Ban on driving while ‘distracted’ advances in capitol

By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News Capitol Bureau PHOENIX — Distracted driving or texting and driving? How about both? The Arizona Senate considered and passed two different measures for dealing with distracted drivers. The Senate passed Senate Bill 1165 , which would ban texting while driving, by a bipartisan vote of 20-10 Under the bill introduced…

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Sharp increase in fentanyl seizures at southern border

By Madison Bullington/Arizona Sonora News       TUCSON – A confiscation of 254 pounds of fentanyl at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales last month provided a highlight into the pipeline of drugs coming from Mexico.    “People will smuggle drugs any way you can imagine. Whether it be through trucks, produce, cars, planes….

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Power back at luxury student apartments after 5-day outage

By Daniel Young-Miller/Arizona Sonora News –Updated with comment from Greystar The luxury student apartment building Urbane, at the northwest corner of the University of Arizona campus, was without electricity on several floors from last Friday until 10.30 p.m. Tuesday, when a crew from Tucson Electric restored full power to the building. Many residents had to…

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‘Milk’ joins House bill on labeling of ‘meat’

By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News Capital Bureau PHOENIX — It’s not soy milk, it’s soy beverage. The Arizona House of Representatives advanced House Bill 2604, with an amendment regarding labeling products as milk. Originally, the bill only limited the use of the word “meat” to describe food derived from harvested livestock, and “poultry” as derived…

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