Filling up on tires.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Hoping to solve two problems with one bill, Arizona Representative Russell Jones is sponsoring legislation to allow tires to be used to fill abandoned mine shafts as long as they are covered with at least 10 feet of dirt. There are more than 10,000 abandoned mines in the state, and 1,200 of those are considered significant public hazards. Last session, lawmakers passed a bill...