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Arizona's nine-member delegation voted along party lines Thursday as the Democratic-led House of Representatives approved the rules and process for upcoming impeachment hearings.
The anticlimactic 232-196 vote capped days of intensifying partisan rancor, as Democrats exhorted Republicans to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his dealings with Ukraine, and as GOP members said the closed-door process so far has trammeled due process.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House approved legislation Wednesday to permanently ban uranium and other hardrock mining near the Grand Canyon.
The bill from Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, passed by a vote of 236-185.
Boeing Co. President Dennis Muilenburg testifies before House lawmakers Wednesday, the day after being peppered with tough question in the Senate during his first appearance before lawmakers since a pair of the planemaker's 737 Max jets crashed, killing 346 people.
In both crashes, faulty data from one of two angle-of-attack sensors, which measure the pitch of the plane against the oncoming stream of air, caused a flight control system called MCAS to drive down the jet's nose, which pilots struggled to counteract before ultimately entering a fatal dive.
In a tense and revelatory hearing Wednesday, a U.S. House committee presented startling new evidence from internal Boeing documents showing that, before the first crash in 2018, some company engineers had discovered that a failure in a new flight-control system could be "potentially catastrophic" - information that was dismissed and never communicated to regulators.
The first event at this year's TENWEST Impact Festival set the stage for a week of innovation and inspiration, just as it should. The so-called Mayor's Symposium, facilitated by Tucson's own Jonathan Rothschild, gathered three former mayors from across the country to talk about the successes and struggles during their tenure. Despite hailing from different backgrounds and states, every speaker agreed on the same key point: Partnerships between universities and cities can propel entire economies out of depression and into the future.
To further dialogue about Arizona climate change impacts, Arizona Forward initiated roundtable meetings with members of Congress and leaders from its membership ranging from large corporations and public sector organizations to small businesses. The primary objective of the roundtables was to gather Arizona stakeholders together to exchange information about their viewpoints and local-level plans to address climate change for the state. A series of four meetings took place in Phoenix and Tucson from August through early October.
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had just announced a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump and the White House whistleblower report was about to drop when Arizona Democrats and Republicans met on a recent morning.
Not to fight. But to chat over doughnuts and coffee.
It was the latest of what has become a monthly ritual for members of the state's congressional delegation, who meet over breakfast in one of their Capitol Hill offices to discuss state issues.
In a congressional hearing that could have just as easily been plucked from the Arizona Legislature years ago, Democratic Reps. Ruben Gallego and Greg Stanton on Tuesday condemned the state's "ballot-harvesting" law.
State Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, faced a series of mostly unfriendly questions about her law limiting who can drop off early ballots in Arizona, especially because of its impact on Native Americans.
Changes to election laws and polling place closures since 2013 have had a disproportionately negative impact on members of federally recognized tribes in Arizona, tribal leaders and voting rights advocates told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday morning.
Obstacles to voting in Indian Country were the dominant point of discussion Tuesday at a subcommittee hearing, which ended with a heated exchange between a Republican state lawmaker and several Democratic members of Congress.
The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections heard testimony from tribal leaders, researchers, activists and a state representative about the obstacles to voting faced by American Indians, rural voters, nonwhite voters and felons. The hearing was held at Phoenix College.