Longtime NFL coach Wylie surprise addition to Hamilton High coaching staff
By Tyler Henry | Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
CHANDLER - For the 2019 football season, Bob Wylie finds himself in a new and unexpected role: coach on the Hamilton High School football team.
Former top MLB picks Lewis, Moniak stare pressure in face at Fall League
By Nick Aguilera | Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019
SCOTTSDALE - For the first time since 2011, the Arizona Fall League is showcasing two former No. 1 overall MLB Draft picks in Royce Lewis and Mickey Moniak. Despite the pressure of the first pick label, both players are not letting the selection define their careers.
Devils and the deep Red Sea: Gonzalez, Foster hope to leave mark with Cardinals
By Sebastian Emanuel | Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019
GLENDALE – Former Sun Devils Zane Gonzalez, D.J. Foster look to build upon a new regime with Cardinals
Ducey not among governors supporting 55 mpg fuel efficiency standards
By Bret Jaspers | Thursday, July 11, 2019
PHOENIX – Governors of 23 states and Puerto Rico this week urged the Trump administration to adopt a stronger emissions standard for vehicles. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was not one of those governors.
Despite rhetoric, border counties’ violent crime about average for U.S.
By Andrew Howard | Monday, May 27, 2019
It’s official: Lemonade will not become Arizona state drink
By Claire Caulfield | Thursday, April 25, 2019
PHOENIX – The Arizona Senate voted 18-12 against making lemonade the official drink of the state of Arizona. Some lawmakers voted no because they said there are more important bills to decide.
Planned Parenthood says Arizona abortion restrictions unconstitutional
By Claire Caulfield | Thursday, April 11, 2019
PHOENIX – Planned Parenthood Arizona filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging the legality of a number of Arizona abortion restrictions.
Grappling with costs, Tucson is rethinking its recycling program
By Claire Caulfield | Wednesday, March 27, 2019
TUCSON – Tucson officials expect the city’s recycling program to lose $3.3 million in fiscal year 2018-19, and they’re looking at ways to save the program.
Kelly announces Senate bid, opening high-stakes race to unseat McSally
By Andrew Howard | Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019
WASHINGTON - Former astronaut Mark Kelly said he will seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2020, jumpstarting what experts were already predicting would be one of the "most competitive" races of the year in the bist to unseat Republican Sen. Martha McSally.
Clean-water permits take longest in Arizona, study of Southwestern states says
By Claire Caulfield | Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019
PHOENIX – It takes longer to get a construction permit under the Clean Water Act in Arizona than in any other Southwestern state, a new University of California-Irvine study says. The question is why.
Anxiety and uncertainty for Arizona transgender veterans after Supreme Court ruling
By Nicole Ludden | Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
TUCSON – A recent Supreme Court ruling allows Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military to go into effect. Sue McConnell, a Vietnam veteran, shares her story of survival as a transgender in the military.
Additional carcinogens prompt changes at groundwater plant at Tucson Superfund site
By Claire Caulfield | Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019
PHOENIX – The operators of a treatment plant near a Superfund site in Tucson have made some changes after the discovery of perfluorinated chemicals in groundwater. Authorities blame the contamination on manufacturing activities and unlined landfills near the airport decades ago.