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Nov 22, 2022

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.

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Nov 22, 2022

2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now

A second Republican-controlled Arizona county on Monday delayed certifying the results of this month's election as a protest against voting issues in Maricopa County that some GOP officials have blamed for their losses in top races including the contest for governor.

Nov 21, 2022

Supreme Court to consider Jack Daniel’s request fighting Arizona company’s use of dog toys

If you want a squeaky dog toy that looks like a Jack Daniel’s bottle, you had better order it soon. It may not be available months from now. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a request by the distiller to review a lower court ruling which said that an Arizona company is free to produce a plastic toy which looks all the world like the company's distinctive Old No. 7 Black Label Tennessee[...]

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Nov 21, 2022

Indian Health Service steps up push for Covid, other vaccines

The Indian Health Service announced that all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment when appropriate, under a new vaccine strategy.

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Nov 21, 2022

Arizona students lobby as courts, Congress, fight over Oak Flat

A group of Arizona high school students and alumni in Washington last week lobbied for a bill that would block development of a copper mine proposed for Oak Flat, land that is sacred to the San Carlos Apache.

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Nov 21, 2022

Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?

The company that makes Jack Daniel's is howling mad over a squeaking dog toy made by an Arizona-based business that parodies the whiskey's signature bottle. Now, the liquor company is barking at the door of the Supreme Court.

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Nov 19, 2022

Cochise County supervisors delay certification of election results

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors delayed its certification of the 2022 election after two Republican members sought evidence the tabulation machines used were “lawfully certified by an accredited lab.”  

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Nov 18, 2022

Arizona expected to add over 100,000 jobs, but home prices limiting growth

Arizona will have added more than 100,000 jobs by the end of the year, with 86,000 of them in metro Phoenix, economist Dennis L. Hoffman said at Wednesday’s 59th annual ASU/PNC Bank Economic Forecast Luncheon. Arizona continues to have a pro-growth economic setting with a competitive tax structure, but declining housing affordability, as well as inflation and interest rate hikes threaten to slow[...]

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Nov 18, 2022

Environmental group wants to join legal battle to force Ducey to remove containers

A national environmental group wants to join the legal battle to force Gov. Doug Ducey to take his shipping containers off the international border.

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Nov 18, 2022

Western US cities to remove decorative grass amid drought

A group of 30 agencies that supply water to homes and businesses throughout the western United States has pledged to rip up lots of decorative grass to help keep water in the over-tapped Colorado River.

Nov 18, 2022

Lottery clears $1B in sales 4th straight year

For the fourth year in a row, the Arizona Lottery report released on Nov. 17 shows the agency made more than $1 billion in sales, funding several state programs. 

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Nov 17, 2022

Tribe continues fight against proposed Arizona copper mine

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled this week that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine, which is being opposed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe.

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