Biggs, Gosar among handful to oppose back pay for furloughed feds
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said that furloughed federal workers will get back pay when the government shutdown ends, but a bill to do just that was opposed by Arizona Republican.Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar because it would apply to future shutdowns as well.
On eighth anniversary of shooting, Giffords in D.C. to support gun bill
WASHINGTON - Eight years to the day after an attack that killed six and wounded 13, one of those victims, former Tucson Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was back in Washington Tuesday to tell Congress it's time to act on gun control.
Trump rallies Mesa crowd to support Republican McSally in tight Senate race
MESA – President Donald Trump told a crowd of thousands in a Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport hangar Friday night that a vote for U.S. Senate candidate Martha McSally would be the "second-best vote you ever cast." The greatest vote was for him, he said.
More play: New Arizona law requires schools to provide two recesses
GILBERT – A new Arizona law requires district and charter schools to expand recess from once a day to twice a day for kindergarten through third grade. It will extend to Grade 5 by August 2019.
California’s cost of living pushes people to move to Arizona
One California company is relocating its operations to Goodyear, creating 30 new job opportunities.
Coloring care: California nonprofit makes new crayons out of broken pieces, donates them to children’s hospitals
A California-based nonprofit is collecting used crayons to repurpose them into new ones for children’s hospitals in Phoenix, Mesa and other parts of the U.S.
Phoenix cannabis company uses Super Bowl trash to make concrete in struggling California town it owns
American Green uses trash to create durable, energy-absorbing concrete to rebuild the small town of Nipton, California
Arizona, California mayors unite to tackle affordable housing, homelessness issues
Several mayors from across the country - including Los Angeles, Phoenix and Mesa - have joined a coalition to find solutions to address the lack of affordable housing in their areas.
17 lives, 17 minutes: Students rally, walk out of schools to mark one month since the Parkland shooting
Students are gathering at the Arizona Capitol, walk out of schools across the state and nation to protest gun violence.
