http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/business business news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_jeep_recall/chrysler-recalls-87000-jeeps/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_jeep_recall/chrysler-recalls-87000-jeeps/ 20:45:00Z Amy Silverstein Chrysler has some bad news for people who bought a Jeep in 2010: the car you’ve been driving around town for the past two years might randomly catch on fire. 2012-05-19T20:45:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_postal_service_closings/tucson-postal-center-remains-potential-closings-list/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_postal_service_closings/tucson-postal-center-remains-potential-closings-list/ 17:53:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The U.S. Postal Service announced earlier this week that it intends to move forward with its plan to eliminate as many as 140 mail processing centers across the country that could include Tucson’s Cherrybell facility in an effort to cut costs. 2012-05-19T17:53:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_obesity_doctors_insurers/doctors-and-insurers-key-fighting-obesity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_obesity_doctors_insurers/doctors-and-insurers-key-fighting-obesity/ 16:32:00Z Judith Graham Although professional medical societies have said for years that physicians should monitor patients’ body mass index, most doctors fail to do so. But that may soon change. 2012-05-19T16:32:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ 15:46:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Modern Streetcar Project is continuing with additional traffic closures Downtown and around Fourth Avenue and the University of Arizona. 2012-05-19T15:46:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_buckmaster/buckmaster-showdown-tombstone/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_buckmaster/buckmaster-showdown-tombstone/ 20:59:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Nick Dranias, director of the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, the Friday Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark B. Evans and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, and Matt Russell has the top weekend dining picks. 2012-05-18T20:59:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_buffett_newspapers/media-general-sells-63-newspapers-buffett-firm/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_buffett_newspapers/media-general-sells-63-newspapers-buffett-firm/ 19:54:00Z Talia Ralph Media General has sold 63 newspapers to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for $142 million in cash. 2012-05-18T19:54:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051812_rubio_immigration_op/bill-raises-questions-rubios-immigration-positions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051812_rubio_immigration_op/bill-raises-questions-rubios-immigration-positions/ 17:59:00Z Marshall Fitz Immigration advocates were surprised this week when the Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill that was not his promised DREAM Act-like proposal, but rather a bill that attacks “blameless” low-income American children. 2012-05-18T17:59:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_nuclear_weapons_cuts/former-us-nuclear-chief-proposes-cutting-arsenal-by-80/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_nuclear_weapons_cuts/former-us-nuclear-chief-proposes-cutting-arsenal-by-80/ 15:51:00Z R. Jeffrey Smith A former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is urging that the existing American nuclear arsenal of 5000 warheads be cut by 80 percent, in an effort meant to be matched by similar reductions in the Russian arsenal. 2012-05-18T15:51:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_solar_tariffs_china/us-slap-huge-tariffs-chinese-solar-panels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_solar_tariffs_china/us-slap-huge-tariffs-chinese-solar-panels/ 15:11:00Z Samantha Stainburn The U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday that it will seek to slap tariffs ranging from 31 percent to 250 percent on solar panels imported from China. 2012-05-18T15:11:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ 01:38:00Z Roberto De Vido Anyway, Facebook shares will be priced at $38, valuing the company at $104 billion. 2012-05-18T01:38:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-vision-selling-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-vision-selling-tucson/ 21:17:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - State Sen. Al Melvin: Does he still believe Arizona should house nuclear waste? Also, a new vision for one of Tucson’s biggest industries with Brent DeRaad, the of the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2012-05-17T21:17:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ 20:54:00Z Julian Aguilar Investors and financial analysts have their eyes on a bankruptcy case, pending in a Dallas courtroom, that they say could systematically shift how American firms do business with Mexican companies. 2012-05-17T20:54:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_middle_class_op/middle-class-income-inequality-and-strength-our-economy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_middle_class_op/middle-class-income-inequality-and-strength-our-economy/ 17:50:00Z Heather Boushey For most economists, the concepts of “middle class” or even inequality have not had a prominent place in our thinking about how an economy grows. But that is beginning to change. 