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Arizona Launches Program To Assist Rental Property Owners

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Applications for Arizona’s Rental Property Owner Preservation Fund, providing assistance to rental property owners across the state who are facing a loss of rental income due to COVID-19, opened today.  Governor Doug Ducey announced $5 million for this Fund last month. All applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the entire amount is awarded. About The Rental Property Owner Preservation …

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Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Fee-Free Day on Aug. 5, 2020, for National Wildlife Refuges

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In celebration of President Trump’s signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced August 5, 2020, as a fee-free day for national wildlife refuges, joining other public lands administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt also announced that every …

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Arizona Joins National Network To Reskill Workers

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Arizona is joining a coalition of 20 states, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, and the American Association of Community Colleges—with support from Lumina Foundation and the Siemens Foundation—to launch the Reskilling and Recovery Network. The Network will equip Arizonans with the skills they need to get back to work and help communities …

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Food insecurity amid COVID-19 prompts Native Americans to return to their roots

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From a traditional hogan in a remote area on the Utah-Arizona line, Cynthia Wilson spent much of her spring sourcing drought-resistant seeds, packing them in small manila envelopes and labeling them to ship to families across the Four Corners. Seeds for corn – white, blue and yellow. For squash. For melons. For many of the …

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Arizonans doing 1/3 less exercise than before the pandemic began, reveals survey

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Couch Potatoes? The average Arizonan is doing 29% less exercise than before the pandemic began, reveals survey. Arizonans have watched an average of 394 hours of TV during lockdown. 1 in 3 left unemployed have spent their time binge watching TV. 57% say they have enjoyed being lazy during lockdown. Half of those working from home admit watching TV during work …

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