Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is bringing her Medicaid expansion charm offensive back to the Capitol as her staff continues to negotiate with legislative leaders who hold the key to bringing the proposal to a vote. Today’s press conference and rally features mental health professionals and comes as a growing number of lawmakers are saying they believe the proposal may have ... Read More »
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring state transportation officials to confirm there is a legitimate safety need before they allow cities to put photo enforcement cameras on state highways. A Senate amendment to House Bill 2477 passed by the Legislature softened a requirement that cities show photo enforcement has improved safety if they want to renew their ... Read More »
A new report is a reminder that the wage gap between the sexes persists. It says Arizona women earn 85-cents per hour for every dollar paid to men, a gap of about $6500 a year for a full-time worker. Sarah Crawford with the National Partnership for Women and Families says not much has changed since Equal Pay Day a ... Read More »
The American Red Cross celebrated the grand opening of their new facility at 2197 South Fourth Avenue. The facility will help with response times when disasters strike. Recently, the Grand Canyon Chapter of the American Red Cross held a fire prevention awareness campaign, targeting homeowners. Brian Gomez tells News Talk 560 KBLU the event went well. Gomez adds that there ... Read More »
A Yuma County Grand Jury indicted three suspects connected to a murder of a Welton woman last month. The three – identified as 31-year-old Jose Jimenez, 24-year-old Brandi Michalski and 22-year-old Andres Francisco Flores Galindo – all pled not guilty to charges of pre-meditated first-degree murder and one Felony count of first-degree murder. The three made an appearance in court ... Read More »
Mexico's president says a Japanese company has been tapped to build a pipeline to import U.S. natural gas through Arizona. President Enrique Pena Nieto is visiting Japan, where he made the announcement about the $460-million project Tuesday. Japan's Mitsui Corporation will build the pipeline, which will run from Tucson to the Mexican border. The president's office said in a brief ... Read More »
The Colorado River Tea Party has scheduled a meeting for next weekend. The event will be held April 20th starting at 2pm on the campus of Arizona Western College in building Three-C. The Keynote Speaker is Representative Paul Gosar. Read More »
Tens of thousands of ballots cast in Arizona’s 2012 election were rejected by election officials, indicating continued communication and voter education problems in Arizona. Nearly 46,000 ballots cast in 2012 were rejected. The number is down about two-percent from the 2008 election, when Arizona led the nation in rejected provisional ballots. Election experts say the rejection can be due to ... Read More »
Soldiers with an Arizona Army National Guard helicopter unit are returning from deployment to Afghanistan. The 35 soldiers from Alpha Company of the First Attack Reconnaissance Battalion of the 285th Aviation Regiment are arriving Friday and Saturday on commercial flights to Tucson International Airport. The company's soldiers stopped in Texas for demobilization processing at Fort Hood on their way home. ... Read More »
The Arizona Western College Matadors baseball team split games against Yavapai College on Tuesday, winning the first contest 2-1 and losing the nightcap 4-2. The Lady Matadors softball team hosted South Mountain Community College, losing both games, being shut out on the day 3-0 and 1-0. Read More »
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