Arizona news anchor emotionally announces sudden death of ‘beloved’ 28-year-old colleague live on-air

Arizona local news anchor Ana Orsini “unexpectedly” died last week after suffering a brain aneurysm, her devastated colleagues announced during a live broadcast.On Monday (December 16), anchors Tyler Butler and Carsyn Currier of Tucson-based CBS affiliate KOLD-TV 13 News shared news of their co-worker’s passing. “Our beloved friend and co-anchor Ana Orsini passed away unexpectedly…

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Arizona Corporation Commission reaffirms monthly APS fee for homeowners with solar panels

The Arizona Corporation Commission has voted to reaffirm a controversial charge levied on some customers with rooftop solar panels.The utility-regulating panel voted 3-1 on Tuesday, finding that the grid-access charge doesn’t unlawfully discriminate against residential solar customers. Rather, the commission, citing what it termed substantial evidence, called the charges “just, reasonable and in the public…

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Trio of builders buy more lots at giant Buckeye master-planned community

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) selected Scottsdale-based Meritage Home Corp. (NYSE: MTH) to join its roster of builders at the 37,000-acre Teravalis master-planned community in Buckeye.Meritage becomes the seventh homebuilder that will bring homes to Teravalis.The Arizona builder paid $1.83 million for 81 lots at Floreo, the first village to be developed at Teravalis,…

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Despite Trump’s claim, deportations likely wouldn’t ease housing crisis, most experts say

President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan could potentially upend a construction workforce reliant on immigrants, stalling efforts to build more homes. (Photo by Getty Images)This story originally appeared in Stateline.The mass deportations of immigrants that President-elect Donald Trump has promised aren’t likely to make a dent in the nation’s housing crisis, many experts say, despite…

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