Phoenix to vote on higher downtown parking rates
Parking rates on some downtown Phoenix streets could soon cost as much as $4 per hour during peak times.
DHS to stop transporting migrants to Arizona
Officials with the Honduran and Guatemalan consulates in Phoenix say no more migrant families are being transported to Arizona from Texas.
Phoenix gets praise from White House for aid to vets
WASHINGTON – It’s been a rough couple weeks for Phoenix as far as the news that has been coming out of the city about veterans. But on Wednesday, the White House delivered a welcome bit of good news.
Republicans offer alternative VA health care bill
WASHINGTON ai??i?? A bill proposed by four Senate Republicans would give veterans more flexibility to see a private doctor if they are forced to wait too long for an appointment at a Veterans Affairs hospital or clinic.
Gov. Brewer calls AZ migrant relocation unconscionable
TUCSON — Calling it dangerous and unconscionable, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday sent a letter to President Barack Obama criticizing reports that immigration officials sent migrant families from Texas to Arizona, later dropping them off at Greyhound stations in Phoenix and Tucson.
Report: 1,700 vets left off VA hospital wait list
Navy veteran Ken Senft turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care in 2011 after his private insurance grew too costly. It could have been a fatal mistake, he now says.
US House panel blasts VA officials as report uncovers problems in Phoenix
WASHINGTON – A House committee subjected Department of Veterans Affairs officials to a two-and-a-half-hour barrage of questions Wednesday about waiting lists and veteran deaths at the agency’s medical facilities.
Arizona to discuss prevention after spate of wrong-way wrecks
Arizona highway safety and transportation officials are trying to figure out how to curb wrong-way accidents on Arizona highways.
University to make announcement on Phoenix campus
University of Arizona and Phoenix city officials on Thursday are scheduled to announce what the Tucson-based university says will be "a major announcement" about the development of its Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
A look at allegations of cover-ups at VA hospitals
A team of federal investigators swept into Phoenix last month amid allegations of a disturbing cover-up at the veterans hospital.
Sen. John McCain hears vets complaints over VA
Sen. John McCain listened to complaints from several veterans over the Veterans Affairs system, telling them that reported lapses in care in Phoenix are part of a nationwide problem that needs to be fixed.
Veterans Affairs rejects call for Shinseki to quit
The American Legion called Monday for the resignations of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and two of his top aides amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the veterans' hospital in Phoenix.