Advertise with Googlier.com Park | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Tue, 18 Jul 2023 23:53:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Park | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Bison gored Arizona woman in Yellowstone, the park’s first such attack in 2023 https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/18/bison-gored-arizona-woman-in-yellowstone-the-parks-first-such-attack-in-2023/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/18/bison-gored-arizona-woman-in-yellowstone-the-parks-first-such-attack-in-2023/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 23:53:04 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=480787 A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National Park.

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]]> YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National Park. The attack happened Monday morning in a field near Lake Lodge...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/18/bison-gored-arizona-woman-in-yellowstone-the-parks-first-such-attack-in-2023/feed/ 0 480787 Farnsworth’s story of homelessness prompts Senate committee chair to pull Kavanagh’s proposal https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/01/20/farnsworths-story-of-homelessness-prompts-senate-committee-chair-to-pull-kavanaghs-proposal/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/01/20/farnsworths-story-of-homelessness-prompts-senate-committee-chair-to-pull-kavanaghs-proposal/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:51:59 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=259716 A Republican state senator from Mesa's personal experience with mental illness and homelessness derailed a bid by another GOP lawmaker, this one a former cop, to make sleeping on a sidewalk a state crime. Sen. David Farnsworth's extended comments about his struggles led the chairman of a Senate committee to pull Republican Fountain Hills Sen. John Kavanagh's proposal from consideration during a hearing this past week.

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]]> Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, speaks with attendees at a rally hosted by EZAZ at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix in...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/01/20/farnsworths-story-of-homelessness-prompts-senate-committee-chair-to-pull-kavanaghs-proposal/feed/ 0 259716 Woman sues over ban on feeding homeless people in parks https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/10/27/woman-sues-over-ban-on-feeding-homeless-people-in-parks/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/10/27/woman-sues-over-ban-on-feeding-homeless-people-in-parks/#respond Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:57:39 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=257533 A woman who was arrested for feeding homeless people in northwest Arizona is suing over a local ordinance that regulates food-sharing events in public parks.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/10/27/woman-sues-over-ban-on-feeding-homeless-people-in-parks/feed/ 0 257533 Report blames national parks maintenance backlog on Congress https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:39:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64462 Congress is letting maintenance backlogs grow in national parks like the Grand Canyon while continuing to add new sites that the National Park Service cannot afford to maintain, a report Tuesday charged.

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]]> Summer clouds form over Mather Point on the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. The point is one of the first and most popular stops for many visitors...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/feed/ 1 64462 Arizona gets refund for money sent for Grand Canyon https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/arizona-gets-refund-for-money-sent-to-re-open-the-grand-canyon-during-the-government-shutdown/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/arizona-gets-refund-for-money-sent-to-re-open-the-grand-canyon-during-the-government-shutdown/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:04:16 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64424 Arizona has been refunded the money it sent to reopen the Grand Canyon during the partial government shutdown but that wasn't used.

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]]> Governor Jan Brewer (AP Photo/ National Park Service, Michael Quinn) Arizona has been refunded the money it sent to reopen the Grand Canyon during the partial...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/arizona-gets-refund-for-money-sent-to-re-open-the-grand-canyon-during-the-government-shutdown/feed/ 1 64424 Rural lawmaker seeks halt to state sweeping Arizona State Parks revenues https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/18/rural-lawmaker-seeks-halt-to-state-sweeping-arizona-state-parks-revenues/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/18/rural-lawmaker-seeks-halt-to-state-sweeping-arizona-state-parks-revenues/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:19:19 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=42214 Arizona State Parks would be able to protect the revenue it raises from budget sweeps and use it for park operations under legislation proposed by a rural lawmaker.

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Tonto Natural Bridge, the site of a popular state park, lies just north of Payson. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Alyson Zepeda)
Arizona State Parks would...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/18/rural-lawmaker-seeks-halt-to-state-sweeping-arizona-state-parks-revenues/feed/ 1 42214 Interior secretary Ken Salazar visits Grand Canyon https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-visits-grand-canyon/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-visits-grand-canyon/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:40:04 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/06/20/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-visits-grand-canyon/ Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is scheduled to visit the Grand Canyon on Monday and could announce changes for mining claims near the park.

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