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Now to Arizona, where tens of thousands of people are marching in downtown Phoenix today as teachers walk out of classrooms and towards the Capitol. They're demanding higher pay and a billion dollars restored to public education funding. From member station KJZZ, Casey Kuhn reports on the largest walkout in state history.
Scientists in Arizona are using a giant robotic scanner to study crops grown for biofuels, under drought conditions. The U.S. Department of Energy has invested millions into the robotic recording system. Casey Kuhn of Here & Now contributor KJZZ reports.
An estimated 50,000 people filled the streets of downtown Phoenix on Thursday to march for teachers and school staff across the state. Teachers say it’s been years and years of chronically underfunded classrooms that led to them walking out.
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez spoke in the Valley today to rally support for the Affordable Care Act. He was joined by two Arizona representatives, an ER doctor and the father of a son with pre-existing conditions.
The median age of a farmer in Arizona is somewhere between 55 and 64 years old. This is a nationwide trend as farmers get older and fewer young people go into the profession. Three Millennial farmers are taking up the reins in the local agriculture industry.
The sensors placed between 75th Avenue and 95th Avenue fed information to a computer system to calculate drive times. Those times can be put on road signs warning drivers of delays.
The sensors placed between 75th Avenue and 95th Avenue fed information to a computer system to calculate drive times. Those times can be put on road signs warning drivers of delays.
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For six days, Arizona teachers came out early and often to the Capitol. They faced hot sun, huge crowds and tedium as the strike stretched on. One group came out every day to march along and create the #RedForEd soundtrack.
Farming often involves traveling long distances in remote areas to check on crops or cattle. And no matter what crop is being harvested, you’ll often find many farms share one thing in common – a farm dog. Working dogs may be a tool in the ongoing battle between cattle ranchers and the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf.
The Phoenix City Council held a special policy session Tuesday afternoon called by the mayor after hearing community input on policing. The council voted to start the process to look for early intervention software for police officers. This kind of software would catch and track behavior data to identify problems within the department.
The latest agriculture census was released earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It details all the types of farms and farmers in America and breaks down the data by congressional district in each state. One district in Arizona has more Native American farmers than any other in the country. American Indian farms were not counted by the agriculture census individually until 2007.