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The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by disasters in 2024 is drawing near
The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by severe weather in 2024 is drawing near, and the IRS is reminding owners. Small businesses in all or parts of 14 states and 2 territories that received extensions to file their 2023 returns due to natural disasters will need to file in 2025. Depending on their…
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Arizona’s Democratic governor faces uphill battle as Republicans keep tight grip on Legislature
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs knows she is outnumbered this legislative session, with Republicans expanding their majorities in the statehouse after the last election.
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Trump makes history as 1st US President to be sentenced as a felon but avoids jail
Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have sentenced the 78-year-old Republican to up to four years in prison. Instead, he chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues by effectively ending the case but assured that Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency. President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced…
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NFL moves Vikings-Rams playoff game to Arizona after days of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles
The NFL has moved the Rams’ wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings to Arizona after days of devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
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How Congress will certify Trump’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6, after Trump tried to stop the count in 2021
This time, Trump is returning to office after winning the 2024 election that began with Biden as his party’s nominee and ended with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket.
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Arizona official who delayed county’s 2022 election certification didn’t have immunity, court says
An appeals court has rejected an Arizona official’s argument that felony charges against him for delaying certification of his rural county’s 2022 election results should be dismissed because he has legislative immunity.
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Canyon de Chelly in Arizona will become latest national park unit to ban commercial air tours
Commercial air tours will soon be prohibited over Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona under a plan approved this week by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service.
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The Hopi Tribe is closer to acquiring more land in Arizona after decades of delay
Federal officials and the state of Arizona have joined forces to begin fulfilling a settlement agreement reached with the Hopi Tribe nearly thirty years ago, marking what tribal officials described as a historic day. Government attorneys filed condemnation documents on Friday to transfer dozens of square miles of state land into trust for the Hopi.…
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Arizona governor urges the state to stop collecting abortion data, citing patient privacy
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling for legislators to repeal the state law that requires an annual abortion report, saying that it infringes on patients’ privacy, which echoes other Democratic officials’ push to reduce or eliminate such requirements. “The government has no place in surveilling Arizonans’ medical decision-making or tracking their health history,” Hobbs, a…
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Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world.
