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The Saguaros announce $866K in grants to help children’s charities of Arizona
The Saguaros install new board members for fiscal year. The Saguaros are announcing $866,000 in grants to 29 Arizona nonprofits focused on helping children throughout the Grand Canyon State. The organization has also named its new 2024 board of directors. The Saguaros 2024 grants include a $200,000 grant to SARRC,...
Most Influential Women: Christine Ehrich, Axis for Autism
Az Business and AZRE magazines announced the publications’ lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona of 2024, including Christine Ehrich, CEO for Axis for Autism. In celebration of the Most Influential Women program, azbigmedia.com is profiling one of the Most Influential Women of 2024 each day leading up to the Most Influential Women of 2024 dinner and reception.
Industry Professionals 07-23-24
1. Employees from Stevens-Leinweber Construction gathered in June to support Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels, assembling comfort packs, superhero capes, cards and craft kits through a MyCompanyCares event. Awards & Accolades. 2. Bettina Hunt of Colliers in Arizona has been named to GlobeSt.’s Women of Influence Class of 2024 in the...
Arizona officials warning about spread of potentially fatal hantavirus
Arizona public health officials are warning that hantavirus, a virus spread by rodents to humans, is causing an increase in a potentially fatal lung syndrome. There have been seven confirmed cases and three deaths in the past six months, according to a recent health alert. Most cases of hantavirus are...
Supervisor Candidate Ugenti-Rita accused of mortgage fraud
PHOENIX — In April of 2023, Michelle Ugenti-Rita obtained a mortgage for $680,000 on a home worth $850,000. Mortgage records and a Deed of Trust filed that month show Ugenti-Rita was listed as the sole borrower and as “unmarried.”. But court records show Ugenti-Rita was still married at...
Intel Launches Apprenticeship Program for Manufacturing Technicians in AZ
SANTA CLARA — Intel is launching its first U.S. registered apprenticeship program for manufacturing facility technicians in Arizona in collaboration with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), the Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board, the SEMI Foundation, Maricopa Community Colleges District (MCCD) and Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. The company plans to train facility technician apprentices over the next five years. Selected apprentices will be full-time Intel employees on day one and will earn a certificate and college credit upon successful completion of the one-year program.
Schools should consult lawyer about whether to follow new Title IX rules, Horne says
The Arizona Department of Education urged schools to consult their lawyers before following federal regulations that seek to expand sex-based discrimination protections to members of the LGBTQ+ community. Those federal protections will require schools to let students access bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity regardless of biological sex. Courts...
Court summons pending for AZ state senator clocked going 71 mph in a 35-mph zone
State Sen. Justine Wadsack refused to sign a criminal citation for excessive speeding, triggering a pending court summons to have her acknowledge the alleged violation, Tucson police say. Police radar captured the Marana Republican driving 71 mph in a 35-mph zone in central Tucson in mid-March. Wadsack said she was "racing home" because...
School vouchers intended to save taxpayer money blew a massive hole in Arizona's budget
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education. Under a new law, any parent in the state, no matter how affluent, could get a taxpayer-funded voucher worth up to tens of thousands of dollars to spend on private school tuition,...
Arizona Man Receives 90-month Federal Prison Term For Shipping Meth To New Hampshire By Mail
A Federal Court has sentenced Michael Bowling, a 49-year-old resident of Arizona, to 90 months in prison for the distribution of methamphetamine through the United States Postal Service (USPS). The drugs were shipped to New Hampshire, and Bowling was found guilty of the crime. On Monday, the federal court in...
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