Associated Press
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Native American radio stations could face shutdowns if Congress cuts over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Senate approved the plan this morning, and it now returns to the House.
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The National Park Service is defending its handling of a lightning-sparked wildfire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim.
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A plan to sell millions of acres of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal would violate the chamber’s rules.
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The U.S. Senate has added language to the major tax and budget policy bill that would restart and expand a compensation program for victims of nuclear radiation.
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Attempts to regulate groundwater in rural Arizona have stalled in the Legislature and Gov. Katie Hobbs' office says negotiators haven't met since early April.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apache Stronghold to halt a massive copper mining project at Oak Flat in central Arizona.
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Reproductive rights advocates are suing Arizona to unravel several laws regulating abortion access in the state.
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A grand jury has indicted 20 people, a mental health business and a church in a widespread sober living home scheme that targeted Native Americans and defrauded Arizona’s Medicaid program out of $2.8 billion.
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President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed legislation to create an alert system for Native Americans who have gone missing in the state.