2012-05-17T17:50:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_alec_goldwater_institute/alec-anti-union-push-includes-az-think-tank/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_alec_goldwater_institute/alec-anti-union-push-includes-az-think-tank/ 15:37:00Z Paul Abowd The Goldwater Institute and the Michigan-based Mackinac Center between them successfully shepherded five model bills through ALEC’s Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task force — all targeting public sector unions — at ALEC Task Force Summit. 2012-05-17T15:37:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_commerce_op/taxpayers-win-one-vs-az-commerce-authority/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_commerce_op/taxpayers-win-one-vs-az-commerce-authority/ 15:36:00Z Clint Bolick It is a small victory for taxpayers, but an important one, for it calls the “quasi-public” Arizona Commerce Authority’s attention to the constitutional limits on its powers — and to the fact that its actions will be watched closely. 2012-05-17T15:36:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_buckmaster/buckmaster-time-clean-up-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_buckmaster/buckmaster-time-clean-up-tucson/ 21:40:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Joan Lionetti, head of Tucson Clean and Beautiful, comet discover David Levy, Sherri Jerzyk, of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and nutrition reporter Jack Challem. 2012-05-16T21:40:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051612_capital_gains_op/gov-brewer-signs-historic-cut-capital-gains-tax/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051612_capital_gains_op/gov-brewer-signs-historic-cut-capital-gains-tax/ 17:42:00Z Stephen Slivinski When policymakers say they have enacted “historic” legislation, they are usually accused of hyperbole. But in the case of Gov. Brewer’s signing of HB 2815, it isn’t a big stretch to say that the action did make one historic move in regard to tax policy. 2012-05-16T17:42:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ 16:58:00Z Julian Aguilar In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight. 2012-05-16T16:58:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_citizen/three-years-gone-rip-tucson-citizen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_citizen/three-years-gone-rip-tucson-citizen/ 00:54:00Z Dylan Smith I’ve got one of those calendars atop my monitor, the type you find in banks, with metal tiles for the days of the week, dates and month. One side I keep up to date. The other, no matter the date, says “Fri May 15.” That’s the last day the newsroom of the Tucson Citizen was filled with hustle and bustle. 2012-05-16T00:54:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ 21:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray. 2012-05-15T21:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_meads/another-250-million-drink-missile-defenses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_meads/another-250-million-drink-missile-defenses/ 18:43:00Z Aaron Mehta The talk of the defense world is the budget — specifically, how to shrink it and what will be cut. Given the austerity pressures, it’s remarkable that a costly program targeted for cancellation can get a new government check for a quarter of a billion dollars . 2012-05-15T18:43:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_acs_gop_op/killing-community-survey-bad-govt-and-business/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_acs_gop_op/killing-community-survey-bad-govt-and-business/ 17:21:00Z Kristina Costa Last week’s House vote to end the American Community Survey defied the advice of conservative think tank experts, the interests of the business community, and, most critically, common sense. 2012-05-15T17:21:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mccain_myanmar/mccain-wants-us-sanctions-against-myanmar-lifted/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mccain_myanmar/mccain-wants-us-sanctions-against-myanmar-lifted/ 16:27:00Z Patrick Winn In a speech at Washington, D.C.‘s Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sen. John McCain advocated suspending — not permanently removing — almost all American sanctions against Myanmar. 2012-05-15T16:27:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_same_sex_insurance/firms-offer-benefits-same-sex-couples-ahead-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_same_sex_insurance/firms-offer-benefits-same-sex-couples-ahead-laws/ 15:52:00Z Julie Appleby Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry. That’s up from 31 percent in 2010. 2012-05-15T15:52:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_park_sewer/sewer-work-slow-south-park-traffic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_park_sewer/sewer-work-slow-south-park-traffic/ 15:43:00Z Dylan Smith South Park Avenue between 22nd and 26th Streets will be narrowed to one lane in each direction for about a week as crews install a new sewer pipe and manhole. 2012-05-15T15:43:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_buckmaster/buckmaster-battle-independent-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_buckmaster/buckmaster-battle-independent-vote/ 22:21:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Monday Political Face-Off featuring commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Plus, a conversation with General John Wickham, former chief of staff of the U.S. Army. 2012-05-14T22:21:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ 18:09:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Modern Streetcar Project is continuing with additional traffic closures Downtown and around Fourth Avenue and the University of Arizona. 