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Small bookstores thrive amid change

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Max Jarman - Aug. 03 (News) - The rise of online bookstores and digital-reading devices such as Kindles and iPads is indirectly fostering a resurgence of independent bookstores.

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Major fiduciary firm is going out of business

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Robert Anglen - Feb. 08 (News) - One of Arizona's largest and most controversial private fiduciaries, used by Probate Court to manage the care and finances of incapacitated adults, is going out of business.

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Gabrielle Giffords going to rehab in Texas

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:47:24 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Megan Neighbor - Jan. 21 (News) - Less than two weeks after being shot in the head at point-blank range, she is scheduled to depart the hospital for the airport and a trip to a rehabilitation center in Houston.

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Arizona shooting: Bill OK'd to create buffer for funerals

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau, Mary Jo Pitzl - Jan. 12 (News) - The quick work is in response to the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, whose supporters say they will picket at the Tucson funerals, which begin Thursday.

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Investigation: Maricopa County Probate Court - A Troubled System

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - Dec. 04 (Investigative Report) - Many Arizonans are unaware of what can happen to them should they lose the ability to take care of themselves – and what the responsibilities of a fiduciary are in overseeing a person’s finances and care.

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U.S. policy on immigration is a tragic joke

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:58:02 -0800

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ICE chief: President Obama not soft on illegal immigrants

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Daniel González - Aug. 13 - A federal immigration sweep in Arizona this week resulted in the arrest of 63 illegal immigrants, and President Barack Obama's administration has removed from the country a record number of illegal immigrants.

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Federal judge blocks key parts of SB 1070

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau, Ginger Rough, JJ Hensley - Jul. 28 (News Report) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office said late Wednesday that the state will file an expedited appeal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, asking the panel to lift the preliminary injunction preventing several sections of Arizona's new immigration law from going into effect.

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7 protesters arrested during hearing on Arizona law

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - Jul. 22 (News) - A crowd of about 40 people had gathered in the intersection of Washington Street and Fourth Avenue near the courthouse. Police had initially blocked traffic from the intersection, but later warned the protesters they would open up the street.

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Will new immigration law help or hurt Arizona economy?

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ronald J. Hansen - Jul. 11 (Special Report) - Arizona's new immigration law will likely affect a sizable swath of the state's economy, but experts are uncertain whether it will bring overall economic gains or end up scarring the state with losses.

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McCain angry over scrapped nuclear waste disposal site

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ryan Randazzo - Jun. 04 (News) - President Barack Obama's administration this year scrapped long-standing plans to develop a permanent nuclear-waste repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada, so power plants like Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station are left to store their waste on site... "I think it's a big problem," McCain said when asked about the cut funding for Yucca Mountain during a campaign stop at Palo Verde.... Meanwhile, utility customers still are paying to store waste on site at the nation's 104 nuclear reactors, including Palo Verde. Utility industry groups have sued to stop the payments that companies like APS and SRP make to the fund because there is no plan to deal with the waste.

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Claims muddle debate over law

Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Dan Nowicki - May. 16 (News) - Arizona sparked an emotional war of words with its tough illegal-immigration enforcement law, a national debate in which both sides make wild claims and distortions that fuel divisiveness. Cutting through the political rhetoric is difficult. Even then, it's impossible to know exactly how the law will play out.

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$90 million at risk in boycott of Arizona

Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Jahna Berry - May. 12 (News Report) - Metropolitan Phoenix, which already has suffered convention cancellations because of Arizona's new immigration law, risks losing as much as $90 million in hotel and convention business over the next five years because of the controversy, according to city estimates.... Phoenix city and tourism officials have compiled a "watch list" of about 20 events, said David Krietor, a deputy city manager tracking the issue. The list consists of four organizations that have canceled events and more than a dozen others that have booked events but have expressed concerns about the new law.

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Editorial: Stop failing Arizona; Start fixing immigration

Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - May. 02 - The Arizona Republic has been calling for comprehensive immigration reform continuously since 2002. For a brief time, our congressional delegation led the nation on this front. But no more.

