PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 28 -- The Arizona Auditor General issued the following audit report on Sept. 27, 2024, entitled "Arizona Board of Executive Clemency - Sunset Review." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Members of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Katie Hobbs, Governor Ms. Gretchen McClellan-Singh, Executive Director, Arizona Board of Executive Clemency Transmitted herewith is the report Performance Audit and Sunset Review of the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency. This audit was con  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 23 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: Arizona State Representative David Cook has submitted comments in response to the U.S. Air Force's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which outlines plans to release flares at lower altitudes across wildfire-prone areas in Arizona. Citing the state's long-term drought and previous wildfire incidents, including the 2021 Telegraph Fire, Representative Cook is calling on the Air Force to modify   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 28 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: Salt River Project (SRP), NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the Arizona State Land Department and Babbitt Ranches celebrated the completion of Babbitt Ranch Energy Center, a 161-megawatt (MW) wind project located on Babbitt Ranches property in Coconino County, north of Flagstaff, Arizona. Babbitt Ranch Energy Center will play an important role in decarbonizing SRP's en  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 28 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news on Sept. 27, 2024: Salt River Project (SRP) announced today that more than 53,500 electric vehicles (EVs) were purchased or leased in its service territory as of April 30, 2024, the end of its 2024 fiscal year. This achievement reflects a rapidly growing interest in EVs across the Valley as more consumers turn to clean energy solutions for transportation. "Helping c  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 24 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: Salt River Project (SRP) is partnering with Mesa to expand a city program that encourages qualified residents to remove grass and replace it with a Xeriscape (low-water-use) landscape. SRP will provide a dollar-for-dollar match to help expand Mesa's successful Grass-to-Xeriscape Landscape Incentive Program, which has helped residents save an estimated 127 million   more