2012-05-14T18:09:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_palin_death_panel/palins-death-panel-rhetoric-torpedoed-medicare-savings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_palin_death_panel/palins-death-panel-rhetoric-torpedoed-medicare-savings/ 18:02:00Z Wendell Potter We’ll be hearing a lot from politicians this summer and fall about the urgency of dealing with Medicare spending. If we’re fortunate, some courageous candidates will call for renewed debate on a provision of the health care reform bill that had once enjoyed bipartisan support. 2012-05-14T18:02:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_military_pay_op/top-10-things-know-military-compensation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_military_pay_op/top-10-things-know-military-compensation/ 17:51:00Z Lawrence J. Korb The Pentagon’s personnel budget is composed of three major items: pay, retirement, and health care. These costs have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and now consume one-third of the baseline defense budget. If they continue growing, these costs will begin to divert funds from other critical national security initiatives such as training and modernization. 2012-05-14T17:51:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ 17:21:00Z Roberto De Vido While Greece continues to circle the drain, Time magazine focuses elsewhere ... 2012-05-14T17:21:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_chamber_health_care/us-chamber-continues-mislead-health-care-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_chamber_health_care/us-chamber-continues-mislead-health-care-law/ 17:07:00Z D'Angelo Gore The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s latest onslaught of television ads continues to miseducate voters about the potential impact of the health care law. 2012-05-14T17:07:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_az_old_schools/amid-budget-politics-azs-school-buildings-crumble/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_az_old_schools/amid-budget-politics-azs-school-buildings-crumble/ 19:47:00Z Kellie Mejdrich After budget talks about overhauling school building maintenance flopped, the state Legislature has continued to cut off funding to regular school repairs in violation of the state Constitution and a previous court order. 2012-05-12T19:47:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_buckmaster/buckmaster-civility-political-discourse-realistic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_buckmaster/buckmaster-civility-political-discourse-realistic/ 22:11:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with the Friday Focus interview with a conversation with Jane Prescott-Smith, managing director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse. 2012-05-11T22:11:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051112_reagan/charting-rise-stupidity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051112_reagan/charting-rise-stupidity/ 12:18:00Z Jimmy Zuma Smart v. Stupid: As America grapples with a long-term decline, we have only Ronald Reagan to blame. 2012-05-11T12:18:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_romney_hrc_factcheck/romneys-gross-exaggeration-obamacare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_romney_hrc_factcheck/romneys-gross-exaggeration-obamacare/ 19:40:00Z Eugene Kiely Mitt Romney claims government will “constitute … almost 50 percent” of the U.S. economy when the new federal health care law takes full effect. That’s nonsense. 2012-05-10T19:40:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_railroad_safety/obama-administration-heeds-industry-call-ease-rail-safety-rules/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_railroad_safety/obama-administration-heeds-industry-call-ease-rail-safety-rules/ 19:26:00Z Stuart Silverstein The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will scale back federal rail safety rules spurred by a Southern California train wreck in 2008 that killed 25 people and hurt 135 others. 2012-05-10T19:26:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mortgage_siphon_op/state-siphons-off-50-million-from-foreclosure-settlement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mortgage_siphon_op/state-siphons-off-50-million-from-foreclosure-settlement/ 16:44:00Z C.J. Hager A part of the 2013 Arizona budget bill that garnered “make the news” attention was the $50 million swept from the Attorney General’s Mortgage Settlement Fund. The budget takes over half of the settlement, $50 million, and diverts it to the General Fund. 2012-05-10T16:44:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_dollars_for_docs/pain-advocacy-group-shuts-down-as-senators-launch-painkiller-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_dollars_for_docs/pain-advocacy-group-shuts-down-as-senators-launch-painkiller-probe/ 13:16:00Z Charles Ornstein A leading pain advocacy organization shuts down ahead of an investigation launched by the Senate Finance Committee into makers of narcotic painkillers and groups that champion them. 2012-05-09T13:16:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_wire_fraud_indictment/ex-loan-officer-indicted-wire-fraud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_wire_fraud_indictment/ex-loan-officer-indicted-wire-fraud/ 22:02:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A former loan officer and Tucson resident has been charged with fraud and making false statements on loan applications in a case involving $1.4 million in home loans. 