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Phoenix City Council to hear citizen petition on police and immigration enforcement

The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday is scheduled to consider a citizen’s petition aimed at stopping police from doing immigration enforcement. City records say such a complex request should have come from within the government. The petition was made by a longtime member of the activist group Poder in...
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SRP customers can get two shade trees to reduce energy use

The Salt River Project, better known as SRP is offering two free trees to eligible customers to help create shade and reduce energy use for their property. Eligible customers must:
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Some businesses along South Phoenix light rail extension say they are still losing customers

PHOENIX - Some say Phoenix's light rail system is experiencing some growing pains, as Valley Metro recently opened the new South Central Extension that extends the light rail from Downtown Phoenix to South Phoenix, along Central Avenue. The backstory:. According to the Associated Press, construction of the initial...
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Popular burger chain to open a new location in Arizona. Here’s everything we know

Wisconsin-based fast food chain Culver's is expanding and plans to open new locations across the country, including one in Arizona. Culver’s, which opened in 1984 and is based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, is known for its frozen custard and ButterBurgers. The burgers are pressed, seared and served on buns that are...
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APS requests rate increases in Arizona to cover costs for smart grid tech, improved...

Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service (APS) filed an application June 13 with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to update its rates to cover ongoing operations and to support the state’s growth and future energy demands. “Reliability ... Read More » The post APS requests rate increases in Arizona to cover...
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UofA offers 3-year medical degree to tackle Arizona’s doctor shortage

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — With its new program, the University of Arizona is looking to fast-track students into becoming doctors, specifically primary physicians. “It gets the student into training sooner,” said Dr. Fredric Wondisford, Dean of the UofA College of Medicine - Phoenix. Instead of the more traditional four...
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Phoenix-area houses of worship fear ICE raids after Los Angeles arrests

WASHINGTON -- Immigration raids at houses of worship remain infrequent, but arrests last week at two Los Angeles-area churches have stoked fear among migrants and an uproar among advocates.
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Police identify employee arrested in Queen Creek after dogs found dead inside hot car

PHOENIX — Police have identified the employee arrested in connection to a Queen Creek animal cruelty incident after two dogs reportedly died inside a hot car on Friday. Abraham De La Rosa, 40, was booked into Maricopa County Jail on two counts of animal cruelty, according to the Queen Creek Police Department.
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The Latest Flashpoint in Cities’ Failed Response to Street Homelessness

Arizona once again finds itself at the center of a major legal battle over its rampant street homelessness. In May, the state’s Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling, finding that the city of Tucson can be held liable for failing to abate the “public nuisance” resulting from a homeless encampment.
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Downtown Mesa businesses prepared for drug overdoses

Kirstin Bradley has Narcan on hand when she’s at work as a barber-stylist in downtown Mesa – just in case. Narcan, also known as naloxone, is a medication administered as a nasal spray or as an auto-injector that quickly restores the breathing of a person experiencing an opioid overdose.

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