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Arizona-Mexico energy panel examines cross-border transmission
Mar 29, 2013

Experts: Arizona’s solar growth could slow in coming year

After years of rapid growth, residential solar power installations in Arizona are likely to slow down some in the near future as prices tick up and utility incentives shrink, experts say.

Mar 27, 2013

Report: Arizona slipping behind other states on spending transparency

Despite increasing online access to government spending information in recent years, Arizona is letting other states move ahead of it in transparency, an advocacy group reported Tuesday.

Mar 27, 2013

Lawmaker wants to divert Clean Elections funding to education

A state lawmaker wants voters to decide whether to strip the Citizens Clean Elections Commission of its funding and give that money to the Arizona Department of Education.

In this Jan. 8, 2011 file photo, emergency personnel attend to a shooting victim outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz., where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others were shot as the congresswoman was meeting with constituents. Hundreds of pages of police reports in the investigation of the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released Wednesday, March 27, 2013 marking the public's first glimpse into documents that authorities have kept private since the attack more than two years ago. (AP Photo/James Palka, File)
Mar 27, 2013

Giffords shooting spree illuminated with new records

Documents released Wednesday detailing the shooting of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show how the gunman had grown increasingly erratic and delusional in the months leading up to the rampage as he alienated friends and family and became paranoid that police were out to get him.

Karen Bailey and Nelda Majors, Valley residents who say they have been a couple for decades, rallied in support of same-sex marriage as the Supreme Court considered arguments over Proposition 8, a California law banning such unions. (Cronkite News Service photo by Mary Shinn)
Mar 27, 2013

Arizonans join rallies at Supreme Court for, against same-sex marriage

Karen Bailey and Nelda Majors have been a couple for more than 50 years, but at a rally outside the Supreme Court they called Tuesday their “moment in history.”

Mar 27, 2013

Eddie Basha, Arizona grocery store magnate dies at 75

Eddie Basha, chairman and CEO of a family-owned grocery store chain that grew to more than 160 stores around Arizona under his four-decade guidance, died Tuesday. He was 75.

Mar 27, 2013

Anti-transgender ai???bathroom billai??i?? to get hearing today

A House committee is set to consider a watered-down version of a bill that would have barred transgender people from using public bathrooms not associated with their birth gender.

Mar 27, 2013

Online doc matching firm to bring 600 jobs to Scottsdale

A New York company that helps patients connect with doctors through an online service is opening a Scottsdale office and will hire more than 600 workers in the next three years.

Arizona to release August unemployment report
Mar 27, 2013

Arizona Legislature overhauls unemployment claims

A bill that would make it more difficult for recently unemployed people in Arizona to collect unemployment benefits is likely to land on Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's desk.

Mar 25, 2013

Recall petition filed against Kavanagh

Republican state Rep. John Kavanagh of Fountain Hills is the third public official in the state facing a possible recall campaign, as opponents filed a recall petition against him today citing “attacks on students, LGBTQ individuals and attempts to thwart legitimate recall efforts.”

Mar 25, 2013

Carmona joins board of e-cigarette company

Former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation's leading electronic cigarette company ai??i?? a move that could bring increased legitimacy to e-cigarettes as a viable alternative to traditional cigarettes.

Arizona charter schools oppose more state regulation
Mar 25, 2013

Arizona bill would expand library privacy law

A bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature would add protections for ebook readers under the state's existing library privacy law.

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