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Impeachment proceedings continued in Washington and three Arizona congressional members took part.
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Arizona’s rural counties are pleased they will be getting a larger share of lottery revenues in the new state budget. Lawmakers stopped sharing the money with counties during the height of the recession.
Sept. 20, 2013
Boeing’s new 787 jets suffered a public relations nightmare earlier this year after the planes' batteries caught fire. A Phoenix company has developed a tool to help Boeing overcome its bad publicity.
Sept. 20, 2013
A fire burning west of Prescott has charred 6,732 acres, so
far. Firefighters say the blaze, which
is 0 percent contained, has forced the evacuation of some 460 homes. One of those homes is owned by John Sears.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is scheduled approve a $2.2 billion budget Monday for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The budget will include raises for the county’s nearly 13,000 employees, their first in more than five years.
Sept. 20, 2013
For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down an opinion that could have a big impact on elections in Arizona. As KJZZ’s Nick Blumberg reports, the court’s conservative justices
struck down a key part of landmark civil rights-era legislation.
Sept. 20, 2013
After Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, married same-sex couples in Arizona are one step closer to receiving the same federal benefits afforded to heterosexual couples, but uncertainty remains, and any changes will take awhile.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona drivers are seeing
continued price stability with the statewide average now at $3.49-a-gallon or
about the same as a week ago. AAA Arizona spokeswoman Michelle Donatti says
that's mainly the result of the slow
rise in the price of crude oil.
Sept. 20, 2013
Advocates Wednesday will launch an effort to sign up more
kids for a program that offers health insurance to children whose families
cannot afford private insurance but make too much money to qualify for
Medicaid.
Sept. 20, 2013
Traffic on US Airways flights was up
7.3 percent in June.
File footage of a U.S. Airways plane. (Photo by Al Macias-KJZZ)
In addition to the boost in traffic, US Airways also reported a modest 1 percent
increase in passenger revenue, reversing two months of losses.
Sept. 20, 2013
Monsoon rains in Tucson
are leading to swift water rescues, according to fire officials.They had a pair of them Friday within hours
of one another. Tucson
fire Captain Chris Jurvig said a family was rescued first.
Sept. 20, 2013
When the word “art” is brought up with the discussions in Washington
over immigration reform, it is usually included in phrases like the “art
of compromise” or the “art of politics," but a new arrangement of six
murals unveiled last week as part of Phoenix’s First Friday aims to
connect visual art with the economic impact of immigration reform.
Sept. 20, 2013
Community health
centers in Arizona were awarded more than $2 million Wednesday by the Obama
administration.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius answered questions from the media.
Sept. 20, 2013
We want to know about the new, up and coming or otherwise unique and interesting neighborhoods around the Valley, in an occasional segment we’re calling the Hot Corner.Today we're joined by food writer Gwen Ashley Walters, making us all hungry, around Central and Indian School in Phoenix.
Sept. 20, 2013
Ahwatukee residents and officials are dealing with the
damage of Monday night's storm Tuesday. Six of the 12 schools of the Kyrene School District in the town were hit by the storm. Storm damage in an Ahwatukee neighborhood.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona Senator John McCain said he will block Army General Martin Dempsey's nomination for a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. McCain said he is not satisfied with Dempsey’s responses to questions about the potential use of U.
Sept. 20, 2013
A monsoon storm that rolled through metro Phoenix on Sunday morning brought about a half
inch of rain and sent water rushing through washes while flooding streets and
homes. Overall, the Valley officially got 0.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona Senator John McCain is changing course and said he is
dropping his threat to block the nomination of President Obama’s pick for
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After a hearing last week, McCain said he would block Gen.
Sept. 20, 2013
New numbers from the federal government show Arizona had
basically the same number of prisoners last year as in 2011.That bucks the national trend. According to the Bureau of
Justice Statistics, the country’s prison population dropped last year for the
third straight year.
Sept. 20, 2013
A group of nurses is asking the state health department to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments that can be treated with medical marijuana. A similar effort failed last year. The health department considers new petitions every six months.
Sept. 20, 2013
A man who died after striking his head as he jumped off a cliff near Tanque Verde Falls near Tucson has been identified as 29-year-old Richard Baker. Witnesses said the man never surfaced after the jump and was pulled from the water by his friends.
Sept. 20, 2013
