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The $1.2 trillion budget package passed by Congress Friday didn't include an extension for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The legislation compensates people who lived downwind from nuclear test sites and developed cancer as a result.
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Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has announced his campaign for Congress. He’ll take on first-term Republican Rep. Eli Crane in Arizona’s second district.
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At the end of the week, federal wildland firefighters could take steep, across-the-board pay cuts without action from Congress, which advocates and officials fear could trigger mass resignations within the workforce.
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Arizona Congressman and former Navy SEAL Eli Crane was among only five Republicans to vote down consideration of a bill to fund the Department of Defense this week.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs says Arizona Lottery funds could be used to keep Grand Canyon National Park open in the event of a possible federal government shutdown in the coming weeks.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force government agencies to more accurately keep track of forest health treatments.
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The deadline to prevent steep, across-the-board pay cuts to federal wildland firefighters is Oct. 1.
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Advocates for wildland firefighters are urging Congress to pass a bill that would prevent across-the-board pay cuts.
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A U.S. House bill under consideration would reverse protections put in place last month by the Department of the Interior near Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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Construction crews have begun a major flood mitigation project north of Flagstaff. It follows two devastating wildfires last summer that put some 1,500 homes in danger of catastrophic flooding.