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Italian-born
architect Paolo Soleri died today at 93. He had a long marriage, raised two
daughters and wrote 22 books, but in Arizona he’ll be most remembered for one
thing, Arcosanti. Soleri began designing the experimental community in 1970, and it’s been in a constant state of construction ever since.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Arizona Senate has defeated a measure that would have
allowed lottery winners to remain anonymous, but the issue is likely to come back up for another vote.
The bill would require only a winner’s city and county to be
made public.
Sept. 20, 2013
Efforts to reach a budget agreement at the state
capitol are being complicated by Governor Jan Brewer's proposal to expand
Medicaid, a plan one lawmaker says is paralyzing
the process. Republican Al Melvin of Tucson is accusing Brewer of threatening lawmakers with holding them
in session indefinitely.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Arizona Senate approved a pair of gun-related
bills Tuesday. One of the bills would ban Arizona police departments from
destroying guns in their possession and require those agencies to sell them
under most circumstances.
Sept. 20, 2013
David Neiwert explores the Minuteman movement, how it was covered by the media and whether it impacted U.S. border security.Neiwert's new book is called "And Hell Followed with Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border.
Sept. 20, 2013
The John C. Lincoln Health Network and Scottsdale Healthcare
have announced plans to work together . Officials stress the new arrangement is
not a merger, and that each system will still be legally separate.
Sept. 20, 2013
An Arizona
House committee has given permission for the introduction of a supplemental
appropriations bill for the state's redistricting commission.The Arizona
Legislature is planning to consider the supplemental appropriation for the
Independent Redistricting Commission, the body that drew up new legislative and
congressional districts following the 2010 Census.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer believes the immigration reform debate underway in Washington right now is the result of her signing SB 1070 three years ago.While some key parts of the bill have never taken effect, and some were declared illegal by the U.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Arizona Department of Weights and Measures is pleased with a recent audit. It showed grocery stores are doing a good job of making sure consumers get accurate prices on sale items. Spokesman Shawn Marquez says they checked 29 markets around the state and found a 99.
Sept. 20, 2013
The first triple-digit temperatures of the year may arrive as early as Monday. A high-pressure system started moving across the Southwestern United States over the weekend, and National Weather Service Meteorologist Valerie Meyers said it is going to stick around for a few more days.
Sept. 20, 2013
The city of Bisbee has agreed to rewrite its civil union ordinance for gay couples a second time. The announcement came Monday after Bisbee officials met with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. Horne threatened to sue Bisbee after it passed the measure a few weeks ago.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona's 9th Congressional District Representative Kyrsten Sinema is working to get her fellow congressional members to focus on the importance of college affordability. In two months, student loan interest rates will rise unless Congress acts.
Sept. 20, 2013
This Saturday, a man who weighs 407 pounds will run the
Shiprock Marathon in New Mexico. Sumo wrestler and marathoner Kelly Gneiting doesn't do subtle. Here's the cover of his book, "Fat Passion." (Photo courtesy of Dustin Snipes)
And that’s not wishful thinking.
Sept. 20, 2013
The
400-pound marathoner has done it again.
Kelly Gneiting completed his third marathon on Saturday. (Photo by Stina Sieg - KJZZ)
Kelly Gneiting, a heavyweight sumo wrestling
champion, ran the Shiprock Marathon on Saturday.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Tucson Unified School District will be giving pink slips to more than 150 employees. The district's Governing Board approved the layoffs Tuesday night. End of the year layoffs are common, but as the Arizona Daily Star reports, the number of employees being severed this year is more than in the past two years combined.
Sept. 20, 2013
The number of foreclosures being started in Arizona continues to drop, according to the monitoring firm RealtyTrac. Vice President Darren Blomquist says about 3,900 Arizona properties got foreclosure notices during April.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona
Senator John McCain is calling the administration's response to the attack on
the American embassy in Benghazi,
Libya a
cover-up. McCain said the revision of the 'talking points' to be used by Ambassador Susan Rice after the
attack was a willful removal of information.
Sept. 20, 2013
A new poll from Phoenix-based Behavior Research indicates that if asked about same-sex marriage, Arizona voters would now approve it.The poll found 55 percent of the 700 adult heads of household questioned in favor, 35 percent were opposed.
Sept. 20, 2013
As Arizona
lawmakers work on the state budget, school districts are trying to plan their budgets for next school year. For rural districts, that challenge is
magnified.
Pat Koury, Hyder Elementary School District Superintendent (Photo by Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez - KJZZ)
Off of Interstate 8, about an hour east of Yuma, is the Hyder Elementary School District.
Sept. 20, 2013
