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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ducey controls future of ‘dark money’ elections
Gov. Doug Ducey could upend elections in two major Arizona cities by effectively doing nothing.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.