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City Council Approves Plan to Expand Bike Lane Miles, Improve Transportation Network

by on June 1, 2023 0

Phoenix City Council unanimously approved on Wednesday an Active Transportation Plan that will guide expansion of bike lane miles and improvements to the citywide transportation network. The plan is an update to the city’s Bicycle Master Plan that was approved by City Council in 2014, and connects to the comprehensive Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan […]

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Phoenix Joins Historic Colorado River Conservation Effort

by on June 1, 2023 0

The Phoenix City Council approved a significant commitment to regional water conservation efforts by agreeing to a landmark initiative in partnership with the United States Bureau of Reclamation, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and Central Arizona Project. In the face of severe drought conditions and historically low water levels at Lake Mead and Lake […]

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Phoenix Fire Launches New Online Incident History Map 

by on June 1, 2023 0

The Phoenix Fire Department is excited to announce a new online incident history map​. This online map shows all the emergency incidents dispatched in the Phoenix Fire Department service area, which is the City of Phoenix, Town of Paradise Valley and Laveen. The map has a 30-day rolling window and has filters for Neighborhood and Council […]

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President’s Investing In America Agenda To Invest $15.2 Million In Restoration Work In Arizona

by on June 1, 2023 0

As part of the administrations, Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $15.2 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of wildlife habitats and recreation opportunities on public lands in Arizona. This funding will be focused in two landscape areas called Sky Islands and Yanawant Restoration Landscapes. […]

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Social Security Administration Expands Outreach and Access for Supplemental Security Income Campaign Also Targets Underserved Communities

by on June 1, 2023 0

Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency has expanded its outreach to people in critical need of financial help who may be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSI provides monthly payments to adults age 65 and older or to other adults – and children – with a disability or blindness […]

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ADOT Opens New Interstate 10 Lanes In West Valley

by on June 1, 2023 0

A busy 8-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in the West Valley has been widened to three lanes in both directions as an Arizona Department of Transportation freeway improvement project moves into the homestretch. ADOT’s ongoing $82 million project has widened I-10 by one lane in both directions between Verrado Way and State Route 85. The […]

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Attorney General Mayes Sues Polluters to Improve and Protect Arizona’s Water Quality

by on May 31, 2023 0

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced on Tuesday she has filed suit against manufacturers of products that contain per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (or “PFAS”), a class of man-made chemical compounds causing widespread pollution of the State’s groundwater. Defendants include 3M and DuPont, among others. “These companies have known for decades that so-called ‘forever chemicals’ would […]

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Scottsdale Quarter Security Guard Stabbed

by on May 30, 2023 0

Scottsdale Police released a report that a security guard in the Scottsdale Quarter mall area was stabbed multiple times during a physical altercation with man early Monday  morning. Around 12:40 a.m., officers were called to assist a security guard who reportedly called for help after a fight with a male. A police department operator was […]

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