By Emilie Eaton Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The Rev. Eve Nunez cried Thursday as she told a Capitol Hill audience that “it hurts to be a pastor” in Arizona, where ministers often have to help families that have been
By Xi Chen Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The president of a Chandler investment company praised a government program that helps secure funds for small businesses, but told a House subcommittee Thursday that there is still room to improve the program.
Pope Francis on Sunday called on the 3 million young people who gathered in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day to go forth and work to overcome violence, selfishness, intolerance and hatred. “Go, do not be afraid, and serve,”
Por Ivan Valenzuela Los problemas de los Diamondbacks de Arizona siguen llegando a manos llenas y esta pasada semana sucedió lo que para muchos de nosotros era algo inevitable: los Dodgers de Los Ángeles les arrebataron el primer lugar de
By Ruben Hernandez When Sandra Rendon-Williams took a position with Alcock and Associates Law Firm in Phoenix almost eight years ago, she expected to work hard but was a bit surprised when her boss sat her down and asked what
WHAT: Flagstaff Honors the Heroes at Rock & Roll Blues Festival WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 3, 3pm [gates open 1:30pm] WHERE: Pepsi Amphitheater, Fort Tuthill County Park, Flagstaff, Ariz. MUSIC: Performances by music legends Ten Years After, Edgar Winter Band, Canned
By Emilie EatonCronkite News WASHINGTON – Katherine Figueroa was 9 and watching television reports of a workplace raid in Phoenix when she saw video of her parents being hauled away by sheriff’s deputies. They were eventually released, but the episode was
By Evan Bell Cronkite News WASHINGTON – A House committee gave overwhelming approval Wednesday to a bill that would block development of a Tohono O’odham casino on land the tribe bought inside Glendale. The bill would reverse years of failed
The only minority juror in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin said she “fought to the end” to convict the former neighborhood watch volunteer who “got away with murder,” in an interview with ABC News
By Jonathan Reid Cronkite News Beginning this year, a third-grader whose reading score “falls far below the third-grade level” on Arizona standardized tests will be held back for a year. Some aspects of the Move On When Reading law: Exceptions:
