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.

University of Arizona and the state health department have been awarded a $2.2 million grant to train rural firefighters and police officers in how to recognize and treat opioid overdoses.

More than 1,300 teaching positions are still unfilled four weeks into the school year according to a new report.

Saying the Board of Regents is “out of control” in its spending, two Republican representatives want to blow up the system and give each university its own governing board.

One of the few reprieves the universities are getting is a $5 million addition specifically earmarked for “economic freedom schools.” However, many lawmakers have no idea what an “economic freedom school” or center is.

Immigrant youths who are protected from deportation under a federal program say they deserve to pay in-state tuition rates at Arizona universities.

Universities are offering one more reason to oppose a measure to allow guns on campuses — it would cost millions of dollars to implement.