With long-term recycling solutions in Phoenix, what does sustainability look like for Flagstaff’s future?
The City of Flagstaff is now taking emergency steps to resume services after suspending recycling collection for more than a week. The city resumed service last week by shipping recyclables to a city-operated material recovery facility. At this time, the city has not yet signed a long-term contract with Phoenix to do the work. Flagstaff […]
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Security meets to highlight Arizona’s water achievements and find potential water solutions
File photo by Luke Runyon/KUNC: Water from the Central Arizona Project spills into rural Pinal County. Contribution article PHOENIX – Republican lawmakers are considering solutions to Arizona’s water future on a new review committee founded by House Speaker Ben Thoma and Senate Speaker Warren Petersen. The Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Security met for […]
How finding solutions for individual patients is motivating this future doctor – The NAU Review
when Melissa Briggs As I am writing a personal statement regarding my application to medical school, I have a few topics to consider. She could write about her undergraduate research studying rural food deserts and the unique needs of the people who live there. I also learned a lesson from that work: there are no […]
In Hearing with Secretary Mayorkas, Sinema Calls for Real Solutions to Ongoing Border & Humanitarian Crisis
For broadcast-quality HD clips, here.For MP3 soundbites, here. After the cinema-led congressional delegation arrived at the Arizona border, senators questioned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorcas about the government’s plans to help and keep Arizona communities safe. Washington After the trip of the congressional delegation she led to the Arizona border, Arizona Senior Senator Kirsten Cinema […]
Housing solutions need careful thought
Arizona Daily Star Laura and Ed Bertkowski Special Here are my opinions and analysis: We are neighbors of the proposed Quail Canyon (QC) development, in which Katrin McGrath described in her March 12 op-ed the need for creativity to help with the housing crisis. She agrees with her premise that new housing developments in southern […]
Sinema Discusses Solutions to Arizona’s Affordable Housing Shortage with the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
Cinema emphasized its focus on providing lasting, common-sense solutions to the challenges affecting housing availability and affordability Washington – Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema hosts a meeting with members of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) for a lasting solution to the shortage of affordable and available housing options across Arizona We talked […]
Sinema Meets with San Carlos Housing Authority, Discusses Solutions to Tribal Housing Affordability and Availability Shortage
Washington – Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema, San Carlos Housing Authority – Tribal Designated Housing Entity of San Carlos Apache Reservation – Discuss solutions to the lack of affordable and available tribal housing options. “Arizonans living on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, and in all tribal communities throughout the state, have a right to access to […]
Fallow fields worsen dust hazards, ASU tests bio-inspired solutions
On a stormy March morning, gusts of wind lifted walls of dust hundreds of feet high from the bare ground south of Coolidge. It involved 23 cars and was responsible for a traffic accident. The source of the hazard was an unplanted fine-grained patch of soil that stretched for half a mile along California Route […]
Border Solutions Summit | Local
Tucson (KVOA) — Border leaders are looking for solutions to tackle the border crisis. Millions of dollars of fentanyl have been seized over the past two weeks by Arizona law enforcement. The Tucson area on the U.S.-Mexico border is one of the areas most affected by drug trafficking. Arizona State Representative Juan Ciscomani said: Police […]
Yuma County Supervisor travels to D.C. seeking border solutions
Martin Polchas, current chairman of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors, met with the Arizona senator to discuss immigration reform. YUMA, Ariz. (KECY, KYMA) – The Supreme Court has dismissed the Title 42 action, paving the way for the policy to end on May 11. The policy now brings Yuma’s migrant transit to its lowest […]