2012-05-08T22:02:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_buckmaster/buckmaster-making-tucson-more-business-friendly-city/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_buckmaster/buckmaster-making-tucson-more-business-friendly-city/ 21:11:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - While Bill Buckmaster is on vacation, guest host Shelly Fishman focuses the conversation on Tucson’s regional development with Maricela Solis, Tucson Mayor Rothschild’s business advocate, and Debbie Chandler, the city manager’s economic development manager. 2012-05-08T21:11:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_feds_enforce_e-rate/govt-tells-phone-companies-follow-low-price-rule-schools/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_feds_enforce_e-rate/govt-tells-phone-companies-follow-low-price-rule-schools/ 18:11:00Z Jeff Gerth Federal regulators are finally telling phone companies how to comply with a rule requiring them to charge bargain prices to schools and libraries. 2012-05-08T18:11:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_health_care_costs/health-care-increasingly-out-reach-millions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_health_care_costs/health-care-increasingly-out-reach-millions/ 16:00:00Z Phil Galewitz Having trouble finding a doctor? You’re not alone.Tens of millions of adults under 65 — both those with insurance and those without — saw their access to health care dramatically worsen over the past decade. 2012-05-08T16:00:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_alec_lobbying_pass/three-states-give-alec-pass-lobbying-rules/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_alec_lobbying_pass/three-states-give-alec-pass-lobbying-rules/ 15:24:00Z Paul Abowd South Carolina, Indiana and Colorado have all given the free-market group a pass on registering or reporting lobbying expenditures. 2012-05-08T15:24:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_government_aig_bailout/us-government-could-make-15b-profit-from-aig-bailout/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_government_aig_bailout/us-government-could-make-15b-profit-from-aig-bailout/ 14:48:00Z Samantha Stainburn The U.S. government’s bailout of AIG in 2008 may end up being a profitable move, according to the Government Accountability Office. 2012-05-08T14:48:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_buckmaster/buckmaster-use-fear-political-rhetoric/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_buckmaster/buckmaster-use-fear-political-rhetoric/ 00:25:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Bill Buckmaster is on vacation. Guest host Shelly Fishman guides the conversation in a special one-hour edition of the Monday Political Face-Off, featuring commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom. 2012-05-08T00:25:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050712_daily_show_vagina/vagina-diaries-daily-show-loses-round/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050712_daily_show_vagina/vagina-diaries-daily-show-loses-round/ 22:57:00Z Thomas Mucha Delta Airlines pulls its ads from “The Daily Show.” Jon Stewart nemesis Bill Donohue of the Catholic League claims victory. Up next: Kellogg’s? 2012-05-07T22:57:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ 20:23:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Arizona will receive nearly $2 million of a $100 million, multi-state settlement with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing for the drug Depakote. 2012-05-07T20:23:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_fda_implant_monitoring/fda-lax-monitoring-medical-implants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_fda_implant_monitoring/fda-lax-monitoring-medical-implants/ 17:16:00Z Lena Groeger The FDA doesn’t track data on medical implants, despite numerous high profile cases of malfunctioning devices that led to injury or even death. 2012-05-07T17:16:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ 17:04:00Z Marshall Fitz U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to introduce a bill to provide legal status—but not citizenship—for undocumented youth ran into an obstacle when Speaker Boehner announced that such a proposal would not pass his chamber. 2012-05-07T17:04:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_walmart_lawsuit/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-alleged-bribery-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_walmart_lawsuit/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-alleged-bribery-mexico/ 16:57:00Z Talia Ralph Wal-Mart has been sued by the second-largest pension plan in the United States, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, over the retailer’s alleged mishandling and cover-up of bribery in their Mexico division 2012-05-07T16:57:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_flex_patriotism/flexible-patriotism/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_flex_patriotism/flexible-patriotism/ 16:56:00Z Matt Davies Where do U.S. corporations put their allegiance? 