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August 2016
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A Tucson-based company is getting some money from NASA, to do research with stratospheric balloons. They basically float on top of the earth’s atmosphere, in an environment that’s close to what a spacecraft in orbit around the Earth would see.
Aug. 25, 2016
Newly released numbers show the county added 15,000 new jobs between July 2015 and July of this year. That’s 4.2 percent growth. When you look at similarly-sized metro areas nationwide, only Ogden and Provo, Utah had faster growth than Pima County.
Aug. 25, 2016
The National Parks Service marks its 100th anniversary today, and Arizona’s ties to the NPS are deep. That’s in large part due to the Grand Canyon, the emotional reactions it generates, and the thousands of tourists who go there every year.
Aug. 25, 2016
High prison populations have forced the issue of sentencing reform. As these policies shift, so too are the strategies of the companies behind private prisons. A new report released by the American Friends Society warns of the consequences of for-profit companies entering the field of alternatives to incarceration.
Aug. 25, 2016
The News21 program at the Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU sent students to 31 states for their project, Voting Wars, to explore the deeper issues.
Aug. 25, 2016
At long last, Bob Burns has made good on his threat. He has subpoenaed the state’s largest power company, Arizona Public Service and its parent company Pinnacle West, demanding records of all charitable and political spending in recent years.
Aug. 25, 2016
Listen to the sounds of Ramon Saiz collecting bulk trash for the city of Tempe.
Aug. 25, 2016
Fire crews are battling several large, un-contained fires throughout the West. Although none of those fires in Arizona, hundreds of those firefighters are coming from here.
Aug. 25, 2016
The ordinance was designed to ban discrimination in Scottsdale based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations. Cities like Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson and Flagstaff already have such edicts in place.
Aug. 24, 2016
Though Walker is just one person, she uses a guitar, two tape decks, and a number of audio effects to process and layer her sounds which include field recordings she’s made of natural and ambient sounds.
Aug. 23, 2016
