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Subject: Rural Development

  • Happy Campers and Hikers: State Parks Open After Employees Told to Report to Work Despite Lack of Budget

    Image: Wikimedia Commons The state parks department sent out the following news release this morning, announcing that "closed" signs were being taken down at state parks. The Arizona Republic's Casey Newton reports that some campers had already been evicted as a state government shutdown loomed. But after state workers were told to stay at their jobs, the parks department moved quickly to let people know their favorite haunts would be open for the upcoming holiday weekend. Unlike many state expe

    July 1, 2009