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Matthew Capota, center, works students in the aviation program at Western Maricopa Education Center (West-MEC), one of the 13 joint technical education districts in Arizona. (Cronkite News Photo by Alicia Canales)
Dec 15, 2014

Arizona’s 13 JTEDs offer vocational alternative to traditional high schools

Matthew Capota glanced over at his group as three teenagers picked up pieces of an airplane engine on a table and turned them over in their hands. Capota, a senior at Liberty High School, and fellow students make sure the engine would work properly and safely.

May 6, 2014

Could price be a tool for encouraging water conservation in Arizona?

It’s a complex calculation, but at the most fundamental level this much is true: The amount of water needed to have a lush, green lawn in Phoenix would yield a substantially higher water bill for a homeowner here.

Lingering drought and demand from growing cities have lowered water levels on Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam. The U.S. Interior Department could declare a shortage on the Colorado River as early as 2017. (U.S. Geological Survey Photo)
Apr 15, 2014

Arizona’s long-term water future: Is the state ready to make hard decisions?

Residents of the Sun Corridor stretching through the Valley and Tucson turn on faucets, water lawns and fill swimming pools without any doubt that the state’s most precious resource will always be there.

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