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Black History Month still relevant for U.S.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Matthew C. Whitaker - Feb. 24 (Opinion) - With the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, those who already viewed Black History Month as outdated and worthy of extinction have seized this period of racial optimism to call for the elimination of the 28-day commemoration. Leading columnists from major newspapers in recent weeks have been pressing for the end of Black History Month, which is the legacy of historian Carter G. Woodson, who created Negro History Week in 1926. Cynthia Tucker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, writes that "the commemoration is a damaging form of apartheid" and that "the nation of Tiger Woods, Oprah and Barack Obama no longer needs a Black History Month."

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Language immersion programs gain fans

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Alex Bloom - Jan. 02 (Special Report) - Parents throughout the Valley are embracing language-immersion programs. Three Valley elementary schools have seen increased enrollment because of the popularity of their Spanish-immersion programs, which help students learn a foreign language and help districts earn extra income. Pueblo Elementary School in the Scottsdale Unified School District saw enrollment in its program jump from 50 to 150 students in its second year. "I have parents with a 1-year-old wanting to sign up for it in five more years," said Pueblo Principal Terri Kellen.

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Bailout Plan for American Middle Class

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Bruce David - Oct. 20 (Editorial) - Any long term stimulus plan, in order to be viable, must begin with restoring middle class jobs with decent wages and benefits. Middle class consumers are what drives the economy, but burger flippers can't afford $40,000 vehicles.

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Thank The House For Rejecting an Ill Conceived Plan

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Robert Robb - Oct. 01 (Opinion) - Although markets might be shook up for a few days, the country owes the House of Representatives a big thank-you for standing in front of the Bush administration's bailout freight train. This plan was poorly conceived. Many of its parts were self-defeating. When the plan was first announced, it was widely denounced as a $700 billion blank check to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. As voted on in the House, it had been reduced to a $350 billion blank check. But it took another vote in Congress to prevent him from getting the additional $350 billion.

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Solar firm to open factory in Tucson

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Cathryn Creno - Sep. 14 (News Report) - A Tucson subsidiary of a German solar manufacturing company says it will open a 105,000-square-foot factory in the southern Arizona city next month and create 200 green-collar jobs in Arizona by the end of 2009.

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John McCain lags in key strategy for cash

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:45:09 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ronald J. Hansen - Jul. 06 (News Report) - Campaign finance records suggest McCain's "bundlers," the well-connected fundraisers who spearhead cash support for him, have failed to keep pace with Barack Obama's and are well short of the pace set by President Bush four years ago.

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Taxing Big Oil profits would be bad

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:37:46 -0700

Arizona Republic - Jun. 14 (Opinion) - Also, if the government creates the right to tax Big Oil for making a large but modest profit, who's next? If Congress and the president can decide how much an "appropriate" profit for one company/industry is, then it's only a matter of time before ...

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Child labor in Mexico puts food on tables of Americans

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Chris Hawley - May. 09 (News Report) - About 300,000 youngsters such as Adriana work illegally in Mexico's fields, the U.N. Children's Fund says, making child labor a major link in the chain that increasingly supplies American dinner tables.

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McCain campaign funding under fire

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Diana Marrero - Mar. 04 (News Report) - Democrats filed a complaint with the FEC last week, arguing that McCain could not withdraw from the public financing program because he used his application for it to help secure a bank loan in November that helped keep his campaign afloat.

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Hayworth aids investigation of Abramoff

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:29:49 -0700

Arizona Republic - Jul. 19 (News Report) - Former Republican Congressman J.D. Hayworth confirmed that he is cooperating with a federal investigation involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Hayworth's new campaign finance report shows almost $170,000 in payments to a Washington law firm since his defeat in November by Democrat Harry Mitchell. Hayworth says the bills are connected to a Department of Justice request for 12 years worth of documents covering his legislative work with the Congressional Native American Caucus.

