Sign In
Free Newsletter
Recent Articles from Piper Hansen Cronkite News
Reopening economy: Ducey has hand on ‘dimmer switch’
Don’t expect scenes reminiscent of Black Friday stampedes or running with the bulls when Arizona’s economy restarts.
GOP lawmaker on quest to legalize needle exchanges
Despite unsuccessful repeated efforts to get a law passed that would decriminalize a needle exchange program in the state, Rep. Tony Rivero, R-Peoria, proposed, for the third time, legislation addressing Arizona’s injection drug and blood-borne disease epidemics.
Maternal mental health a matter of statewide concern
Sharon Lopez had her perfect delivery planned like most expecting moms do.
Players in movement to remake Arizona’s criminal justice system
Since conservatives got on board with revamping Arizona’s sentencing laws, bills to do that no longer lay unheard, not considered. And as the movement has taken hold over the past few years, a host of groups and people have made their presence known at the Legislature. Following are some of them.
Women inmates rehabilitate working for local marketing firm
The only difference between her and the typical focused, stern female marketing executive adorned in a pantsuit most people imagine is that Ochoa wears orange scrubs and attends conference calls from inside Perryville prison complex in Goodyear.
Industry expert: deregulation fuels human trafficking, prostitution in Arizona massage industry
A 2019 bill allowed Arizona to “unwittingly” inherit a human trafficking and prostitution epidemic within the massage therapy industry, the leader of a national massage therapy organization said Friday.
College Dems, Republicans join in call for NAU president’s resignation
Northern Arizona University’s Young Democrats, College Republicans and several other student organizations called for university President Rita Cheng’s resignation Thursday after a state audit revealed in October that she used more than $40,000 from the university for travel expenses without proper documentation.
