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Arizona leaders react to Supreme Court's homelessness ruling
(The Center Square) – Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is pleased with the United States Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness Friday. The court ruled that it is not “cruel and unusual punishment” for cities not to allow people to camp outside, as many urban areas have dealt with large encampments, according to ABC News. Petersen said that legislation could be on the table regarding homelessness in the “near future” following the ruling. ...
Local First Arizona gets largest donation ever from Parsons
In the largest private donation in the 21-year history of Local First Arizona, The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation has awarded the nonprofit more than $1 million to expand community gardens and entrepreneur development. The funds will allow Local First to double the size of the Heart & Soil People’s...
Parents Could Be Ticketed in Arizona Under This New Law
I live in a rural part of Arizona. During the Covid lockdowns, it seemed like all my neighbors bought off-road vehicles. It made sense; it was a way to get out in the fresh air and enjoy being outside, away from everyone else. We don't have sidewalks where we live....
The Future Is Here: Arizona’s New RoboCop
RoboCop is one of the defining pieces of the 1980s film industry. A violent, provocative story about an ex-cop brought back to life by a shady corporation before he turns on his makers in a spectacular satire of greed and corruption. Arizona law enforcement has a RoboCop of their own,...
Wound care company charged for billing older patients about $1M each in skin graft scheme
Washington — Federal prosecutors charged the owners of an Arizona wound care company and two nurse practitioners who worked with them for conspiring to defraud Medicare of over $900 million after they allegedly targeted elderly patients — many of them terminally ill — in a sprawling medical scheme, the Justice Department announced Thursday.According to prosecutors, the defendants carried out medically unnecessary or ill-advised skin graft treatments to older patients at a billing rate of approximately $1 million per patient. The alleged scheme also involved hundreds of millions of dollars in kickback payments in exchange for illegitimate Medicare billing.The Justice Department said...
Arizona gas boost signals national emissions challenge
A fight over a new gas plant in Arizona is exposing the challenges of greening the West’s power grid. Electricity demand is climbing in the Grand Canyon State, driven by a combination of a growing population, climate-fueled heat waves and a robust economy — symbolized by a massive semiconductor under construction in Phoenix.
Inflation, immigration, abortion: Presidential rivals spar over top Arizona issues
A much-anticipated debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump underscored the stakes of the presidential race for Arizona, one of the few states that is up for grabs by both parties in the Nov. 5 election. The testy, 90-minute-long debate spanned issues that are top of mind...
Arizona Lottery Pick 3, Fantasy 5 results for June 27, 2024
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