2012-05-07T16:56:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_hc_quick_fix_potter/false-quick-fixes-american-health-care/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_hc_quick_fix_potter/false-quick-fixes-american-health-care/ 16:36:00Z Wendell Potter You’ve heard it before. Let’s deep-six ObamaCare and replace it with sure-fire free-market solutions: tort reform, allow insurance to be sold across state lines and encourage people to set up health savings accounts. Here’s the problem: there is mounting evidence that all three of these strategies not only are ineffective but may actually be making matters worse. 2012-05-07T16:36:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_buckmaster/buckmaster-polite-politics-it-possible/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_buckmaster/buckmaster-polite-politics-it-possible/ 22:33:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a conversation with UA Communication Prof. Kate Kenski. 2012-05-04T22:33:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_obama_romney_medicare/qa-obama-vs-ryan-controlling-medicare-spending/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_obama_romney_medicare/qa-obama-vs-ryan-controlling-medicare-spending/ 18:05:00Z Marilyn Werber Serafini Looking at Paul Ryan and Barack Obama’s plans in detail shows that practical effects are likely to be very different when it comes to restraining federal spending and impact on seniors. 2012-05-04T18:05:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_stimulus_jobs/stimulus-money-jobs-overseas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_stimulus_jobs/stimulus-money-jobs-overseas/ 17:50:00Z Robert Farley An ad from the conservative Americans for Prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for “green jobs” going overseas. The ad, titled “Wasteful Spending,” introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack. 2012-05-04T17:50:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_economy_jobs/job-growth-report-april-disappoints/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_economy_jobs/job-growth-report-april-disappoints/ 17:25:00Z Priyanka Boghani The U.S. economy created 115,000 jobs in April, fewer than analysts had expected, according to the Labor Department’s report on Friday. However, the unemployment rate dipped slightly, from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent. 2012-05-04T17:25:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_buckmaster/buckmaster-targeting-tourist-dollars-from-sonora/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_buckmaster/buckmaster-targeting-tourist-dollars-from-sonora/ 21:15:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with a conversation with Terry Bracy, Buckmaster Show Washington contributor. Then, we preview the Sonoran Region Business Development Conference presented by Tucson’s Caballeros del Sol. Also, Guy Gunther of CenturyLink. 2012-05-03T21:15:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_mother_daughter_program/asu-hispanic-mother-daughter-program-still-going-strong/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_mother_daughter_program/asu-hispanic-mother-daughter-program-still-going-strong/ 17:06:00Z Stephanie Snyder The Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program at ASU is still going strong more than a year after Arizona passed a ban on affirmative action. 2012-05-03T17:06:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050312_f-22_pilots/air-force-pilots-balk-flying-f-22-fighters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050312_f-22_pilots/air-force-pilots-balk-flying-f-22-fighters/ 16:28:00Z Cora Currier The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved. The Air Force’s Air Combat Command confirmed that some pilots — they would specify only “a very small” number — have requested not to fly the F-22. 2012-05-03T16:28:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_pinto_creek_mine/opponents-still-fighting-pinto-creek-mine-after-two-decades/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_pinto_creek_mine/opponents-still-fighting-pinto-creek-mine-after-two-decades/ 15:54:00Z Salvador Rodriguez Despite an appeals court ruling three years ago, copper mining continues at the Carlota Mine at Pinto Creek, near Globe. “The regulatory bodies just ignored the ruling and allowed them to go right ahead and destroy the area,” one opponent said. 2012-05-03T15:54:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_tribe_vs_solar/tribe-pushes-back-against-quartzsite-solar-plant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_tribe_vs_solar/tribe-pushes-back-against-quartzsite-solar-plant/ 15:11:00Z Jessica Testa By this time next year, a 653-foot solar tower – an industrial pipe taller than the Washington Monument – will rise from La Posa Plain if the Quartzsite Solar Energy Project earns approval. Members of the Quechan Tribe oppose the project. “What if someone wanted to put solar panels on the Vatican?” 2012-05-02T15:11:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_buckmaster/buckmaster-high-hopes-mission-gardens-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_buckmaster/buckmaster-high-hopes-mission-gardens-project/ 22:05:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — Tucson business leader Alex Rodriguez, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, an update on the Mission Gardens Project, and Blog for Arizona’s David Safier. 2012-05-01T22:05:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ 18:58:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Suggested detour routes for bicyclists have been expanded as construction on the Tucson modern streetcar line continues Downtown. 