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Tax, climate package includes $4 billion to combat drought in Arizona, Colorado, other basin states
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Tucked in the U.S. Senate’s tax and climate package is $4 billion for drought resiliency – money that comes at a critical time as the West grapples with dwindling supply from the Colorado River, depleting reservoirs and a drier climate that’s causing the worst wildfires the region has seen this century. The funding would benefit Colorado…
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Pfizer to refund more than $100K to hundreds of Coloradans
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The Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Friday that 1,500 Coloradans will receive refunds from Pfizer after the company failed to honor coupons for certain medications. Pfizer has agreed to pay Colorado $107,174.82 in a settlement that also included Arizona, Vermont and Kansas. Officials said Pfizer offered co-payment coupons between 2014 and 2018 that were intended…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Officials weigh emergency actions in drought-stricken states
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THE WEST Emergency response weighed as drought worsens FLAGSTAFF, Ariz- Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies hydropower to some 5 million customers across the U.S. West. Officials had hoped snowmelt would buoy Lake Powell…
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Arizona’s US Rep. Andy Biggs to keynote Colorado Republicans’ annual dinner
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Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona will deliver the keynote address at the Colorado GOP’s annual fundraising dinner next week on the eve of the party’s state assembly, state Republican chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown announced. The 2022 Centennial Dinner is scheduled for Friday, April 8, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Colorado Springs. The…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying medical payments
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MONTANA Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying payments BILLINGS – Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance on March 21 for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring the workers’ claims to investors who can profit off the delays. The lawsuit…
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McSally lost Arizona Senate race but will fill McCain’s seat
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PHOENIX – Arizona’s governor on Tuesday appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington just a month after she lost a tight race for the state’s other spot in the Senate. McSally, a former air force…
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McSally’s star dims as possible choice for Arizona Senate seat
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has lost enthusiasm for appointing U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, a fellow Republican, to the Senate even as Republican leaders in Washington have championed her. Ducey has made no firm decision, and McSally, who narrowly lost this year’s Senate race to Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, remains a finalist to fill the seat…
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Democrat Sinema wins Arizona US Senate race
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PHOENIX – Democrat Kyrsten Sinema won Arizona’s open U.S. Senate seat Monday in a race that was among the most closely watched in the nation, beating Republican Rep. Martha McSally in the battle to replace GOP Sen. Jeff Flake.Sinema , a three-term congresswoman,. won after a slow vote count that dragged on for nearly a…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Science says hotter weather turbocharges western wildfires
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Science says hotter weather turbocharges West’s wildfires As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press analysis of fire and weather data found. As human-caused climate change has warmed the world over the past 35…
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Democrats ramp up political push in Republican-heavy Arizona
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PHOENIX – The blue wave that Democrats hope will crash into Arizona in November is creeping up in community centers, library auditoriums and churches this summer. In this Republican-dominant state, many Democratic and independent voters have increased their political activity since the election of President Donald Trump. They have shown up at mass demonstrations like…
