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Tucson to house asylum seekers, migrants at city hotels

By GlobalAZ

April 14, 2021

TUCSON, Ariz. – The city of Tucson has contracted with local hotels to temporarily house people seeking asylum in the U.S. while awaiting the completion of a tent-like facility built by Customs ...

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Arizona Gov. Ducey eases COVID-19 restrictions, including local mask mandates

By GlobalAZ

March 25, 2021

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has announced major rollbacks in COVID-19 restrictions for the state after officials announced that three million residents have been vaccinated on March ...

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Arizona Gov. Ducey lifts capacity limits businesses, restaurants, gyms and water parks

By GlobalAZ

March 6, 2021

PHOENIX — Restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys, water parks and bars that serve food for dine-in can immediately open at 100% capacity, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced ...

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Arizona House approves bill allowing businesses to ignore mask mandates

By GlobalAZ

March 4, 2021

PHOENIX (AP) – The Republican-controlled Arizona House on March 3 approved a measure that would let businesses ignore government mask mandates imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus despite emotional opposition from minority ...

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Arizona Senate demands 2.1 million ballots and now? It has no idea what to do with them

By GlobalAZ

March 3, 2021

For two months, the Arizona Senate has been demanding that Maricopa County turn over the 2.1 million ballots cast in the November election. Now, the Senate doesn’t know ...

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Rich Hazelwood, owner of Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, passes away at age of 74

By GlobalAZ

March 2, 2021

PHOENIX – Global AZ Media has learned that Rich Hazelwood, owner of Phoenix’s Celebrity Theater, is dead. According to a statement, Hazelwood died on the morning of Mar. ...

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Silent Witness: Men accused of stealing alcohol, cigarettes from Circle K in Phoenix

By GlobalAZ

February 28, 2021

PHOENIX – Phoenix Police are searching for two men who were caught on camera reportedly stealing alcohol and cigarettes from a Circle K near 27th Avenue and Dunlap ...

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Radical Left & Racist Leader Beatrice Moore Pop Up a New Controversial Billboard in Downtown Phoenix

By GlobalAZ

January 28, 2021

A colorful new billboard celebrating Black history has replaced the anti-Trump billboard in Downtown Phoenix. The new billboard went up on the morning of Jan. 27 along Grand Avenue, near 11th ...

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Texting and driving banned in Arizona starting Jan. 1

By GlobalAZ

January 3, 2021

PHOENIX – With the new year comes a new law: using your cell phone while driving will be illegal in Arizona starting Jan. 1. You can use a Bluetooth device, ...

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Scottsdale pizzeria ordered to close by ADHS for alleged safety violations

By GlobalAZ

November 18, 2020

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Arizona Department of Health Services has ordered an Italian restaurant and pizzeria in Scottsdale to immediately close for allegedly violating the state’s health and ...