Arizona News
Rangers Announce Greene Not Joining Team
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The Texas Rangers say utility infielder Khalil Greene will not be joining the team because of an undisclosed private matter.
The Rangers on Monday announced the change in status for Greene, who on Jan. 21 signed a one-year, $750,000 deal with Texas.
General manager Jon Daniels issued a statement saying the Rangers fully [...]
ADOT Getting Ready to Close 11 MVD Offices
PHOENIX (AP) — Layoffs have begun as the Arizona Department of Transportation gets ready to close 11 Motor Vehicle Division offices on Feb. 12.
The closures are part of an agency-wide effort to balance a $100 million budget deficit tied to the state’s fiscal crisis.
MVD offices to close include ones in Ajo, Benson, Bisbee, central [...]
Brewer To Release Proposed New Budget
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer releases her proposed state budget for the next fiscal year Friday.
Her budget proposal for the fiscal year starting July 1 is expected to include dramatic spending cuts and other steps for dealing with a shortfall projected to exceed $3 billion.
Brewer also has said Arizona voters should be asked to [...]
Arizona Union Challenges Law Changes on Teachers
PHOENIX (AP) — The state’s largest teachers union is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to rule that recently enacted legislation affecting public school employees is unconstitutional.
A special-action lawsuit filed Monday by the Arizona Education Association challenges legislation dealing with such topics as teachers’ seniority rights in layoffs and deadlines for school districts to decide whether [...]
Labor Day DUI Task Force Nets 940-Plus Arrests
PHOENIX (AP) — A task force targeting drunken drivers has netted 949 arrests since Aug. 21. The statewide task force Labor Day enforcement ends Monday.
The task force, in a news release Sunday, says 315 people face extreme driving-under-the-influence charges, meaning they had a blood-alcohol content above 0.15.
The task force says 106 people who were arrested [...]
Plane Crash at Prescott Airport; Fatalities Reported
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP)— Authorities say a small plane crashed Monday afternoon near the Prescott Municipal Airport after it developed problems soon after takeoff, killing both people aboard.
A spokesman for the Prescott Fire Department confirmed the fatalities.
The identities of the two victims aren’t immediately known.
Authorities
say the plane was registered to a Los Angeles resident, but it [...]
Officials: Six Pilots Violate Air Space Rules
PHOENIX (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says six pilots violated restricted air space rules Sunday during President Barack Obama’s visit to Phoenix.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said FAA official’s restricted airspace in a 30-mile radius, with the center near Sky Harbor International Airport.
Gregor said the 10-mile-radius is a “no-fly zone . . . where nobody [...]
Arizona Approves Road Work Using Stimulus Funding
The Arizona Transportation Board has given the go ahead to use federal stimulus money for highway projects in Maricopa and Pima counties.
One half of the $350 million stimulus has been allocated to the highway projects.
Maricopa County has five projects that have been approved, which include new lane construction on Interstates 10 and 17.
Pima County listed [...]
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