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December farm update for Arizona and California
There is no winter break for western farmers who cultivate land in mild-winter areas. While other states' farm fields are staving off hard frosts or simply collecting snow this time of year, tho ...
14 Dec, 2011
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Supreme Court to rule on controversial Arizona immigration law
In yet another showdown between the Obama Administration and the states, which are already challenging President Obama's signature health care legislation in the nation's highest court, the Supreme Co ...
13 Dec, 2011
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Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy making progress on stored energy technology
Stored energy is the ability to take generated electricity and store in a form where it can be used later, on-demand, as needed. This is especially important for renewable energy. Wind and solar plant ...
12 Dec, 2011
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Projected demand for Colorado River water exceeds supply
The Bureau of Reclamation has requested input from the public to resolve water supply and demand imbalances for the seven states, including California, using Colorado River water. The problem can be e ...
08 Dec, 2011
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Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission resumes work following political fracas
Arizona's Independent Redistricting Commission resumed work yesterday, a month after the Commission was thrown into disarray when Gov. Jan Brewer and State Senate Republicans launched a full frontal a ...
30 Nov, 2011
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Arizona: the harbinger of American politics
Zócalo Public Square, a project of the Center for Social Cohesion from Arizona State University, in partnership with the New America Foundation, recently hosted a discussion about ...
27 Oct, 2011
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Free trade agreements should increase Arizona's ag revenune
A long-awaited trio of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) were passed by both congressional chambers last week in a bipartisan effort to open up duty-free export channels to Colombia, Panama and South Korea ...
20 Oct, 2011
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The ignominy! New Jersey commercial solar tops California
The Solar Energy Industries Association has just rained on California's renewable energy photo voltaic (PV) parade with the distressing news (PDF) that New Jersey's commercial PV projects now exceed C ...
20 Oct, 2011
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Arizona is #1 in meth use by high school students
The Arizona Meth Project is trying hard, and succeeding at, reducing first-time meth usage by young people "through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach." It does so p ...
18 Oct, 2011
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Wall Street protest enters second month, global demonstrations take place over weekend
Coordinated protests were held in cities around the world over the weekend as the Occupy Wall Street demonstration entered its second full month. On Saturday, people gathered by the thousa ...
17 Oct, 2011
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