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Arizona Democrats Excited As Kamala Harris Accepts Presidential Nomination, Vow To Help Her Win Battleground State

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CHICAGO – Arizona delegates left the Democratic National Convention electrified and eager to help Vice President Kamala Harris win the presidency.

Black Democrats See Kamala Harris Driving Up Turnout In Arizona

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CHICAGO – Black Democrats account for a relatively small share of the electorate in Arizona, but they’re thrilled at the prospect of electing Kamala Harris as president.

Arizona Democrats Pin Hopes On Kamala Harris To Break The Glass Ceiling Hillary Clinton Cracked

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CHICAGO – Arizona Democrats are feeling good about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of achieving what Hillary Clinton could not: making history as the first female president.

Apache Trout, Arizona’s State Fish, Dropped From Endangered Species List After 50-year Comeback

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland declared Wednesday that Arizona’s state fish, the Apache trout, will be removed from the endangered species list – a conservation success story...

Governors Prod Congress For More Help On Growing Threat Of Wildfires In West

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WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and 19 other Western governors are prodding Congress to move more urgently to address a wildfire crisis that has grown worse in recent years.

Conservationists Say Cattle Grazing On Federal Lands In Arizona Has Pushed A Threatened Garter Snake Closer To Extinction

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WASHINGTON – The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon Society are accusing federal agencies of allowing livestock grazing that has put the northern Mexican garter snake at risk.

Number Of Electric Vehicles In Arizona Has Tripled, Outpacing Charging Station Installation

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WASHINGTON – Electric vehicle sales have increased in Arizona faster than installation of charging stations.

Arizona Companies Building Tech To Reduce Carbon Emissions

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WASHINGTON – As climate change continues to wreak havoc, companies in Arizona are developing technologies intended to pull greenhouse gas from the air.

Arizona Approves Proposition 314 That Will Let Police Arrest Undocumented Immigrants, Stoking Fears Of Racial Profiling

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WASHINGTON – Arizona voters gave overwhelming approval to a ballot measure that gives state and local police the power to arrest undocumented immigrants – the latest volley in a decades-long effort by...

Donald Trump Has Promised Mass Deportations, But Public Support Is Mixed

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WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump made mass deportations his signature campaign promise, and in his victory speech Wednesday, he asserted that voters gave him “an unprecedented and powerful ma...

Donald Trump Wants 10,000 More Border Patrol Agents But High Turnover Has Stymied Far More Modest Growth Targets

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WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has promised to hire 10,000 more Border Patrol agents as part of a crackdown on immigration. That may be a tall order.