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Shift from concentrated solar power to photovoltaic inexorable now
Several proposed big solar projects, including one in California, have switched from concentrated solar power (CSP) to the more familiar photovoltaic (PV). The trend now seems irreversible. Photovolta ...
09 Jan, 2012
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Arizona Green and Libertarian parties file suit against new voter registration forms
On December 29th, the Arizona Green and Libertarian parties filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of Arizona charging that the state's new voter registration forms violate their First Amendment rig ...
04 Jan, 2012
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Happy New Year: 40,000 new laws to take effect in 2012
Despite the influence of small government advocates like those in the Tea Party movement, the size, role, and influence of government on a federal, state, and local level is set to grow significantly ...
03 Jan, 2012
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Arizona legislators push bill to allow guns on college campuses
In a move sure to be controversial and which has already received national attention, Arizona legislators have redrafted legislation to allow guns to be carried at public colleges and universities. Go ...
03 Jan, 2012
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Arizona receives fourth unmanned drone for border patrol
Arizona received its fourth unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Tuesday in the form of a Predator-B drone. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials say that the new military aircraft will assist thre ...
29 Dec, 2011
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Sonoran Solar Energy Project approved
The federal government has approved a 300 MW photovoltaic solar plant to be built in Maricopa County on public land in the Rainbow Valley south of Buckeye. The Sonoran Solar Energy Project w ...
27 Dec, 2011
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Department of Justice releases scathing report on Sheriff Joe
Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently faced withering criticism for ignoring over 400 cases of sex crimes against mostly Latino children. Last week, the US Department of Justice released a scathing report after ...
22 Dec, 2011
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Americans Elect qualifies for ballot access in California
On Monday, Secretary of State Debra Bowen officially certified Americans Elect to appear on California's ballots for the 2012 elections. The addition brings the number of qualified political par ...
21 Dec, 2011
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Phoenix conducts creative, Orwellian warrant roundup
Last week, more than 1,800 people with outstanding warrants lined up outside a command post at a north central Phoenix church, surrendering themselves to police. On-site judges, prosecutors and fine-p ...
15 Dec, 2011
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Sheriff Joe's non-apology apology fuels calls for resignation
One would think that if a sheriff had botched investigations of sex crimes against children and that this became public, that he might make a genuine apology. Instead Sheriff Joe Arpaio responded to t ...
15 Dec, 2011
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