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Legislature poised to OK health care lawsuit
Lawmakers March 29 convened a special session designed to give Gov. Jan Brewer clear authority to sue the federal government over the recently enacted health care reform legislation on the...
Month: March 2010
Fresh-fried: Technology firm cooks up a restaurant innovation
[caption id="attachment_22091" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Restaurant Technologies’ oil-recycling program utilizes one tank for fresh cooking oil and one for waste oil. The system, pictured here at Oregano’s Pizza Bistro on Camelback...
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Statewide certification program helps hotels find their ‘green’
[caption id="attachment_22086" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tempe Mission Palms Hotel & Conference Center added small recycle bins in its rooms about a month-and-a-half ago to make it easier for guests to actively...
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Field of solar dreams: Next-gen dishes could deliver bright future
[caption id="attachment_22082" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Each one of these SunCatcher solar dishes produces 1.5 megawatts of electricity — or enough energy to power 3.5 homes. The pictured units are part of...
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Energy-efficiency bills targeting state buildings likely going nowhere
Four bills were proposed by Democrats during the 2010 legislative session that would have revised energy-reduction deadlines and created new standards for energy consumption in state buildings, but none of...
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Regents fail to meet energy-saving mandates
The Board of Regents, which oversees the three state universities, failed to meet the 2008 deadline to decrease energy use by 10 percent, instead achieving a meager 1.3 percent reduction....
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State agencies, universities ignore energy-reduction law
[caption id="attachment_22065" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Wind turbines atop ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability generate a small amount of power for the Tempe campus’ main energy grid. The turbines have been operational...
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Removing school-performance money raises legal questions
The Arizona Legislature has redirected money away from the education department’s school accountability program, a move that potentially guts what a ranking Republican senator called the “spinal cord” of the...
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McComish still seeking Cubs solution; Campbell worried about Brewers
[caption id="attachment_22050" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Valley Citizens League hosted a panel discussion regarding legislation that would secure a new stadium for the Chicago Cubs in Mesa. The panel, which included...
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Brewer calls for special session on health care lawsuit
Palin lends star power to McCain at Tucson rally
Dueling Prop 100 rallies trade barbs at the Capitol
Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher speaks to a crowd rallying against Proposition 100 at the state Capitol on Friday, March 26. (Photo by Josh Coddington) Rallies for and against Proposition...
