Mario Enrique Diaz came to Arizona as a student with $20 in his pocket, and he has since worked basically every job in politics here. The Democratic consultant is now working as a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army.
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Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
All along the U.S.-Mexico border, about 840,000 mostly low-income, immigrant Latinos have settled in colonias – cheap plots of land outside city limits without basic infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, electricity and paved roads.
Read More »Arizona Latino voting bloc taking slow, steady path to influence 
Arizona’s Latino voting bloc is being slowly built and jostled into action, but it’s not quite a tour-de-force just yet, according to Latino voters groups and policy analysts.
Read More »State service honors Arizona’s first Hispanic governor
Raul Castro was remembered Saturday as a devoted public servant who made history when he became Arizona's only Hispanic governor.
Read More »Arizona racial profiling costs taxpayers $21M
Taxpayers in metropolitan Phoenix are expected to pay out an estimated $21 million over the next year and a half for changes ordered in response to a court ruling that found an Arizona sheriff's office racially profiled Latinos in its regular traffic and immigration patrols.
Read More »Latino group to file counter suit in MCCCD tuition case 
A Latino legal civil rights organization plans to file a counter suit against the state in its legal challenge to Maricopa County Community College District’s policy of granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.
Read More »Arpaio to appeal order appointing monitor
Lawyers for Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a judge's October order that a court-appointed monitor oversee the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, among other things.
Read More »Park Service recommends Phoenix site as part of park honoring César Chávez
A National Park Service recommendation could bring federal designation to the building near downtown where farm labor leader César Chávez is said to have first uttered “Sí se puede.”
Read More »Changing face of state seen at county level, where Hispanic numbers soar
Joe Garcia looks at the latest Hispanic population estimates for Arizona and comes to a simple conclusion.
“It’s safe to say the face of Arizona is changing,” said Garcia, the director of the Latino Public Policy Center at Arizona State University.
Latina conference to Arizona sheriff: Stay away
America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff has been told to stay away from a national Latina conference when it comes to Phoenix.
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