Mexicans and Americans – a complicated relationship
By Adrienne St. Clair | Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017
…St. Clair/Cronkite Borderlands Initiative) A street vendor moves merchandise along a sidewalk near the city center of Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico. (Photo by Adrienne St. Clair/Cronkite Borderlands Initiative) Tourists…
Senators tell DACA recipients that ‘stars align’ for Dream Act passage
By Adrienne St. Clair | Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017
…DACA protection, which lasts for two years but can be renewed. Critics called the program an executive overreach, and the Trump administration announced last month that it would “wind down”…
Military bases’ contamination will affect water for generations
By Corinne Roels, Briana Smith and Adrienne St. Clair | Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017
…level of contamination” still exists on some areas of the base. “Even though the DOD has made significant strides in identifying and investigating the level of contamination at domestic base…
Construction claws back from recession, ‘new normal’ still unclear
By Adrienne St. Clair | Monday, Dec. 18, 2017
…said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America. While the recession lasted longer and was worse on the state’s construction industry than any downturn since World…
In Focus DACA Special Report: Episode 3
By Adrienne St. Clair and Andrew Nicla | Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
…relationship to DACA and why people under this status have been taking to the streets of Washington voicing their concerns. The clock is still ticking on DACA — and TPS….
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Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017
…Marquez, graduates fall 2017, @LysandraJourno Adrienne St. Clair, graduates fall 2017, @agestclair Tyler Fingert, graduates spring 2018, @TylerFingert Nkiruka Omeronye, graduates fall 2017, @NkirukaAzuka Tim Johns, graduates spring 2018, @tim_johns_…
At least 1,100 in Arizona could lose TPS coverage, face deportation
By Adrienne St. Clair | Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017
…expert calls “the most important issue most people have never heard of.” The program currently protects at least 300,000 immigrants – 1,100 of them in Arizona – who cannot return…
In Focus DACA Special Report: Episode 2
By Adrienne St. Clair and Andrew Nicla | Friday, Oct. 13, 2017
…Trump administration plans to stop on March 5. Our theme song is “Zoo Bells” and we also used “Zoo Jungle,” both by Roddy Nikpour. Since the last episode, the number…
In Focus DACA Special Report: Episode 4
By Adrienne St. Clair and Andrew Nicla | Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017
…up 79 percent of those covered by DACA, according to statistics from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But that leaves roughly 200,000 people who include the Brazilian we talked…
Sex trafficking in Indian Country a ‘significant problem,’ senators told
By Adrienne St. Clair | Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017
…about trafficking is “pretty much standard.” But she hasn’t lost hope quite yet. “We just have to work together and have better communication amongst the people working on this issue,”…
McCain coy on new GOP health care bill that Flake, Ducey are backing
By Joel T. Vernile and Adrienne St. Clair | Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017
…the Capitol Tuesday, some carrying pink Planned Parenthood signs or homemade posters calling GOP members sadists and pleading for them to “do the right thing.” A steady stream of Democratic…
Arizona lawmakers split along party lines as House approves tax cut
By Adrienne St. Clair | Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017
…posted. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act decreases the number of individual tax brackets from seven to four, doubles the standard deduction, cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent…