people and archives them at the Library of Congress.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is facing lawsuits, because it missed its own deadline to issue final rules to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants in Arizona and other states.
Grand Canyon Railway is celebrating Earth Day today by reducing its carbon footprint. The 90-year-old locomotive will take tourists on a trip from Williams to the canyon using vegetable oil to fire the steam engine.
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