By Xi Chen Cronkite News A Census Bureau survey of the nation’s housing stock in 2011 showed several differences for homes in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area, some surprising, some not. A sample comparison of homes with: • A garage or
By Evan Bell Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that air-quality in western Pinal County has improved enough to meet a federal standard for soot and other particles. The notice, posted in Friday’s Federal Register,
By Jonathan Reid Cronkite News WASHINGTON – For a couple of hours last week, it looked like the Senate would give Alex Miller a chance to relax. Miller, an Arizona State University senior, faces the possibility that she will have to
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is resigning to take a senior position in the University of California system, U.S. officials said Friday. Napolitano has led the department since the beginning of the Obama administration, just the third person to hold
By Emilie Eaton Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The House barely passed a farm bill Thursday afternoon, with only one member of the Arizona delegation supporting the measure after House leaders stripped the food stamp program out of it. The 216-208
By Nela Lichtscheidl Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers invoked the memory of the 19 fallen Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters at a hearing Thursday where they urged bureaucrats to improve forest management to prevent such fires in the future. “I
This Saturday, the Isac Amaya Foundation and Univision Arizona are partnering to bring our 2nd Golf Tournament “Promsesas del Futuro”, in which all funds will be destined for the creation of scholarships for Arizona students. Join us at the Biltmore
The famous singer Jenni Rivera, who died in a tragic plane crash in December 2012, had more than one amazing project under way. It was revealed that Jenni was working on a brand of tequila, and her sister Rosie Rivera and daughter
House Republicans will be dealing with immigration reform Wednesday, weeks after the Senate passed a measure that some conservative members have vowed not to rubber-stamp. As the House GOP prepares to meet Wednesday to debate the way forward on immigration,
