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Air pollution looms as economic threat BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor
NEWS..................... 4 Proposed corporate tax cut would cost Mesa $10M.
COMMUNITY...... 15 Asian District celebrates Chinese LUnar New Year.
Sunday, January 15, 2023
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he Phoenix Metro region could lose more than $100 million in economic growth if it fails to meet upgraded federal air quality standards for ozone levels by August 2024, a Valley environmental official warned earlier this month. And those losses would steadily increase over the next 20 years to as much as $848 million if the Valley’s ozone levels are not
Developer-city battle hangs over Buckhorn Baths
brought under control, Tim Franquist, environmental policy director for the Maricopa Association of Governments told Phoenix City Council Jan. 4. Though he was addressing a Phoenix City Council subcommittee, Franquist’s assessment naturally applies to the entire Valley. And it wasn’t very encouraging. He said the controls necessary to meet more stringent federal air quality controls will carry a substantial cost to taxpayers.
“That’s going to be a big issue for this area,” he continued. “We really haven’t put in ozone-control measures for about 20 years, so we’re definitely going to need a lot more measures coming into place.” Right now, the only way the Valley could meet the elevated Environmental Protection Agency’s ozone limits would be taking all four million gasoline-powered motor vehicles in Maricopa County off the road see
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Celebrating MLK Jr.
BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer
BUSINESS............ 17 New chicken cage regs could drive egg costs even higher. COMMUNITY .............................. 15 BUSINESS ................................... 17 SPORTS ...................................... 22 GET OUT ...................................... 24 CLASSIFIED ............................... 32 ZONE 2
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esans have been waiting over a decade to find out the long-term fate of the historic Buckhorn Baths spa buildings near Main Street and Recker Road since the passing of Alice Sliger in 2010. Sliger created the storied Buckhorn Mineral Wells and Wildlife Museum in East Mesa with her husband Ted Sliger, who died in 1987. But residents and history buffs may be see
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John Goodie is one of the founding members of the Mesa-East Valley MLK Committee, which will hold its 25th annual MLK Day Parade downtown tomorrow, Jan. 16. It wasn’t easy establishing this timehonored tradition and it hasn’t been easy maintaining and growing it, Goodie said. For the story, see page 14. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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