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Author tells lawmakers teachers need double major
Historian: Students need better history lessons beginning in elementary grades
Fatalities spark renewed interest in text messaging bill
The deaths of two women in Peoria in a car accident reportedly caused by a driver sending text messages on a cell phone has renewed the drive of one legislator... […]
Arizona inmates charged in Indiana prison riot
Prisoners enraged over a transfer from Arizona to Indiana pummeled a guard and littered a prison yard with drill bits, socks stuffed with batteries and other improvised weapons during an... […]
Inmate transfers to Indiana on hold but other moves planned
Arizona is proceeding with plans to send more inmates to private prisons in Oklahoma while transfers to an Indiana prison where a riot occurred remain on hold, the state Department... […]
State plays catch up
With one dentist for every 2,520 residents, experts say Arizona ranks near the bottom in dental care. The state’s only dental school and another set to open in fall 2008 will help bridge the gap.
It’s a very long waiting list
There is one American Indian dentist for every 35,000 Indians in the United States
Alchesay
Photo credited only as “Alchesay and son,” could possibly be A-1 and Baha When Baha Alchesay was buried near Whiteriver on Oct. 15, 1952, many Apaches felt that the era... […]
CEO of ‘Chicanos’ organization plans Latino fund-raising foundation
It took a six-pack of Budweiser, a lot of persuading from an old friend and a life-long passion to serve his community to convince Pete Garcia that he should be... […]
‘Millionaires’ Amendment’ upheld in federal court
A panel of federal judges upheld the so-called “Millionaires’ Amendment” found in 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform laws, rejecting a claim the provision violates free speech and equal protection rights.The... […]
State spends $20 million annually on bridge repairs — Is it enough≠
Not up with the times The Loop 202 40th Street overpass been designated as “functionally obsolete” by ADOT bridge inspectors. That designation means the bridge clearance doesn’t meet current standards,... […]
Jason Rose: ‘Learn how to write. And read, read, read’
What was your first job≠ Besides endless hours mowing my parents’ enormous yard, I saved up for my first car by working as a maintenance guy for a real-estate development... […]
NewsPeople
Promotions• Kim Edwards has been inducted as the chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Phoenicians Committee. She is the first woman to serve as chairman in the committee’s... […]
