http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/growth growth news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-06-18T02:24:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092311_az_groundwater_losses/agriculture-growth-blamed-azs-groundwater-depletion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092311_az_groundwater_losses/agriculture-growth-blamed-azs-groundwater-depletion/ 02:24:00Z Roberto De Vido Arizona has depleted its groundwater over the past 70 years enough to fill Lake Powell nearly three times, according to the first federal study of the state’s groundwater since the 1980s. 2013-06-18T02:24:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122110_census/census-gives-arizona-ninth-house-seat/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122110_census/census-gives-arizona-ninth-house-seat/ 02:24:00Z Roberto De Vido Arizona’s population growth over the past decade means the state will gain an extra seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, census data released Tuesday indicates. Arizona was the second-fastest growing state, after Nevada. 2013-06-18T02:24:17+00:00