Arizona News
ADOT Suspends Construction this Weekend
PHOENIX (AP) — Drivers heading out on the highway over the Thanksgiving weekend in Arizona will get a break on road construction.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says crews will take the holiday weekend off.
The restrictions will remain in place until Monday morning.
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Prison Riot in Phoenix
BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — A corrections official says a fight broke out among more than 100 inmates at the Lewis prison complex west of Phoenix on Wednesday, injuring three inmates and a corrections officer and putting the prison on lockdown.
Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Barrett Marson says the officer has bumps and bruises, and one [...]
IRS Has Millions in Money Due Arizonans
PHOENIX (AP) – The Internal Revenue Service has 3,237 refund checks for Arizona taxpayers worth more than $3.8 million.
The IRS said the checks were returned by the post office because of mailing-address errors.
Across the nation, refunds worth $123.5 million are waiting for taxpayers to claim them.
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said the agency is eager to [...]
UPDATED: Medical Helicopter Crashes in Central Arizona
SAN CARLOS, Ariz. (AP) — A medical helicopter has crashed on Arizona’s San Carlos Indian reservation during a training flight and both people aboard were seriously injured, authorities said. There was no patient on the flight.
The pilot of the Eurocopter AS 350 lost control while trying to land at San Carlos’s Cutter airport around 7:30 [...]
Arizona Tax Department Puts Layoff Plan on Hold
PHOENIX (AP) – The state tax collection agency is shelving its tentative plan to lay off more than half its staff this month.
The Department of Revenue said a month ago that it would probably have to lay off 450 of its 710 workers in November. That’s because Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed some of the department’s [...]
Napolitano’s People… Where Are They Now?
PHOENIX (AP) – When Democrat Janet Napolitano resigned as Arizona governor to become U.S. Homeland Security secretary, it meant big changes for her senior advisers and other top appointees.
Arizona Budget, School Offices Get New Directors
PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed a new budget director to fill a vacancy created when Brewer named Eileen Klein as her new chief of staff.
Brewer announced Friday that John Arnold is stepping down as executive director of the School Facilities Board to become director of the governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and [...]
Ariz. Plans Securities Sales for Budget Maneuver
PHOENIX (AP) — State officials say they plan to offer securities to individuals and institutional investors to implement a budget-balancing maneuver to raise $735 million by borrowing against prisons and other state properties.
According to the Department of Administration, the state plans to raise the cash starting in January through certificates of participation sold through securities [...]
UPDATE: Potato Fire 40 Percent Contained, 102 Acres
4 PM UPDATE: The fire has grown to about 100 acres, and firefighters have the fire 20 percent contained. Coconino County Sheriff’s Office investigators are currently on scene…
10 PM Update: Twin Fire Now 10-15 Percent Contained
LATEST UPDATE HERE (OCTOBER 5TH, 6 PM)
10:00 PM UPDATE, OCTOBER 4: Personnel working the fire has nearly doubled since yesterday; 450 firefighters are currently working the fire. Fire still at 10-15 percent containment.
7:00 PM UPDATE, OCTOBER 4: Despite heavy winds throughout most of the day, the Twin Fire stayed at 1,000 acres. The fire is [...]
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