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This June 20, 2014 file photo shows the Southwest Key-Nueva Esperanza, in Brownsville, Texas, a facility that shelters unaccompanied immigrant children. When school leaders in San Benito, Texas, learned of an influx of children to a migrant shelter in town, they felt obliged to help. The superintendent reached out and agreed to send 19 bilingual teachers and hundreds of computers to make the learning environment as similar as possible to one of his schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Aug 23, 2018

State inspections show infractions at migrant shelters

Recent state inspections of Southwest Key shelters that house migrant children show that some employees did not have adequate background checks on file.

This UofA banner is on the side of Hannawater Holdings at 702 E. Van Buren St. The banner receives the ire of many ASU students who live and go to school in downtown Phoenix. PHOTO BY CHASE HUNTER/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES
Aug 20, 2018

ASU/UofA rivalry enlivens downtown Phoenix, boosts development

Phoenix has become a winner in the school rivalry of more than a century as the city’s core has blossomed from the unusual circumstance in which two major universities have campuses in the same city.

Aug 20, 2018

Honors seminar allows students to ponder ‘great force of history’

This academic year, Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In a few days, a record number of talented students will sit down for their first day of “The Human Event,” Barrett’s signature first-year seminar.

Jun 18, 2018

Supreme Court to hear appeal on Shooter residency ruling

A Republican contender in Legislative District 13 is appealing a lower court ruling to the Arizona Supreme Court that former lawmaker Don Shooter can stay on the ballot.

Jun 7, 2018

Arizona court rules for city on same-sex wedding invitations

An Arizona court on Thursday upheld Phoenix's anti-discrimination ordinance, denying a wedding invitation business owners' challenge that the local law violates their freedom of religion by compelling them to cater to same-sex couples.

Gov. Doug Ducey (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
May 14, 2018

Ducey controls future of ‘dark money’ elections

Gov. Doug Ducey could upend elections in two major Arizona cities by effectively doing nothing.

A member of Patriot Movement AZ, a controversial group of President Trump supporters, argues with Red for Ed protesters while Arizona Department of Public Safety officers keep the two groups separated on April 30. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Apr 30, 2018

Photos: Red for Ed protests at the Arizona Capitol dwindle but persist

Public schools across Arizona remained closed for the third day as Red for Ed protesters descended again on the state Capitol.

(Photo by Carmen Forman/Arizona Capitol Times)
Apr 26, 2018

Legion of striking teachers descend on Capitol as Senate adjourns

As more than 40,000 teachers and their supporters marched from downtown Phoenix to the Arizona Capitol the next morning, the state Senate adjourned for the week and rank-and-file members left without a vote on a budget that could boost teacher pay.

(Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Apr 26, 2018

Photos: Thousands join Red for Ed march on the Arizona Capitol

To say a sea of red descended on downtown Phoenix on April 26 may be cliche, but there's hardly a better way to describe the scene that began at Chase Field.

Alfredo Gutierrez, former majority and minority leader of the state Senate, says Raul Castro had a difficult adjustment to dealing with the Legislature when he became governor.
Apr 23, 2018

Slowed by a brain injury, Gutierrez leaves his mark on Arizona politics

After suffering a traumatic brain injury caused by a freak accident that temporarily left him unable to speak, hear, or walk properly, Alfredo Gutierrez decided it was time to walk away from a decades-long career of public service

Mar 1, 2018

Clemency Board urges reduced sentence for cop in 2010 killing

The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency has recommended reducing the prison sentence of a former Phoenix police officer who killed a man in 2010 while responding to a domestic violence.

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Feb 5, 2018

Loop 303 opens a new gateway to the West Valley

The days of driving through the congested freeways and streets of Phoenix are finally over for the people of Goodyear.

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