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Families Divided: Left behind, a teenager tries to hold on to life in America
Editor’s note: This is the first in a continuing series of stories written by advanced journalism students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State... […]
Divided Families: American at heart: Family struggles to start over in Mexico
IXTAPAN DE LA SAL, Mexico — Hector and Marcos are about as American as two young men can be.They wear jeans and T-shirts. They are rarely without their cell phones.... […]
Tight budgets, rising costs squeeze states
Like an American tourist in Europe, states are seeing their dollars just don’t go as far as they used to.Not only was the amount of tax revenue states collected during... […]
Goldwater Institute vows appeal on $97 million tax rebate
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on April 2 upheld the constitutionality of a $97 million tax rebate granted by the city of Phoenix to lure the development of an... […]
MCWA, Rep. McLain team up for economic development
I was pleased to be able to represent the Mohave County Water Authority before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Rural Affairs on March 19 in regards to Rep.... […]
Shortage of visas for professional foreign nationals expected
Arizona employers who failed to file H-1B visa applications by April 1 may be out of luck if they are seeking to hire foreign nationals in a professional or specialty... […]
Audit: Mental health program conditions worsen
Six months after the state hired Magellan Health Services to take control of Maricopa County’s failing mental health program, treatment of the mentally ill has grown worse, according to an... […]
Napolitano vetoes abortion bills, chides lawmakers
Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed two abortion bills April 4, dismissing one as unnecessary and the other because it doesn't conform to federal law as portrayed. She chided the Legislature for sending... […]
Senate panel takes up religious messages in schools
Students can wear clothing or jewelry that displays religious messages or symbols, or express religious viewpoints in class assignments without fear of getting censured under a proposal passed by a... […]
Liquor sales down, more DUI laws on the way
Gary Maughan, franchise holder of the popular sports bar and restaurant Famous Sam's, started to notice a drop in liquor sales late last year – right around the time that... […]
Hearing attracts critics of uranium mining close to Grand Canyon
FLAGSTAFF — Protecting public health and the state’s most treasured natural wonder should take priority over the possible profits from mining uranium near the Grand Canyon, tribal leaders, members of... […]
Superintendent of school for deaf and blind could lose job over e-mail
The superintendent of a state-funded program for deaf and blind children might lose his job after sending an e-mail to lawmakers that outlined the possible detrimental impacts of a measure under consideration by the... […]
