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Jun 17, 2014

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.

Judy Elizabeth Martinez, holding Marjorie, tries to reach family after being released by ICE at a Greyhound Bus station in Phoenix May 28, 2014. She is from Guatemala and was flown from Georgia to Arizona by ICE. The Border Patrol says about 400 migrants were flown from Texas to Arizona because of a surge in migrants being apprehended in Texas. (AP Photo)
Jun 6, 2014

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.

Jun 4, 2014

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.

Jun 4, 2014

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.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Jun 3, 2014

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.

May 29, 2014

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.

May 29, 2014

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.

May 19, 2014

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.

May 15, 2014

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.

May 14, 2014

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.

May 12, 2014

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.

May 6, 2014

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.

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