2012-05-01T18:58:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_tucson_drifts_op/tucson-portland-ized-it-should-so-fortunate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_tucson_drifts_op/tucson-portland-ized-it-should-so-fortunate/ 17:02:00Z Jon Talton Guest opinion: What’s the biggest danger facing Arizona’s second city? According to Roger Yohem, writing in Inside Tucson Business, it is that the Old Pueblo will become Portland-ized. It should be so fortunate. 2012-05-01T17:02:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_the_carterschool/the-carter-school/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_the_carterschool/the-carter-school/ 15:56:00Z Roberto De Vido “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.” 2012-05-01T15:56:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_fed_mandate_ignored/att-feds-neglect-low-price-school-internet-mandate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_fed_mandate_ignored/att-feds-neglect-low-price-school-internet-mandate/ 15:21:00Z Jeff Gerth As schools struggle for funding amid widespread budget cuts, there is growing evidence that a requirement to offer low-price connectivity has been widely neglected by federal regulators and at least one telecom giant. 2012-05-01T15:21:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_state_fedds/phx-businessman-az-should-tell-feds-go-away/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_state_fedds/phx-businessman-az-should-tell-feds-go-away/ 15:19:00Z Dustin Volz There are at least two measures currently being considered in Arizona that would let the state tell the federal government to buzz off. 2012-05-01T15:19:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_buckmaster/buckmaster-trying-close-latino-education-gap/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_buckmaster/buckmaster-trying-close-latino-education-gap/ 20:58:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - The Monday Political Face-Off with Vince Rabago and John Munger, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Lea Marquez Peterson, and a preview of the upcoming Tucson Letter Carriers food drive. 2012-04-30T20:58:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_texas_planned_parenthood/judge-texas-must-keep-planned-parenthood-under-medicaid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_texas_planned_parenthood/judge-texas-must-keep-planned-parenthood-under-medicaid/ 19:20:00Z Thanh Tan A district judge in Austin has ordered Texas to temporarily stop its enforcement of a rule that would have removed 49 Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s Medicaid Women’s Health Program starting May 1. 2012-04-30T19:20:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_astronomy_money/astronomy-brings-big-bucks-state/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_astronomy_money/astronomy-brings-big-bucks-state/#When: 13:15:000 Samantha Esquivel Updated: The dark night skies and dry air in Arizona make it a hot spot for the astronomy industry, which has generated a significant amount of money for the state. 2012-04-30T13:15:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_taxes_press/taxmageddon-no-just-reprise-giving-hostage-takers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_taxes_press/taxmageddon-no-just-reprise-giving-hostage-takers/ 18:20:00Z Craig Gurian Despite a Times story that features the potential impact on the middle class — look, we’re all in this together — it is entirely clear that no one is looking to raise taxes on the middle class. What is at issue, just as it was in 2010, is whether the era of enormous tax cuts for the wealthy will continue. 2012-04-30T18:20:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_income_spending/report-incomes-rise-spending-slows/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_income_spending/report-incomes-rise-spending-slows/ 18:12:00Z Samantha Stainburn Incomes rose at a faster pace in March, but consumer spending slowed, according to Commerce Department figures released Monday. 2012-04-30T18:12:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_missile_defense/missile-defenses-hobbled-by-uncertainties/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_missile_defense/missile-defenses-hobbled-by-uncertainties/ 18:11:00Z R. Jeffrey Smith The Pentagon really has no idea if its missile defense systems will do their job, because over the past several decades it hasn’t concocted validated targets to test them, fielded proven interceptors, or even collected all the data needed to assess their early performance, the GAO said. 2012-04-30T18:11:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_health_insurance_rebates/putting-our-premiums-into-medical-care-not-profits/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_health_insurance_rebates/putting-our-premiums-into-medical-care-not-profits/ 16:58:00Z Wendell Potter The Rockefeller provision of President Obama’s health care reform law will require consumer rebates from insurers who didn’t spend enough on care. 2012-04-30T16:58:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042912_hospital_bill_suit/sued-over-1800-hospital-bill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042912_hospital_bill_suit/sued-over-1800-hospital-bill/ 22:57:00Z Jenny Gold Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, has sued nearly 1,600 people in county court between 2009 and 2011. Most of them were patients who were unable to pay their medical bills. 