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New wage boost puts squeeze on teenage workers across Arizona

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:34:39 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Chad Graham - Feb. 10 (News Report) - Employers are cutting back hours, laying off young staffers Chad Graham The Arizona Republic Feb. 10, 2007 12:00 AM Oh, for the days when Arizona's high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about ballot initiatives affecting their earning power. That's certainly not the case under the state's new minimum-wage law that went into effect last month. Some Valley employers, especially those in the food industry, say payroll budgets have risen so much that they're cutting hours, instituting hiring freezes and laying off employees. advertisement And teens are among the first workers to go. Companies maintain the new wage was raised to $6.75 per hour from $5.15 per hour to help the breadwinners in working-poor families. Teens typically have other means of support. Mark Messner, owner of Pepi's Pizza in south Phoenix, estimates he has employed more than 2,000 high school students since 1990. But he plans to lay off three teenage workers and decrease hours worked by others. Of his 25-person workforce, roughly 75 percent are in high school. "I've had to go to some of my kids and say, 'Look, my payroll just increased 13 percent,' " he said. " 'Sorry, I don't have any hours for you.' " Messner's monthly cost to train an employee has jumped from $440 to $580 as the turnover rate remains high. "We go to great lengths to hang on to our high school workers, but there are a lot of kids who come in and get one check in their pocket and feel like they're living large and out the door they go," he said. "We never get our return on investment when that happens." For years, economists have debated how minimum-wage increases impact the teenage workforce. The Employment Policies Institute in Washington, which opposed the recent increases, cited 2003 data by Federal Reserve economists showing a 10 percent increase caused a 2 percent to 3 percent decrease in employment. It also cited comments by notedeconomist Milton Friedman, who maintained that high teen unemployment rates were largely the result of minimum-wage laws. "After a wage hike, employers seek to take fewer chances on individuals with little education or experience," one institute researcher told lawmakers in 2004. Tom Kelly, owner of Mary Coyle Ol' Fashion Ice Cream Parlor in Phoenix, voted for the minimum-wage increase. But he said, "The new law has impacted us quite a bit." It added about $2,000 per month in expenses. The store, which employs mostly teen workers, has cut back on hours and has not replaced a couple of workers who quit. Kelly raised the wages of workers who already made above minimum wage to ensure pay scales stayed even. As a result, "we have to be a lot more efficient" and must increase menu prices, he said. While most of the state's 124,067 workers between the ages of 16 and 19 made well above $5.15 per hour before the change, the new law has created real-life economic opportunities. Liliana Hernandez brings home noticeably more under the new law. The 18-year-old, who attends Metro Tech High School in Phoenix and works part time at Central High School, is saving the extra money, maybe to put towards buying a used car. Hernandez said she deserves the raise just like any other Arizona worker even if she still lives with her parents. "I'm doing the best I can and working hard like everyone else," she said. In the months leading up to last November's vote, advocates of the new law maintained that it would help Arizona create a "living wage" for some of the poorest workers. The Economic Policy Institute estimated that 145,000 Arizonans would receive a pay raise. That was how many made $5.15 to $6.74 per hour. At one press conference, a mother described how she was unable to afford basic school supplies for her son. Opponents, however, said there was little talk about teenage workers. "Everyone wanted to focus on the other aspects of the minimum-wage campaign," said Michelle Bolton, Arizona state director of the National Federation of Independent Business. An Employment Policies Institute study determined that 30.1 percent of affected workers in Arizona fell between the ages of 16 and 19. "Workers affected by the minimum-wage increase are less likely to be supporting a family than the typical Arizona worker," it stated. "For example, 30.4 percent of the workers are living with their parent or parents, while only 7.6 percent of all Arizona workers are in this category." John Weischedel, a senior at the East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa, knows he is lucky to be making $8 per hour at an auto dealership and learning technical skills. So are most of his friends who make $9 or more per hour while still attending high school. After the minimum-wage law went into effect, "a couple of my friends got laid off - they worked in fast food," he said. "They're going to wait until they're out of high school to find other jobs."

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