Latest Arizona Headlines
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Waymo Self-Driving, Fare-Generating Taxis Hit the Road in Arizona
Dec 5 2018 // Alphabet’s Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis that actually generate fares. With little fanfare, the company has...
United Valley Adds IWV in California, Maki in Arizona
Nov 19 2018 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has added IWV Insurance Agency LLC of Ridgecrest, Calif., and Maki Insurance Group of Anthem, Ariz. IWV offers personal and businesses insurance services throughout California. Maki...
CREST Insurance Group in Arizona Names Baena President of Employee Benefits
Nov 19 2018 // CREST Insurance Group LLC of Arizona has named Cristina Baena president of the employee benefits division. Baena will be overseeing 32 employees from the Tucson, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Flagstaff, as well as San Diego,...
CREST Insurance Group in Arizona Names Perrin COO
Nov 16 2018 // CREST Insurance Group LLC of Arizona has named Heather Perrin chief operations officer. Perrin will reside at the company headquarters located in Tucson, Ariz., and will oversee operations at the Arizona branches located...
USG Adds Adame As A Producer in Arizona
Nov 14 2018 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has named Toni Adame a producer/broker in Scottsdale, Ariz. In her new position, Adame will continue to build her own book of business while assisting the team with broadening USG’s...
CopperPoint in Arizona Names Former Google Exec Assistant Vice President
Nov 6 2018 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Trent Marchuk assistant vice president in the strategic programs office. Marchuk’s primary responsibility will be to help drive strategic value and...
Motel 6 Pays $7.6M to Settle Class Action Over Giving Guest Lists to Immigration Agents
Nov 6 2018 // Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Uber Asks to Resume Self-Driving Tests in Penn., Improves Vehicle Software
Nov 5 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc has asked Pennsylvania for permission to resume self-driving car testing on public roads and has improved the autonomous vehicle software, the company said on Friday, more than seven months after it...
Electric Scooters Banned at University of Arizona over Safety
Oct 29 2018 // The University of Arizona has banned dockless electric scooters from its campus effective immediately. University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services Interim Executive Director Gail Nazarenko says the decision...
GBS Benefits Adds Mollihan in Arizona
Oct 9 2018 // GBS Benefits has added Don Mollihan as a senior consultant in Arizona. Mollihan founded Arizona Benefit Consultants LLC in 1995. He has more than 30 years of experience in the brokerage and consulting space. Don...
Crowdsourcing App Promises Real-Time Alerts on Flooding Risk
Oct 9 2018 // When flood waters rise, more data helps better predict and monitor changing conditions. Soon there will be an app for that. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Smart and Connected Communities $1.5 million grant...
Lawsuit Alleges Salmonella from Ground Beef; FDA Reports Cases in 16 States
Oct 8 2018 // A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil’s JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in...
Arizona Dam Could Fail And Flood Village, Officials Warn
Oct 5 2018 // An earthen dam in Arizona’s southern desert could fail and flood a small village because the lake behind it is swollen with runoff from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa, officials said this week. Ali Chuk, a...
Remnants of Tropical Storm Causes Flooding, Traps Arizona Cars
Oct 4 2018 // Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the desert Southwest this week, trapping some drivers on swamped streets of Phoenix, Ariz. as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in the state, central Utah and...
Flash Flood Watches for Parts of Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah
Oct 1 2018 // The National Weather Service issued flash flood watches for parts of four states in the Southwest for late Monday and Tuesday. Areas covered by watches due to what the weather service’s Las Vegas office calls...
Review of Arizona Gas Pipelines Pursued by Corporation Commission
Sep 27 2018 // A member of the Arizona Corporation Commission is calling for the state’s natural gas operators to review the safety of their pipelines. Commissioner Andy Tobin said this week that he called an emergency meeting with...
New Paladin Cyber Product for Small, Mid-Sized Businesses Launches in Arizona
Sep 25 2018 // Paladin Cyber, a cyber protection and remediation firm, has developed a cyber insurance product tailored for small and mid-sized businesses. Along with its existing software products and services, the new product will...
Arizona Uber Driver Suing NFL Quarterback in Groping Incident
Sep 20 2018 // A female Uber driver in Arizona is suing Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, accusing him of sexual assault. Court documents say the woman filed the suit in Arizona this week and is seeking more than $75,000...
Arizona City Not Waiting for Statewide Ban on Cellphone Use By Drivers
Sep 11 2018 // A new law banning the use of cellphones while driving went into effect in a Phoenix suburb this month, making it the latest city to attempt regulation rather than wait for a state effort. Surprise officials put an...
Nationwide Buys State Trust Land for $83M, Plans for Regional HQ
Sep 7 2018 // Arizona State Land Department officials say a national insurance company has successfully bid $83 million for about 134 acres of trust land in Scottsdale. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans for a mixed-use...