2012-04-29T22:57:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042912_latinos_foreclosure/latinos-bearing-brunt-foreclosure-crisis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042912_latinos_foreclosure/latinos-bearing-brunt-foreclosure-crisis/ 20:46:00Z Jennifer Rokosa The effects of the housing market’s collapse can be felt far and wide, though perhaps no more so than by Latinos and other communities of color. 2012-04-29T20:46:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042812_romney_big_oil/is-big-oil-backing-romney/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042812_romney_big_oil/is-big-oil-backing-romney/ 20:31:00Z D'Angelo Gore A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim. 2012-04-28T20:31:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042812_mex_child_workers/report-3m-children-working-mexico-half-unpaid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042812_mex_child_workers/report-3m-children-working-mexico-half-unpaid/ 18:12:00Z Global Post Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission on Friday said that 3 million minors work in the country, half without pay. 2012-04-28T18:12:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_broadcasters_political_ads/broadcasters-must-post-political-ad-data-online/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_broadcasters_political_ads/broadcasters-must-post-political-ad-data-online/ 23:32:00Z Justin Elliott The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 this morning to require broadcasters to post political ad data on the Web, making it easier for the public to see how as much as $3.2 billion will be spent on TV advertising in this election. 2012-04-27T23:32:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_huerta_medal_freedom/activist-dolores-huerta-receive-medal-freedom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_huerta_medal_freedom/activist-dolores-huerta-receive-medal-freedom/ 21:50:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring. 2012-04-27T21:50:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_buckmaster/buckmaster-sahuarita-strives-economic-player/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_buckmaster/buckmaster-sahuarita-strives-economic-player/ 20:32:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - The Friday Focus with Sahuarita Mayor Duane Blumberg. Then the Reporters’ Roundtable with Tucson Weekly’s Jimmy Boegle and Green Valley News’ Dan Shearer, and Tucson’s Culinary Cruiser Matt Russell. 2012-04-27T20:32:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_tia_impact/tucson-airport-claims-32-billion-impact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_tia_impact/tucson-airport-claims-32-billion-impact/ 17:28:00Z Dylan Smith Tucson International Airport has an annual economic impact of more than $3.2 billion, according to a new study commissioned by the Tucson Airport Authority. 2012-04-27T17:28:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042712_latino_ed/latino-education-gap-threatens-azs-economic-future/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042712_latino_ed/latino-education-gap-threatens-azs-economic-future/ 16:44:00Z Morrison Institute New data and projections point to a future fiscal and economic crisis for Arizona unless the state’s Latino educational attainment gap is addressed in a concerted and sustained manner, according to a report released Friday. 2012-04-27T16:44:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042712_liberalism_think_again/how-classical-liberalism-morphed-into-new-deal-liberalism/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042712_liberalism_think_again/how-classical-liberalism-morphed-into-new-deal-liberalism/ 14:42:00Z Eric Alterman The path of American political thought, from Teddy to Franklin: “For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.” 2012-04-27T14:42:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_az_tequilas/make-room-bar-arizona-tequilas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_az_tequilas/make-room-bar-arizona-tequilas/ 22:16:00Z Katie Parchen Arizona tequila companies such as the Phoenix-based Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine and Luna Malvada Tequila share a passion and commitment to the sometimes arduous task of producing the one-of-a-kind liquor. 2012-04-26T22:16:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_buckmaster/buckmaster-no-major-regrets-says-tusd-president/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_buckmaster/buckmaster-no-major-regrets-says-tusd-president/ 21:54:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We talk with TUSD’s Mark Stegeman. Then, Sierra Vista Herald reporter Bill Hess on the latest San Pedro River water dispute. 2012-04-26T21:54:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_atf_mexico_guns/atf-two-thirds-guns-recovered-mexico-from-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_atf_mexico_guns/atf-two-thirds-guns-recovered-mexico-from-us/ 21:16:00Z Julian Aguilar About two-thirds of the weapons recovered by Mexican authorities since 2007 and submitted to U.S. law enforcement for tracing had origins in the United States, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. 2012-04-26T21:16:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_cispa_sopa/what-does-cispa-mean-internet-users/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_cispa_sopa/what-does-cispa-mean-internet-users/ 18:08:00Z Megha Rajagopalan The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has privacy activists, tech companies, security wonks and the Obama administration all jousting about what it means. 