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A report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that weekly wages in Yuma and La Paz counties are well below both the state and national average of $903.La Paz County averageis $604 while Yuma County's is $668.
Sept. 20, 2013
General Motors will be hiring a thousand high-tech employees to staff its new Information Technology Innovation Center in Chandler. Company officials made the announcement Wednesday with city and state leaders.
Sept. 20, 2013
A small restaurant fire in Sky Harbor's
Terminal Four Sunday forced the evacuation of about 50 people from the food
court area. Phoenix Fire spokesman Tony Mure says they fought the blaze at Chelsea's Kitchen.
Sept. 20, 2013
A measure that would require health insurers to cover
certain services provided by telemedicine won the approval of a state house
committee Tuesday. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie has more.
MARK BRODIE: Senate Bill 1353 would apply to services including
cardiology, trauma, mental health disorders and infectious diseases, and would
be limited to rural parts of the state starting in 2015.
Sept. 20, 2013
New Hampshire's House has rejected limits on simulcasting dog races. The House voted Wednesday to kill a bill that targeted Florida, Alabama and Arizona, because, these states don't require reporting when race dogs are injured.
Sept. 20, 2013
Governor
Jan Brewer's plan to expand Medicaid goes under the microscope this week as a
house committee looks into the details. House Appropriations Committee chairman
John Kavanagh says the informational meeting, set for Wednesday, will settle some of the remaining questions.
Sept. 20, 2013
An Arizona House committee Wednesday is scheduled to take up
a bill that would make it a crime to use the wrong bathroom. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s
Mark Brodie has more.
MARK BRODIE: The strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill 1432 would
make it a misdemeanor for someone to intentionally go into a bathroom, shower,
dressing or locker room of the opposite sex – if that facility has a sign
indicating it’s single-sex, and the person’s birth certificate doesn’t specify
they’re that gender.
Sept. 20, 2013
The City of Scottsdale is still tweaking its proposed
pedicabs ordinance. The public will be able to weigh in on the proposal at Thursday night's community forum. The Scottsdale Transportation Commission will
submit recommendations on the proposed pedicab ordinance to the city council
for a possible vote in April.
Sept. 20, 2013
Senator John McCain held a town hall meeting at a North Phoenix community center Monday that covered a
broad range of topics, but immigration dominated the conversation.
Sen. John McCain told people at a townhall meeting Monday he feels hopeful new bipartisan legislation to reform immigration will be ready soon.
Sept. 20, 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.
Sept. 20, 2013
A Tucson man who has spent 42 years in prison for the
Pioneer Hotel fire that killed 28 people is expected to be released tomorrow as
part of an agreement with prosecutors. Louis Taylor was convicted as a teen but
has maintained his innocence.
Sept. 20, 2013
TUCSON, Ariz. — After serving most of his life behind bars, 59-year-old Louis Taylor walked out of the Arizona State Prison in Tucson a free man Tuesday. He was 16 years old when he was convicted of starting a 1970 Tucson hotel fire that killed dozens of people.
Sept. 20, 2013
