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Posted May 12, 2022, 10:13 am
Cameron Langford
/Courthouse News Service
The Biden administration told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday it has no policy against building barriers at the southwest border, refuting Texas’ and Missouri’s claims it is refusing to spend $2.7 billion Congress appropriated for that purpose. ... Read more»
Posted May 9, 2022, 6:17 am
Eryka Forquer
/Cronkite News
As more open Arizona desert and farmland is developed, burrowing owls are being relocated to new sites through the collaboration of raptor conservation group Wild at Heart, environmental organizations and volunteers.... Read more»
Posted Apr 28, 2022, 6:20 am
Kristian Hernandez
/Stateline
Developers across the country are scrambling to find gap financing to cover increased material and labor costs - and the construction slowdown is coming at a time when there is a desperate need to increase the nation’s supply of affordable housing. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 8, 2022, 7:49 am
Alex Robinson
/Corporate Knights
Some of the country’s most populous cities have banned gas hookups in new developments - but over the last year, Republican-controlled legislatures have passed bills that prohibit cities from banning natural gas infrastructure in new construction.... Read more»
Posted Apr 4, 2022, 6:46 am
Tim Henderson
/Stateline
Many cities and states say the 2020 census wildly underestimated their residents, costing them significant money for the social services and infrastructure their areas need - and while the Census Bureau has created programs to fix the errors, many say they are not sufficient. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 16, 2022, 5:36 am
Reagan Priest
/Cronkite News
President Joe Biden came to the National League of Cities conference this week to tout the success of the American Rescue Plan, which besides tax credits, rental assistance and expanded jobless benefits, directed just over $1 billion to 24 Arizona cities.... Read more»
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Posted Mar 2, 2022, 6:25 am
Ariana Figueroa & Jennifer Shutt/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night to reassert America as a leading global voice for democracy and condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for starting an “unprovoked” war in Ukraine. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2022, 4:29 pm
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address is set to focus significantly on the economy, with the former member of the U.S. Senate calling on Congress to pass much of the agenda stalled in the so-called Build Back Better bill.
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Posted Feb 28, 2022, 4:06 am
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
Arizona is set to receive at least $315 million for improvements to three ports of entry along the Mexican border, money that officials say is badly needed to ease cross-border trade while improving border security. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 23, 2022, 8:08 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
During her visit to Arizona, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the agency’s plan to fulfill settlements of Indian water rights claims using money from the infrastructure spending plan that President Joe Biden signed into law last year. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2022, 7:29 am
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
More than 10 million low-income households have lower internet costs thanks to the Broadband Affordability Program - part of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal - which gives qualifying households up to $30 off their monthly internet bill and up to $75 if they live on tribal lands. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 11, 2022, 8:04 am
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
Arizona stands to get up to $76.5 million over the next five years to develop electric vehicle charging stations along interstate corridors, in hopes of increasing EV ownership by reducing range anxiety for drivers. ... Read more»
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Posted Feb 11, 2022, 7:15 am
Reyna Preciado
/Cronkite News
La tribu Pascua Yaqui está construyendo 200 viviendas asequibles después de recibir millones de dólares en créditos fiscales para financiar el proyecto en la reserva al suroeste de Tucson. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 9, 2022, 7:35 am
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
Pascua Yaqui Chairman Peter Yucupicio told a House subcommittee Tuesday that tribes need more federal support to implement “critical” water infrastructure projects on their lands and called for increased engagement by the Army Corps of Engineers with tribes.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 5:00 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
American employers added 467,000 jobs in January, a sign the U.S. economy held steady during a surge in coronavirus infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 1:28 pm
Madison Thomas
/Cronkite News
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is building 200 affordable homes after receiving millions of dollars in tax credits to fund the project on the reservation southwest of Tucson.... Read more»