Not your father’s conservatism: Young Arizonans chart path at CPAC
FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - Meredith Walker is at the Conservative Political Action Conference here, standing across from a booth with posters proclaiming "Big Government Sucks!" and chatting with a group of girls in bright pink Republican elephant skirts and bows.
Grand Canyon University’s rising athletic program turning heads
Take a stroll around the campus of Grand Canyon University and new academic buildings, a recently renovated basketball arena and new student housing stand out. So do the sounds of the future.
Big-time coaches help GCU ascend to big-time athletics
Josh Braun signed on with Grand Canyon University’s basketball program for one reason: Dan Majerle, the former Phoenix Suns star and a local legend now coaching the Antelopes.
Nogales produce imports continue to rise as vegetable growing shifts to Mexico
NOGALES -- Produce imports through Nogales remain on the rise as the produce-growing industry shifts further into Mexico, despite concerns of inadequate customs staffing at the port of entry.
Abuse of Arizona’s elderly increases as aging population grows
Vulnerable and elderly adults have been the victims of abuse, neglect and fraud in nearly 14,000 cases in Arizona, with the number of cases reported in 2015 increasing 19 percent over the year before, according to a Cronkite News analysis.
Lawmakers welcome VA case guilty plea, say more needs to be done
WASHINGTON - Arizona lawmakers welcomed Tuesday's announcement that the former director of the Phoenix VA hospital pleaded guilty to failing to disclose gifts from a lobbyist, but said it was too little and too late for veterans waiting for justice.
Lawmakers challenge proposal to have Oak Flat listed as historic site
WASHINGTON - Supporters of a copper mine proposed for Oak Flat have been given until Friday to make the case that the area, deemed sacred by the San Carlos Apache, should not be designated a historic site.
Missing voices: Arizona, 41 states underrepresent blacks in statehouses
WASHINGTON - Arizona is one of 14 states where African-Americans make up 1 percent of the legislature or less - but it's in the middle of the pack for disparity between blacks and their state lawmakers.
Arizona’s public universities working to diversify their athletic departments
TEMPE - Before he was Arizona State University’s vice president for university athletics, Ray Anderson helped make strides toward diversity in the NFL.
Salmon’s surprise retirement throws open the race for his House seat
WASHINGTON - Rep. Matt Salmon's surprise announcement Thursday that he will not seek re-election to his seat in Congress shook up what was expected to be a sleepy campaign in a solidly Republican district this fall.
EPA-ordered emissions rules for Coronado power plant upheld by court
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court Wednesday said the Environmental Protection Agency acted properly when it rejected Arizona's pollution-control plan for the Coronado Generating Station and imposed its own strict emission limits instead.
Arizona movie crew to share funding struggles at PHX Startup Week
Director and producer Marcus De Leon spent more than two years asking investors for the funding he needed to create his film “There and Back.”
