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Protesters urge Arizona Sen. Kelly to support bill to protect sacred Oak Flat
Local Posted Dec 3, 2021, 12:20 pm Brenda Rivas Cronkite News Members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and students from Brophy and Xavier high schools protested outside Sen. Mark Kelly’s office Thursday, urging the Arizona Democrat to support legislation protecting a sacred site threatened by a proposed copper mine near Superior.
Protesters urge Sen. Kelly to support bill to save sacred Oak Flat
Demonstrators gather outside of the Phoenix offices of Sen. Mark Kelly to urge him to support the Save Oak Flat Act, which would protect the sacred site from being destroyed by a copper mine. (Photo by Kevin Hurley/Cronkite News) Oak Flat, known to the Apache as Chi’Chil’Ba’Goteel, was federally protected until it became part of a land swap approved by federal officials in 2014. The Save Oak Flat Act would nullify that swap.
Protesters urge Sen. Kelly to support bill to protect sacred Oak Flat
News AZPM News Protesters urge Sen. Kelly to support bill to protect sacred Oak Flat December 2, 2021 The land holds religious and cultural significance to Indigenous communities. by Brenda Rivas, Cronkite News Tweet Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location. AZPM Members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and students from Brophy and Xavier high schools protested outside Sen.
Can you hear me now? Centrist positioning makes Sinema a player, pariah
(Video by Brenda Rivas/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to back the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion social and clean-energy spending package has made her a target for Democrats – and possibly “the most powerful person in Washington right now,” one analyst said. It’s not the first time that Sinema, a Democrat, has bucked her party on high-profile measures that need every Democratic vote to pass in the evenly divided Senate.
There’s no place like… the home office
Working from home or office in the days of COVID-19 presents challenges for many. But John Crow, CEO of Glendale-based Century 21 Northwest Realty, said he is seeing the community in a new light. “There’s a real soul to the fabric of the community of the Glendale area, and you’re really seeing that now more than ever,” he said. He sees businesses and the community rallying together to keep one another afloat, he added.
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