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Park Service balks at requirement to plan ahead for future shutdowns

Park Service balks at requirement to plan ahead for future shutdowns

By Jack Fitzpatrick          Cronkite News The National Park Service is not interested in coming up with plans to let states pay to keep parks open should another government shutdown occur, a service official testified Thursday to a House subcommittee. Park

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Bay Area consumer management firm adding Phoenix office

Bay Area consumer management firm adding Phoenix office

By Andrew Knochel          Cronkite News Social consumer management company Gigya will hire 200 people for a new north Phoenix office, Gov. Jan Brewer and others announced Tuesday. Brewer said the Mountain View, Calif.-based company is looking for workers to provide

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Court blocks Arizona law against ‘harboring and transporting’ immigrants

Court blocks Arizona law against ‘harboring and transporting’ immigrants

By Chad Garland          Cronkite News        WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Tuesday let stand an injunction against an Arizona law that would have made it a crime to harbor, shield, conceal or transport immigrants here illegally. A three-judge panel

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Nogales’ Tito Rios Named Arizona Poet Laureate

Nogales’ Tito Rios Named Arizona Poet Laureate

In partnership with the Office of the Governor and the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona State University is pleased to announce that celebrated poet and Regents’ Professor, Alberto “Tito” Ríos, has been named the inaugural poet laureate for the

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Yarnell Residents Vow to Press On After FEMA Denial

Yarnell Residents Vow to Press On After FEMA Denial

By Nela Lichtscheidl          Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Residents of Yarnell said Monday that they were never really depending on help from the federal government, and vowed to continue rebuilding their community after a request for disaster aid was rejected Friday.

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Supreme Court Frees Arizona From Federal OK on Vote Laws

Supreme Court Frees Arizona From Federal OK on Vote Laws

By Nela Lichtscheidl          Cronkite News   WASHINGTON – Arizona will no longer have to get prior federal government approval for state voting changes, after the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key component of the Voting Rights Act. A

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