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MESA, Ariz. — A single mom in Mesa became the victim of government bureaucracy after a clerical error left her without disability pay for six weeks.
Arizona Republic
Eight Arizona school districts are receiving over $11 million in federal funds to purchase low- and zero-emission school buses, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ahwatukee Foothills News
Kyrene School District last week hosted a series of events across the District to celebrate "Lights On Afterschool," a nationwide effort to recognize the critical importance of before and after school programming.
Lights On Afterschool is a project of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs.
KTAR
PHOENIX — Tempe-based micro-manufacturing companies may qualify for grants as part of a new city fund to grow local business.
Phoenix Business Journal
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will soon start construction on a new taxiway that is expected to cut down the time airplanes spend on the tarmac and could bring more flights to the airport.
Cronkite News
PHOENIX – Thousands of Afghan refugees who have come to the United States to escape the Taliban over the past two decades struggle with day-to-day tasks like finding jobs, opening bank accounts and getting driver's licenses.
Ahwatukee Foothills News
WASHINGTON – Faced with deep cuts to the water supply, and angry that other states are not doing their share, tribes and local governments in Arizona are increasingly talking about backing off earlier offers to give up some water.
The Gila River Indian Community said in August that it will begin storing water underground "rather than contributing them to system conservation programs for Lake Mead."
KJZZ
During the Great Recession, the city of Tempe shuttered its Kyrene water reclamation facility.
But it will get federal funding to revive the plant.
The facility was shut down to cut costs, but the drought has city officials taking a closer look at its water supply.
Congressman Greg Stanton helped secure the funding to get the project underway.
Homeland Security Today
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) have applauded the House passage of the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act, a bill within the jurisdiction of the committee.