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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

AZ: Rural/Farming

Indigenous AZ researcher calls for more quality focused farming

By Breanna Draxler for Yes! Magazine.Broadcast version by Alex Gonzalez for Arizona News Connection reporting for the Yes! Magazine-Public News …

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More than 10 trillion gallons of water have been lost from the Colorado River basin between 2000 and 2021, according to a recent UCLA study. (Paul Moore/Adobe Stock)
AZ celebrates Colorado River conservation agreements

Arizona leaders are celebrating the federal government's just over $63 million investment for water conservation, efficiency and protection of the …

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AZ Joins USDA to Tackle Lack of Competition in Food Industry

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a group of bipartisan state attorneys general to beef up enforcement and prevent anti-trust activity wi…

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Leaders in Tucson predict more Arizona businesses, nonprofits and homeowners will choose solar and other clean-energy resources, based on the financial incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Photo courtesy Climate Action Campaign)
Leaders Highlight Opportunities to Grow AZ Solar Industry

Tucson community leaders gathered at an event to highlight opportunities to grow Arizona's clean-energy economy say it's been made more accessible thr…

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Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the United States will spend $65 billion over the next five years to extend broadband internet to everyone. (Tiko/Adobe Stock)
Broadband Infrastructure Improvements Would Boost AZ's Rural Schools

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. - The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act passed by Congress contains $65 billion aimed at giving every American affordable access to …

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The N-Drip system uses low-pressure, gravity-powered
Innovative Irrigation System Aims to Save Dwindling AZ Water Supplies

PHOENIX -- The extended drought and climate change have pushed Arizona into water restrictions for 2022, and farmers could see their allotments …

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The Central Arizona Project uses a network of hundreds of miles of pipelines and canals to distribute water from the Colorado River Basin to customers across the state. (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
Satellite Data, Teamwork Help Chart Future of Colorado River Basin

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the American West, but the viability of the massive river basin is being threatened by …

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The Copper Queen Community Hospital, in the mining town of Bisbee in Cochise County, is one of dozens of health-care facilities that serve residents of rural Arizona. (Copper Queen Hospital)
COVID-19 'Second Wave' Could Overwhelm AZ Rural Hospitals

TUCSON, Ariz. -- While Arizona isn't seeing the surge or "second wave" of COVID-19 cases occurring in other states, public-health officials here are …

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William Perry Pendley on a visit to BLM field offices in Colorado last month. Pendley was nominated in July to become permanent director of the agency, but opposition forced the Trump administration to withdraw his name. (BLM)
Court Order Removes Pendley as Acting Head of BLM

WILLIAMS, Ariz. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) begins this week without a director. In a win for conservation groups and a number of Western …

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Crews fighting wildfires will have to add social distancing and sanitizing equipment to their skill set in order to battle blazes this year. (bekireveren/Adobe Stock)<br /><br />
Coronavirus Complicates Fighting Wildfires for AZ First Responders

CAVE CREEK, Ariz. - Fighting wildfires in Arizona and across the West is a daunting task in a normal year. But add the new coronavirus into the mix…

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Almost 1 million Arizonans lack access to high-speed internet service, but state officials hope a grant program will help close that digital divide. (Funtap/Adobe Stock) <br /><br />
Grants Aimed at Broadband Internet for Rural Arizona

MOHAVE VALLEY, Ariz. - Most people don't think twice about logging onto the internet to take an online class or watch a movie - but for almost a …

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A school bus transports students through the Navajo Nation on U.S. Highway 89 in northern Arizona. Bus routes in rural school districts often cover more than 100 miles a day picking up and dropping off students. (Savola/Adobe Stock)
Report: Rural Arizona Schools Struggle with Lack of Funding

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Out in Arizona's wide-open spaces, dozens of rural school districts are struggling to serve their communities and often are …

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