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Lots Of Water Bills At Legislature One Year After Drought Plan Passed

by Melissa | Jan 30, 2020 | Environment, Government

Lots Of Water Bills At Legislature One Year After Drought Plan Passed by Bret Jaspers, Mark Brodie | KJZZ MARK BRODIE: The Colorado River basin is taking a breather this year before ramping up negotiations again. But water is still a major subject at the Arizona...

Prison loss could mean total $2.5 million hit to Florence

by Melissa | Jan 30, 2020 | Economy, Florence

Prison loss could mean total $2.5 million hit to Florence by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune The proposed closure of Arizona State Prison-Florence Complex could cost the town as much as $2.5 million annually, officials say. Amid other losses to...

2021 Public Budget Briefing in Casa Grande

by Melissa | Jan 29, 2020 | Government

2021 Public Budget Briefing in Casa Grande [NEWS RELEASE] Governor Doug Ducey recently released his balanced, fiscally responsible Executive Budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021. As part of a statewide effort to solicit feedback from members of the public, staff with...

New CAC baseball stadium construction drags

by Melissa | Jan 29, 2020 | Development, Economy, Education

New CAC baseball stadium construction drags by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch Central Arizona College baseball fans may have to wait until next year to enjoy all the benefits of the college’s new stadium. Construction on the new stadium is progressing...

Frank sees roads, water, workforce driving supervisor’s race

by Melissa | Jan 29, 2020 | Government, Maricopa

Frank sees roads, water, workforce driving supervisor’s race by Raquel Hendrickson | inMaricopa Maricopa Flood Control District Board President Dan Frank already sees some of the big issues shaping up in the campaign for Pinal County Board of Supervisors. As a civil...

Arizona’s water system for suburban growth heads toward ‘train wreck,’ Babbitt says

by Melissa | Jan 27, 2020 | Development

Arizona's water system for suburban growth heads toward 'train wreck,' Babbitt says by Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star A water management district created by a 1993 state law that allowed massive subdivisions to spread into the outer suburbs of Tucson and Phoenix is...

Higher gas tax touted to help fund Pinal highway improvements

by Melissa | Jan 27, 2020 | Development, Economy, Government, Transportation

Higher gas tax touted to help fund Pinal highway improvements by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune In a discussion of transportation needs, the words “state funding” don’t come up often enough, and there’s a good reason for that, attendees at a...

Old Toltec school reopens as multiplex center

by Melissa | Jan 25, 2020 | Development, Eloy

Old Toltec school reopens as multiplex center by Maria Vasquez | The Eloy Enterprise It was in 1926 when Frank W. Shedd & Company donated a 1.7-acre site to the Toltec School District, which was where children living on the farms surrounding the area went to...

2 companies pitch competing plans for Sacaton Mine near Casa Grande

by Melissa | Jan 25, 2020 | Casa Grande, Development

2 companies pitch competing plans for Sacaton Mine near Casa Grande by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch A battle over ownership of the old Sacaton Mine is developing between two companies — one that wants to return the property to mining and another that...

Ramm Power proposes renewable energy storage plant for old mine

by Melissa | Jan 25, 2020 | Casa Grande, Development, Energy, Environment

Ramm Power proposes renewable energy storage plant for old mine by Suzanne Adams Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch Another possible use for the old Sacaton Mine is in the works. Ramm Power Group is looking to build a renewable energy storage plant at the mine. The plant...