Colorado River/Hoover Dam
TODAY’S QUOTE
“The only political victories that matter these days are symbolic
— attacking your opponents on cable news or social media.
Compromise is a dirty word.”
~ Sen. Krysten Sinema said in a video announcing her
retirement and lamenting the breakdown of bipartisanship.
TODAY’S NEWS & VIEWS
February 6, 2024
Colorado River conservation measures will protect reservoir levels through 2026, feds say
The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday released its final plan for emergency measures to shore up Colorado River reservoir storage, declaring victory in the short-term effort to prevent catastrophe from striking in the next three years.
SRP has a plan to cut CO2 emissions 82%. Here’s why it’s getting mixed reviews
Arizona utility Salt River Project has revised its long-term sustainability goals with more ambitious targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions, support the adoption of more electric vehicles and reduce the amount of water used to generate power.
Arizona coal plant communities lose out on millions in economic transition funding
Communities economically reliant on the Cholla Power Plant, located between Winslow and Holbrook just south of the Navajo Nation, will not receive utility ratepayer funds to jumpstart their economic transition as the plant’s closure looms.
Kari Lake picks up support from a Senate GOP leader as Democrats get behind Ruben Gallego
Lake’s campaign is scheduled Wednesday to hold a reception in Washington featuring 17 sitting Republican senators who could boost her middling fundraising and makes plain she has consolidated the support of most of official Washington behind her.
RELATED:Arizona Supreme Court rejects Kari Lake’s appeal in defamation case, lifts temporary stay
The ArizonThe court chose to reject Lake’s appeal challenging Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jay Adleman’s December decision to allow the suit to go forward. The news comes after the Arizona Court of Appeals also said it would not consider a special action petition from Lake challenging Adleman’s ruling.
RELATED: Kari Lake’s specious speech may soon make Stephen Richer richer-er
Opinion: The Arizona Supreme Court is allowing the Maricopa County recorder’s defamation suit against Kari Lake to go forward. As it should.
Many Arizona schools decline to answer Tom Horne’s survey on controversial content
Hundreds of Arizona schools declined to answer two state Department of Education surveys that some education leaders said were politically motivated or unclear.
