Kirk Siegler
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Politics
Trump Counts On Rural Voters In Arizona To Help Him Win The State
President Trump again skipped Phoenix during his latest campaign swing through Arizona, as the campaign turns to its 2016 playbook - hoping rural voters will decide the close election.
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Coronavirus Weighing Heavily On Voters In Arizona
The presidential race and the balance of power in the U.S. Senate could come down to how the vote goes in this battleground state, which also has among the highest COVID-19 death rates in the nation.
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National
Are Paramilitary Extremists Being Normalized? Look To Idaho For Answers
The arrests of militiamen who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan's governor echo loudly in the Idaho Panhandle, a region long synonymous with anti-government extremism.
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Politics
Trump's Public Lands Chief Hasn't Left Post Despite Judge's Order
President Trump's top public lands chief is still helping lead the Bureau of Land Management, despite a federal ruling removing him from the top post there.
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National
'Everything's Gone': Rural Washington Struggles After 'Blow Torch' Of A Wildfire
The 2020 wildfire season is a grim reminder that disasters unfairly hit the poor and the elderly. Thousands of people on the West Coast still lack even temporary housing.
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Environment
Trump To Appeal Removal Of 'Polarizing' Public Lands Chief
The White House says it will appeal a federal court ruling ousting William Perry Pendley, who led the Bureau of Land Management for more than 400 days without Senate confirmation.
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Environment
Climate Change Is Not The Only Reason For Record Wildfires
Climate change is exacerbating the severity of the wildfires on the West Coast, but prior and current forest management decisions, and politics, also play a huge role.
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Environment
West Coast Fires: Climate, Forest Management, Lax Rules, Plenty Of Blame To Go Around
The alarming wildfires on the West Coast are again putting the spotlight on climate change. But it's not the only reason why we're seeing so much destruction and lives lost.
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National
California Camp Fire Survivors Face The Horror All Over Again In 2020
In Northern California, the deadly Bear Fire forced the evacuation of parts of the town of Paradise, which nearly burned to the ground in 2018. For Camp Fire survivors, the trauma is all coming back.
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National
Wildfires Are First Big Test To COVID-19 Firefighter Safety Plans
Thousands of firefighters are deployed to dangerous megafires in the West, the first big tests to the added safety protocols fire managers scrambled to get in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.