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Grand Canyon to reopen Saturday under deal between Brewer and Interior Department
The Grand Canyon will reopen Saturday under a deal struck by Gov. Jan Brewer with the U.S. Department of Interior. After huddling with department officials on a conference call Friday afternoon, Brewer announced the national park would be reopened in full on Saturday. The state will pay $651,000, or under $93,000 per day, to fund the park’s operations for at least the next week, using a mix o[...]
Incentive program enables hundreds of schools to go solar
As students cavort around Sunnyslope Elementary School’s playground, a shade structure high above the slides and monkey bars helps harness the sun’s power.
Brnovich opens campaign with appeal to grassroots conservatives
Newly minted attorney general candidate Mark Brnovich hit the campaign trail and laid out his case for why GOP voters should choose him over Tom Horne, bashing the incumbent attorney general for legal and ethical problems that have plagued him and alleging that Horne hasn’t done enough to defend conservative principles.
9th Circuit refuses to lift injunction of immigration law
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that bars enforcement of a minor section of Arizona's 2010 immigration law.
Advocates out to get ‘young invincibles’ familiar with health exchange
Young people who fall into a gap between their parents’ health insurance plans and coverage through employers need to get information on how the federal exchange now open in Arizona can protect them should they face major health problems, advocates said Monday.
Shutdown can’t keep Arizona vets from visiting World War II Memorial
A government shutdown could not keep 77 southern Arizona veterans from seeing “their” World War II Memorial Monday.
Brewer urges Obama to open Grand Canyon
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is taking an offer to use state money to keep the Grand Canyon open to the top.
Arizona only state cutting welfare in government shutdown
Arizona's decision to withhold welfare checks because of the federal government shutdown appears to make it the only state to cut off funding for the very poor because of the budget crisis, according to policy experts.
GOP gubernatorial candidates take the stage at first forum
There was a lot of agreement as five candidates took the stage for what was billed as the first Republican gubernatorial candidate forum of the 2014 election.
A guide to the shutdown of the Grand Canyon
About 4.5 million tourists from around the world make the trip every year to the Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, a trek that pours an estimated $1.3 million a day into nearby communities.
Federal judge dismisses gender selection lawsuit
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit seeking to overturn a 2011 law outlawing abortions carried out to prevent the births of females and minority babies.
Shutdown hits home for Phoenix fire chief, as furloughs cancel meetings at FEMA
If you think the federal government shutdown only affects federal employees, talk to Phoenix Fire Chief Bob Khan.
