Colleges go on offense against binge drinking
More than 200 universities require incoming freshmen to take AlcoholEdu, an online course that informs students about drinking’s impact on the mind and body, before enrolling in school.To many college […]
Blunt-talking McCain buoyed by polls, fundraising
Buoyed by polls showing a slight uptick, as well as fundraising he says is improving, Sen. John McCain set out to win New Hampshire votes with his trademark blunt talk. […]
Arizona ranks near bottom for college student financial aid-grants
The Arizona Board of Regents is considering ways to get additional state money for financial aid grants to college students. According to the latest survey by the National Association of […]
70 miles of new border fencing almost complete
Seventy miles of new fence along the U.S. border with Mexico was expected to be finished by Sept. 30, completing the first phase of a plan to add 370 miles […]
Bipartisan effort proposed to solve budget deficit
For the fifth month in a row, the state collected far less revenue than projected, bringing the budget shortfall for the current fiscal year to more than $300 million.August revenue […]
Toll roads recommended to ease transportation crunch
Lawmakers have begun looking for ways to pay for much-needed solutions to a transportation grid already stretched by booming growth and a special legislative panel is discussing ideas that could […]
Lawsuit seen as test case of property rights law
Four Flagstaff residents on Oct.3 sued the city in what is regarded as a test case of enforcement of a sweeping property-rights law approved by Arizona voters last year.The lawsuit […]
Court postpones deciding bid to delay execution
The Arizona Supreme Court has postponed for a week a decision on whether to delay the scheduled Nov. 1 execution of Jeffrey Landrigan. Landrigan is a convicted killer whose lawyers […]
Magellan seeks volunteer advisers for behavioral health program
Magellan Health Services of Arizona, Inc. is seeking volunteers to serve on advisory committees to help the organization with its community involvement. Magellan, which manages public-sector behavioral health care programs […]
Archives unit celebrates 70 years
Melanie Sturgeon held up a small leather-bound book. The binding had seen better days. If she dropped the book, the pages would scatter like a deck of cards.But Sturgeon is […]
Five questions and answers about public notices
Public notices published in newspapers provide citizens a window into government. Most of the information for the following questions and answers comes from the booklet “Public Notice: An American Tradition, […]
Read the paper from back to front: Public notices are news!
The front pages of our nation’s newspapers are more colorful and compelling than ever. From the smallest county-seat weekly to the largest city tabloid, action shots reach out to the […]