‘No comparison’: ASU baseball fans frustrated with Pac-12 prohibition on fan attendance
PHOENIX – A handful of SEC teams and all 15 Cactus League teams are allowing a limited number of fans. Will the Pac-12 Conference let Arizona State follow suit?
Just before the election, poll on climate change suggests Arizona voters want more federal action
PHOENIX – Arizonans are more concerned with climate change and the environment this year, and it may affect their candidate choice in the election.
‘Hit twice as hard’: Children with disabilities face onslaught of challenges
Children with disabilities are more likely to enter the juvenile justice system because of harsh school disciplinary practices.
Democrats climate plan signals shift toward environmental justice
WASHINGTON – House Democrats released a 547-page action plan outlining goals and legislation for combatting the climate change crisis.
COVID-19 being felt in donations, hours, adoptions at animal shelters
PHOENIX - The spread of COVID-19 has "deeply affected" Arizona animal shelters, which are discontinuing some services, cutting hours and trying to juggle between taking animals in and adopting them out to stretch resources while protecting pets and people.
Ballot zombies: Early voters’ choices made moot by Democratic shakeup
WASHINGTON - When voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will be handed a ballot listing 18 Democrats who were running for president - 12 of whom have pulled out of the race since the ballots were printed in December. Voters next week know that; early voters did not.
Breaking the silence: Native Americans overcome taboos in battle against suicide
WHITERIVER – Native Americans have the highest suicide rates in the U.S., and youth are especially affected. Both on reservations and in cities, efforts are underway to build resilience and break the taboo of talking about mental health.
Alzheimer’s disease also upends the finances and lives of those caring for patients
PHOENIX – More than 14 million people are expected to have Alzheimer’s by 2050, but the brain disease affects people of all ages as caregivers grapple with the social and financial costs of a devastating diagnosis.
Long hours, low pay, but poll workers are still signing up – for now
WASHINGTON - Arizona election officials are optimistic they will have the thousands of poll workers trained and ready to go on Election Day, but said that long days and an aging pool of workers is making it harder to staff up at the polls every year.
Court rejects ICE probe sparked by Maricopa deputies’ illegal search
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court overturned immigration violations against a Valley business, saying that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation of the firm was tainted by an illegal 2013 raid by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Scottsdale bike-sharing companies see rapid growth, but ditched bikes cause concerns
Bike-share programs are seeing rapid growth in the East Valley, but they must deal with the ways consumers misuse their services.
Arizona Humane Society encourages fostering to reduce ‘astronomical’ cost of caring for kittens
PHOENIX – Tiny meows echo through the room as volunteers in yellow smocks feed, weigh and record every kitten in the Arizona Humane Society’s Bottle Baby Intensive Care Unit.
