Arizona School Choice Battle Gains Parent SupportOpposing Views, CABy The Heartland Institute , Chicago-Based Think Tank – 11 Hours Ago The battle over vouchers and school choice has intensified in Arizona since state Rep. Tom Chabin (D-Flagstaff) introduced a bill to lower the tax credit for private school education …
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ASU banks on future with solar initiativeArizona Republic, AZBy comparison, the solar power plant near Springerville in northern Arizona has a capacity of 4.6 megawatts. ASU doesn't own most of the solar installations, and is buying the energy from a company that paid to build them, Integrys Energy Services of …
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Northern AZ man sentenced in shooting caseKSWT-TV, AZAP – March 31, 2009 8:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) – A federal judge has sentenced a northern Arizona man to five years in prison for shooting a man in the face. The US Attorney's Office in Phoenix says 33-year-old Philbert Johnson Slim of Teesto pleaded i …
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Ariz. House backs bill aiding gas storage projectForbes, NYTom Chabin, D-Flagstaff: "We invite mischief here when we may not fully understand the intent of the applicant and not have the scientific background or the regulatory judgment to determine whether a project is worthy." The sponsor, Republican Rep. …
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Big Sky cancels Summer Football Kickoff, changes volleyball scheduleStandardNet, UtahThis change will not include any doubleheader road trip involving a match at Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Ariz. The move will reduce the amount of missed class time by student-athletes as well as decrease travel costs. "Some of our schools have opted …
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Arizona Trail, spanning 817 miles, gets federal statusArizona Daily Star, AZFirst proposed in the mid-1980s by Flagstaff school teacher Dale Shewalter, the route includes previously existing trail segments and about 300 miles of new trails, Hicks said. “This is the result of a great effort by many people in Arizona…
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Women's hoops faces unbeaten Connecticut in Trenton Regional FinalArizona State University, TempeNorthern Arizona (Dec. 7), the second-highest single-game total in the Pac-10 this season. • Will miss the remainder of the season after being injured in ASU's loss at Stanford (Mar. 7). Was the team's leading scorer at the time of her injury (13.8 …
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The Flagstaff Unified School District is preparing to send preliminary reduction in force or contract non-renewal notices to more than 30 percent of its teaching staff in order to prepare for the deepest cuts in state funding.
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NAU lays off 45TMCnet(Arizona Daily Sun, The (Flagstaff) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Mar. 27–Forty-five Northern Arizona University employees, mostly from its distance learning division and student support services, will join the ranks of the unemployed. …
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PHOENIX — The Arizona Board of Regents will once again consider a tuition surcharge or adding higher fees for certain academic programs to make up for lost funding.
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