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Home>Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News Service

Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News Service

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Recent Articles from Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News Service

AZ/DC May 1, 2013

Poll claims Flake among least-favorite senators after gun-bill vote

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Flake’s vote against expanded background checks on gun sales earlier this month caused his approval ratings to drop, making him one of the “most unpopular” U.S. senators, a new poll says.

Former Arizona Rep. John Shadegg holds a newspaper in which Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. the GOP’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, called for immigration reform in the wake of the Boston bombing. It’s proof that reform is not just a Democratic issue, said Shadegg, a Republican. (Cronkite News Service photo by Michelle Peirano)
AZ/DC April 25, 2013

Arizona officials bring case for immigration reform to Washington

A delegation of Arizona state and local officials came to Washington Wednesday to press for comprehensive immigration reform, saying the time for action is now while the nation is paying attention.

agencies March 21, 2013

As Arizona mining increases, mine-related toxic releases grow

Arizona’s metal mining and manufacturing industries produced about 84.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals in 2011, a nearly 34 million pound increase from just two years earlier, the Environmental Protection Agency reported.

Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. said federal government recognition of tribal sovereignty has been “a long time coming,” as the president issued a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation. (Cronkite News Service photo by Alex Reese)
AZ/DC March 6, 2013

Disaster declaration for Navajo Nation marks shift in tribal-federal relations

President Barack Obama’s Tuesday declaration of a disaster on the Navajo Nation will provide relief directly to the tribe, something that would have been impossible as recently as two months ago.

Home news February 28, 2013

Tucson lawyer tells senators assault-weapons ban is misguided

WASHINGTON – A Tucson lawyer told a Senate committee Wednesday that a proposal to limit the sale of semiautomatic weapons is a misguided response to recent headline-grabbing mass shootings.

Arizona tribal lands and reservations map from www.epa.gov (click to enlarge)
courts February 25, 2013

Millions paid, millions still at stake as deadline looms for tribal class-action settlement

About $42.8 million has been paid out to Native Americans in Arizona since December, and another $109 million could be distributed starting next month as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement of a lawsuit against the government.

Clara Pratte, executive director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office, said the Navajo have been in the forefront of the exercise of tribal sovereignty, but she agreed that there is still room for improvement. (Cronkite News Service photo by Mary Shinn)
AZ/DC February 15, 2013

Tribes see greater sovereignty under Obama, but still have a long way to go

Indian Country made huge strides toward flexing its sovereign authority during President Barack Obama’s first term but it still has a long way to go, the president of the National Congress of American Indians said Thursday.

In this March 4, 1999, file photo, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, right, talks to President Bill Clinton at the Interior Department in Washington, during a 150th anniversary celebration of the department. Babbitt is blasting as “radical” a Republican proposal to open up more than 50 million acres of public lands to logging and other development. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
AZ/DC February 5, 2013

Former Gov. Babbitt calls on Obama, Congress to focus on conservation efforts

Former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt called for more active land preservation by the federal government Tuesday, criticizing what he called Washington’s neglect of public lands.

agencies January 28, 2013

Agencies cite progress, work still remaining on Navajo uranium cleanup

WASHINGTON – A consortium of federal and tribal agencies reported Jan. 24 that a five-year, $110 million project to clean up uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation had addressed the most urgent risks there.

agencies January 16, 2013

Report ranks Arizona traffic-safety laws among worst in nation

WASHINGTON – Arizona’s vehicle-safety laws continue to be among the worst in the nation, according to a report released Tuesday by a national highway safety advocacy group.

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