Arizona officials talk about $1.2T infrastructure package s potential benefits to Arizonans
Leaders optimistic about what the infrastructure bill will mean for Arizona residents
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will feature new spending for projects, clean water, and broadband internet. FOX 10 s Steve Nielsen reports.
PHOENIX - Arizona leaders are talking about the benefits Arizonans could reap from the infrastructure package, as senators in Washington D.C. unveiled the bill on Aug. 2.
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocked in at some 2,700 pages. A key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda, the bipartisan bill is the first phase of the president s infrastructure plan. It calls for $550 billion in new spending over five years above projected federal levels, what could be one of the more substantial expenditures on the nation’s roads, bridges, waterworks, broadband and the electric grid in
RAINFALL TOTALS: Some Valley spots seeing over an inch of rain in latest monsoon storms
Vinod Thakur
and last updated 2021-07-23 21:00:11-04
PHOENIX â The monsoon storms that swept across parts of the Valley Thursday night and into Friday morning have dropped at least a half-inch of rain in some spots, and more than two inches in others!
Mesa, Phoenix, and Tempe have all seen consistent rainfall, with one rain gauge in Scottsdale recording more than two inches of rain within the span of an hour late Thursday night.
Here is a look at some of the rainfall totals so far, according to the Maricopa County Flood Control District s online rainfall map (as of 6:00 p.m.):
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East Mesa, Apache Junction, Queen Creek and San Tan Valley could see rain and winds up to 50 mph on Tuesday night.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix said the East Valley cities could see rain and wind through 10 p.m. thanks to storms moving up from Pinal County.
As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, the weather service had recorded less than 0.1 of rain in parts of central Phoenix, and 0.16 of rain near Loop 101 and 47th Avenue.
However, the Arizona Department of Transportation posted on Twitter that it was raining on U.S. 60 in the East Valley after 9 p.m.
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As the county eases out of the COVID-19 shutdown and coronavirus cases decline, an effort launched to bring food and water to homeless people during the pandemic isn’t slowing down.
Drew Moser, executive director of the Lucky Duck Foundation, said there continues to be a pressing need to help people living without shelter on sidewalks, parks and canyons throughout San Diego, and the nonprofit welcomes more people interested in helping its 14-month-old outreach.
“Given the need, we saw it as a long-term program,” Moser said, adding that the program’s steady growth has been possible because of the many people who have come forward to help.