Social seclusion cited as one factor affecting senior health
By Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Jan. 10, 2020
WASHINGTON - Pick up the phone and give Grandma a call - advocates say more quality time with elderly citizens could help turn around Arizona's faltering standing in a national report on senior health, with experts citing social seclusion as one of the biggest factors affecting senior health.
Arizona inched up among states on rates of women murdered by men
By Megan U. Boyanton | Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020
WASHINGTON - For the first time in five years, Arizona was back among the top 10 states for highest rates of women murdered by men in 2017, the most recent year studied by the Violence Policy Center in its annual report.
‘We need each other to heal:’ Native Americans help Native Americans overcome domestic violence
By Anikka Abbott | Monday, Dec. 23, 2019
LAS VEGAS – Domestic violence affects 4 out of 5 Native American women – more than triple the national average. But some have found healing through what’s known as “Gathering of Native Americans” programs. These culture-based education sessions seek to foster healing through embracing community and tradition.
Report: 636 violent attacks on migrants under ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
By Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
WASHINGTON - A new report claims there have been 636 violent attacks on asylum seekers returned to Mexico under a Trump administration policy, with close to half of those incidents coming in just the last two months.
‘Chaotic, beautiful thing’: The story behind Party Hard Wrestling, Arizona’s weirdest independent wrestling promotion
By Tyler Dunn | Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
MESA – “Too art for the wrestling crowd, too wrestling for the art crowd,” Party Hard Wrestling has become a fixture of the Arizona independent wrestling community.
Senators grill military chiefs over private housing ‘slumlords’ on bases
By Megan U. Boyanton | Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers grilled military branch heads over poor living conditions in privately managed military housing complexes, with Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., comparing the private operators to "slumlords," as a new GAO report showed deep problems with program oversight.
Where should Phoenix build the Latino Cultural Center?
By Christina Estes | Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019
PHOENIX – As Phoenix moves forward with plans to build a Latino Cultural Center, the location remains uncertain.
Impeachment impasse: Few minds appear changed by weeks of testimony
By Wissam Melhem | Friday, Nov. 22, 2019
WASHINGTON - Two months of investigation and two weeks of televised hearings do not appear to have changed any minds in Arizona's congressional delegation about the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump, a situation so far mirrored in the public, according to recent polls.
Family apprehensions at border fell below adults apprehended in October
By Megan U. Boyanton | Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019
WASHINGTON - For the first time in at least a year, more adult immigrants were apprehended at the southern border than families in October, according to numbers released Thursday by Customs and Border Protection.
High-profile public impeachment hearings get off to a low-decibel start
By Megan U. Boyanton | Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019
WASHINGTON - The much-anticipated first day of open House impeachment hearings arrived Wednesday with none of the drama of recent high-profile events like the Kavanaugh confirmation, with one Arizona lawmaker describing the hearing as "pretty dry."
‘In this for the long haul’: How a labor organizer’s daughter became a force for rural health care
By Anikka Abbott | Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019
PHOENIX – Jill Guernsey de Zapien She helped start a program in southeastern Arizona to bring better care to rural residents, particularly farmworkers.
Arizona farmers like – but don’t love – ‘agricultural immigration’ bill
By Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
WASHINGTON - Arizona farm groups said a proposal to expand the immigrant workforce and make it easier for those workers to stay in the U.S. is an important first step toward solving the problem of getting and keeping reliable workers - but only a first step.