Attorney General Tom Horne to Arizonans: "Have Fun, Prepare When Traveling Into Mexico"
Reminder Comes after Arizona Woman Held in Mexico Jail for Over a Week on False Drug-smuggling Charge
In the wake of Yanira Maldonado’s nine-day ordeal in a Mexico jail on groundless drug-trafficking accusations and the beginning of summer travel to Sonora, Mexico, Attorney General Tom Horne is today offering resources and tips in order to make sure that all Arizonans know what to do in case of an emergency or even an arrest in Mexico. All of the resources in this release may be found on the Attorney General’s website at https://www.azag.gov/mexico-travelStatement on CBS 5’s segment on “Medical marijuana going to young and healthy”
SRP Awarded for Outstanding Safety Practices
Earns Top Ranking in Category for Most Worker-Hours of Exposure
Salt River Project has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2012. It was SRP’s ninth first-place ranking since 1980 and third in the last four years in the category for utilities with systems with 4 million or more annual worker-hours of exposure.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Recognizes Crime Victims' Rights Week
Father of Elizabeth Smart to Speak at Event Honoring Victims and Those Working to Protect Them
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is today announcing the kick-off of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year’s theme, New Challenges. New Solutions., celebrates the spirit of those who have worked (and continue to work) in the area of victims’ rights, while also recognizing the courage and resilience of those who have been victim to a crime.Arizona bans sales of synthetic drugs
You overhear your children or their friends talking about suckers and bath salts.
That’s nice, you think.
Maybe not.
In November, teens at Apache Junction High School made headlines when they were arrested for possession of lollipops laced with hash. Prior to the arrests, the sale of the illicit sweets was advertised on Twitter: “ Yooo (expletive deleted), #HashCandy on deck! $12. Good 8 to 10 hour high! Hit me up ASAP!,” said one of two Tweets, which were later removed, found by the Independent.Navajo Generating Station worth Billions to Navajo Nation
New Study Shows Plant will bring $13 Billion to Nation if Lease is extended
The Navajo Generating Station in northern Arizona will help contribute nearly $13 billion to the Navajo economy and help support thousands of jobs from 2020 through 2044 – if agreements can be reached to keep the plant operating beyond 2019 – according to a study prepared for the Navajo Nation and Salt River Project by the L William Seidman Research Institute at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.SRP and SunPower Dedicate Completed C7 Tracker Solar Power System at ASU Polytechnic Campus
First Commercial Deployment of SunPower’s Concentrating Technology
Salt River Project (SRP) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today are dedicating a one-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant at Arizona State University’s (ASU) Polytechnic campus in Mesa, Ariz. The facility is the first commercial deployment of the SunPower® C7 Tracker (C7 Tracker) technology, a solar photovoltaic tracking system that concentrates the sun’s power seven times to achieve one of the lowest levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) for solar power plants available today."Spice", "K2" and other synthetic drugs now banned in Arizona.
Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2327 into law on Wednesday, which makes the chemical used to make "spice", "K2" and other synthetic drugs a banned substance in Arizona.
Despite the dangers, synthetic drugs are often marketed to teens and sold in convenience stores and there are two locations in San Tan Valley that sell those very items. It can be smoked, inhaled, swallowed or injected.
Undercover Food Stamp Fraud Operation Leads to Investigation at Phoenix Store
A multi-agency task force today announced an investigation leading to the identification of four people who work at Dollar Dayz general store located at 1602 West Buckeye Road in Phoenix for Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, Money Laundering, Unlawful Use of Food Stamps and Computer Tampering.
The investigation comes after months of a coordinated undercover operation involving the United States Department of Agriculture - Office of the Inspector General (USDA OIG), Phoenix Police Department (PD), the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Office of Special Investigations.
