Arizona News
Court Mandates New Recovery Plan For Endangered Mexican Wolf
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 20 October 2016 20 October 2016
Phoenix, Arizona - An Arizona judge has approved a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Office of the Arizona Attorney General against the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to develop a new recovery plan for the endangered Mexican wolf.
Attorney General Brnovich Urges US Supreme Court to Protect Consumers From Unfair Class Action Settlements
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 20 October 2016 20 October 2016
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Brnovich, leading a coalition of seventeen Attorneys General from across the country, filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court as part of his continuing effort to protect Arizona consumers from abuse in the class action settlement process. In the brief, Attorney General Brnovich asked the Supreme Court to create a nationwide rule that class action attorneys’ fees in common-fund cash settlements can only be based off the amount actually paid out to the consumers in the class. This rule will help make sure that the class action process works to the benefit of consumers by ensuring that class action lawyers get paid only in direct proportion to the amount consumers actually get paid.
State of LGBTQ Equality in 11 Arizona Cities Detailed in HRC’s 5th Edition of the Municipal Equality Index
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- Written by Liz Halloran Liz Halloran
- Published: 18 October 2016 18 October 2016
Washington, DC - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute, released its fifth annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI), assessing LGBTQ equality in 506 cities across the nation, including 11 in Arizona.
Arizona All Stars: Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson Lead the Way in LGBTQ Equality
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- Written by HRC HRC
- Published: 18 October 2016 18 October 2016
Washington, DC - At a time when many states have failed to extend LGBTQ-inclusive laws and policies, Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson are stepping up to ensure that all citizens are treated equally, according to a report issued today by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization.
Rim2Rim across the Grand Canyon
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- Written by Dana Sparks Dana Sparks
- Published: 16 October 2016 16 October 2016
Grand Canyon, Arizona - Kristin Salzman first met Jenny Kollasch, a physical therapist at Mayo Clinic's Rochester campus, after experiencing discomfort following one of several surgeries she underwent as part of her stage IIIA breast cancer treatment. "I couldn't lay back, I was hurting so badly," Kristin says. "So someone suggested I go to physical therapy, and that's when I met Jenny."