A red-white-and-blue picnic takes less green, but some still left out
By Brianna Stearns | Tuesday, July 4, 2017
WASHINGTON - The cost of an average Fourth of July cookout is down from last year, according to an annual survey - but still not low enough for food stamp recipients in Arizona to celebrate the holiday with all the fixings.
How much do you know about your credit score?
By Jessica Lizza | Thursday, June 29, 2017
According to the Consumer Federation of America, while more and more people are requesting their credit report, less are fully understanding it.
CBO: Senate bill cuts deficit deeply, also cuts 22 million from health care
By Brianna Stearns | Tuesday, June 27, 2017
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that Senate Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare would reduce the federal budget deficit faster than a House-passed health care bill, but would cost 22 million people their health coverage.
Protesters urge ‘no’ vote on GOP health care bill, as details emerge
By Brianna Stearns and Devin Conley | Friday, June 23, 2017
Angry protesters rallied outside Sen. Jeff Flake's Phoenix office Friday, demanding that he vote against a Republican health care bill that new analyses claim could hit Arizona particularly hard.
Arizona reaction to Senate health bill ranges from lukewarm to hostile
By Brianna Stearns | Thursday, June 22, 2017
WASHINGTON - The Senate Republican plan to replace Obamacare was quickly attacked by Democrats and kept at arm's length by Arizona's Republican senators, who seemed less than eager to comment on a bill few had seen before its release Thursday.
Court gives firefighters a second chance in age-discrimination case
By Brianna Stearns | Monday, June 19, 2017
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court Monday said two former firefighters can sue the Mount Lemmon Fire District for age discrimination in their firing, a suit that had earlier been thrown out by a lower court.
For victims of 2011 Tucson shooting, Wednesday attack a painful reminder
By Brianna Stearns and Devin Conley | Thursday, June 15, 2017
WASHINGTON - It's been more than six years since a shooting spree at a Tucson congressional event killed six and wounded 13, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, but Wednesday's shooting in Virginia brought the memories flooding back.
Despite higher hourly rate, housing still out of minimum-wage reach
By Brianna Stearns | Friday, June 9, 2017
WASHINGTON - Minimum-wage workers in Arizona would have to work 70 hours a week, almost two full-time jobs, in order to afford a modest two-bedroom rental home in 2017, a new report says.
House OKs financial reform bill, consumer advocates worry about impact
By Brianna Stearns | Friday, June 9, 2017
WASHINGTON - When Vietnam veteran Randall Stankewicz was getting the runaround from his mortgage lender, the Phoenix resident took his complaint the Servicemember Affairs Office in the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - which settled the issue in 10 days.
Ducey aide in Washington presses call for opioid prescription reform
By Brianna Stearns | Wednesday, June 7, 2017
WASHINGTON - Just days after Gov. Doug Ducey declared a health emergency in response to the state's opioid crisis, a top aide was in Washington to press the need to tighten regulation of opioid prescriptions.
Arizona cities buck Trump, pledge to stick to Paris climate goals
By Ben Moffat | Friday, June 2, 2017
WASHINGTON - Arizona cities Friday spurned President Donald Trump's plan to pull the U.S. out of a global emissions compact, with at least three mayors pledging their cities would hew to the emission goals laid out in the Paris accord.
CBO: GOP health bill could cost 23 million coverage; 400,000 in Arizona
By Brianna Stearns | Thursday, May 25, 2017
WASHINGTON - The Republican plan to replace Obamacare will force as many as 23 million Americans off health insurance over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office reported, with local experts predicting more than 400,000 of those will be in Arizona.