Mesa fire, Rural/Metro settle feud after fatal crash
A Mesa fire paramedic's son and nephew were killed in a January crash near Ellsworth Road and University Drive. A dispute over which department should have been called to the scene strained Mesa and Rural/Metro relations but has since softened.
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Mesa
Mesa Fire
Mesa Firefighters Association
Rural
Metro Fire Department
Apache Junction
Ellsworth Road
University Drive
Mesa Fire Union
Chris Medrea
Rural Metro
Medrea
Reyes Jimenez
Reyes
Jose Munguia
Rural/Metro
Matt Phillips
Phillips
Dewey Ray
Ray
Arizona House considers bills reshaping utility rate actions
The Arizona House tentatively approved bills to curb consumer and regulator leverage in rate cases. Proposals would speed decisions, allow interim rate hikes if deadlines are missed, let small water firms add surcharges without hearings, and bar RUCO from nonprofit co op cases. Critics call moves unconstitutional and biased toward utilities.
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House
Corporation Commission
Senate
The
Arizona
Commission
Consumer Office
Ronald Mathis
RUCO
Marcia Weeks
Jennings
Lawmakers weigh education bill amid property tax inequity suit
The proposal, backed by Symington and supported by Hermon and Bishop, aims to modify a tax system facing a state Supreme Court lawsuit led by the Center for Law in the Public Interest. East Valley districts criticized it as short term, seeking a lasting fix while some districts would see relief.
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Aarons
Symington
State Supreme Court
Center For Law
Rev Hermon
R-Tempe
Education Committee
Senate
Hermon
C. Diane Bishop
East Valley
Supreme Court
William Wright
Apache Junction Unified School
Wright
Ralph Pomeroy
Queen Creek
Crime and prison reform set tone in party race
Symington touts truth in sentencing as top issue in a heated campaign. Goddard criticizes revolving prison door and calls for inmate education and drug treatment. Eddie Basha remains the only other Democrat in the race, while Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson weighs his bid. Goddard urges Johnson to remain mayor, warning a resignation would trigger a costly citywide election.
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Symington
Goddard
Eddie Basha
Phoenix
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Express Mail hub pulses with midnight Indy rush
At Indianapolis central facility the Indy 500,000 runs nightly with over five hundred thousand pounds of packages. Dozens of Postal Service jets arrive after midnight, their cargo swiftly sorted and loaded. by 3 a.m. the last jet departs, signaling a rapid nationwide relay.
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Indianapolis
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Associated Press
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Koret
California
Cooper Village
E. Broadway Mesa
Tri City Mall
W. Main Mesa
Valley Lutheran Hospital
E. Baywood Ave
Egon V. Johnson, M.D
Rick Stiie
Truckee
Calif
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