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Fara Illich, Cronkite News Service

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Cells at the Pinal County Adult Detention Center. Because the facility was built to house accused and convicted criminals, immigration detainees face stricter conditions there than at a federal facility just up the road. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Fara Illich)
Home news December 12, 2012

Groups object to housing immigration detainees in Pinal County jail

The first stop for all Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees is just down the road from here at the Florence Detention Center, which has a new soccer field, offers buffet-style dining and allows face-to-face visits with family, friends and lawyers.

The city of Phoenix is converting this 15-acre lot at Central Avenue and Indian School Road into a space for community gardens, artwork and public gatherings. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Fara Illich)
Home news November 20, 2012

Phoenix to transform vacant lot into hub for agriculture, art, public gatherings

Surrounded by food trucks, mural artists and 200 boxed trees, Mayor Greg Stanton announced plans Monday to transform a 15-acre midtown lot into a place for growing crops, displaying artwork and holding public gatherings.

Korean War veteran Gilbert Torres said he doesn’t understand why it’s taken more than a year to get answers to two disability claims he has pending with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. There VA had a backlog of 17,000 claims in Arizona as of October, officials said. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Fara Illich)
Home news October 30, 2012

Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on disability claims with VA

Peering through the new prescription glasses he just got from the veterans hospital, Korean War veteran Gilbert Torres sifted through a stack of papers detailing claims he’d had pending with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs since July 2011.

Todd Enyart, left, a nine-year Army veteran, attended a Hire our Heroes job fair in Glendale with his father, Scott, a Vietnam War veteran. While unemployment among post-9/11 veterans his higher than the overall population, Todd Enyart said his military experience gives him an advantage in the job market. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Fara Illich)
Home news October 25, 2012

Community support and legislation fight unemployment among post-9/11 vets

As a post-9/11 veteran, Enyart is part of a group that had a 9.7 percent unemployment rate as of September, well above the overall unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Ballot Measures October 4, 2012

Proposition 115 would give governor more power in judicial selections

Proposition 115 asserts that more is better when it comes to selection and retention of state judges in Pima and Maricopa counties as well as appellate and Supreme Court judges.

Home news September 11, 2012

Stanton: Ethics task force will promote openness, accountability

A committee tasked with evaluating the city’s ethics standards will promote transparency, openness and accountability, Mayor Greg Stanton said Monday.

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