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California's 33% renewable energy goal by 2020 is not realistic
A law in April upped California's renewable energy goals by 2020 to 33% from 20%, a far more ambitious goal than any other state is attempting. But, while a renewable energy economy is a laudable goal ...
25 Aug, 2011
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Arizona counties to receive federal disaster relief
Five Arizona counties have been designated by federal agriculture officials as primary natural disaster areas due to damage caused by ongoing drought and related disasters that began in January. Conti ...
24 Aug, 2011
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Rep. Maxine Waters: "The Tea Party can go straight to hell."
After weeks of heated rhetoric and accusations directed toward the Tea Party movement in the days leading up to the debt ceiling agreement and afterward, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) stirred up the war o ...
23 Aug, 2011
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Summer of Discontent: Independents speak out
In the wake of the debt ceiling crisis, there has been an astonishing wave of criticism directed at the two-party state and duopoly system of government. For many Americans, the debt debacle app ...
22 Aug, 2011
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Political parties feeling the threat of non-partisan primaries
Recently, a bipartisan group in Arizona has gone public with its intention to promote a constitutional amendment for a non-partisan primary modeled after California's Proposition 14, which decisively ...
17 Aug, 2011
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Maricopa recall signal a change in Arizona politics
There’s a new level of political theater that’s premiered in America, and it’s not primary season – it’s recall season. While the national focus has been on the recall of six Wisconsin Republica ...
15 Aug, 2011
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Agua Caliente, the world's largest solar project, currently under construction
The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized a $967 million loan guarantee for a 290 MW solar photovoltaic plant on 2400 acres between Yuma and Phoenix. The Aqua Caliente project is now the w ...
15 Aug, 2011
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Open Government Committee launches top-two open primary ballot initiative in Arizona
Earlier this month, the Arizona Open Government Committee officially launched its campaign to bring a top-two style open primary system to the Grand Canyon State by ballot initiative in next year’s el ...
15 Aug, 2011
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Water proposal promises to return vacant Arizona farmland to productive use
A recent proposal by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to amend its assured water supply rules would provide grandfathered irrigation water rights to farmlands that were retired for dev ...
11 Aug, 2011
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Number of home-schooled children in Arizona likely to rise
As dissatisfaction with public education in Arizona grows and the debate over school choice intensifies, local and national experts are predicting a steady rise in the number of homeschooled students ...
11 Aug, 2011
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