2012-04-26T18:08:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042612_college_costs/college-costs-will-soar-if-student-loan-interest-allowed-double/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042612_college_costs/college-costs-will-soar-if-student-loan-interest-allowed-double/ 17:00:00Z Jennifer Mishory Interest rates on student loans are set to double in July if Congress fails to act. At a time when tuition is rising at 8.3 percent a year and median wages for young people are falling, young Americans and their families can ill afford more Washington inaction. 2012-04-26T17:00:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_fcc_political_ads/broadcasters-make-last-ditch-push-hide-political-ad-data/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_fcc_political_ads/broadcasters-make-last-ditch-push-hide-political-ad-data/ 16:51:00Z Justin Elliott With the Federal Communications Commission set to vote Friday on whether to require broadcasters to post political ad data online, the industry has been scrambling to water down the proposed rule. 2012-04-26T16:51:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_mexico_tourism/mexican-vacation-more-than-beaches-and-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_mexico_tourism/mexican-vacation-more-than-beaches-and-violence/ 15:29:00Z Matt Levin Mexico’s drug war has damaged its reputation with its most frequent visitors, U.S. travelers. As a result, Mexico is trying to change perception by any means necessary. 2012-04-26T15:29:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_super_pac_donors/top-10-donors-make-up-third-donations-super-pacs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_super_pac_donors/top-10-donors-make-up-third-donations-super-pacs/ 14:46:00Z John Dunbar Super PACs have not led to a tsunami of contributions flowing from the treasuries of Fortune 500 corporations, contrary to expectations — at least not yet anyway. 2012-04-26T14:46:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_mex_walmart_bribery/mexico-opens-wal-mart-bribery-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_mex_walmart_bribery/mexico-opens-wal-mart-bribery-probe/ 00:16:00Z Global Post Federal authorities in Mexico announced Wednesday they would investigate to find if government officials at the national level were involved in alleged bribery by the U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart. 2012-04-26T00:16:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_worker_fatalities/report-fatal-work-injuries-rose-2010/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_worker_fatalities/report-fatal-work-injuries-rose-2010/ 23:20:00Z Jim Morris The Department of Labor reported Wednesday that 4,690 U.S. workers suffered fatal injuries in 2010, a 3 percent increase from 2009. 2012-04-25T23:20:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_buckmaster/buckmaster-wasting-water-will-cost-you/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_buckmaster/buckmaster-wasting-water-will-cost-you/ 22:20:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A conversation with Dr. Victoria Maizes, of the Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson Water cop Tony Almodova, and Tucson film industry advocate Eric Schumacher. 2012-04-25T22:20:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_mexico_immg_op/mexican-migration-down-now-what/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_mexico_immg_op/mexican-migration-down-now-what/ 16:12:00Z Dan Wagener Let’s get serious about resolving the status of our undocumented population. 2012-04-25T16:12:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_navy_lcs/report-darkens-reputation-new-navy-ship/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_navy_lcs/report-darkens-reputation-new-navy-ship/ 15:44:00Z Aaron Mehta The Navy claims the Littoral Combat Ship represents its future, but watchdogs see serious flaws in design. Test runs caused cracked hulls that forced the ship to limit its speed; engines that simply failed; and over 600 failures of equipment led to dry-dockings. 2012-04-25T15:44:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_mex_walmart_bribery/justice-dept-probes-alleged-wal-mart-bribery-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_mex_walmart_bribery/justice-dept-probes-alleged-wal-mart-bribery-mexico/ 02:36:00Z Global Post Shares in the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart have continued to slide as the likelihood appears to grow that the company will face legal recompense for its alleged actions in Mexico. 2012-04-25T02:36:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_bp_spill_charges/feds-file-criminal-charges-bp-gulf-oil-spill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_bp_spill_charges/feds-file-criminal-charges-bp-gulf-oil-spill/ 02:18:00Z Abrahm Lustgarten The U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a former BP employee destroyed critical evidence in the early days of the Gulf oil spill. 2012-04-25T02:18:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_az_drones_range/supporters-tout-arizona-uav-test-range/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_az_drones_range/supporters-tout-arizona-uav-test-range/ 00:16:00Z Tarryn Mento A state lawmaker has championed a successful resolution that encourages Arizona to compete to host one of the unmanned aircraft test ranges to be established by the FAA. 2012-04-25T00:16:06+00:00