Cronkite News Currently 17 percent of Arizonans benefit from food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according the the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The federally funded program is helping Arizonans in record numbers this year and state
Holiday shoppers spent $11.2 billion at stores across the U.S. this Friday, down 1.8 per cent from last year, according to a recent survey Those lower in-store sales figures were impacted by more people shopping on Thanksgiving Day and
By Cale OttensCronkite News WASHINGTON – Business and environmental groups both hailed an agreement Tuesday that will allocate more Colorado River water to the U.S. in exchange for helping Mexico repair earthquake-damaged irrigation canals, among other provisions. The five-year deal
By Sean PeickCronkite News The late count • Early Ballots: Dropped off at polling places on election day. Some ballots turned in prior to election day. • Regular Provisional Ballots: Cast by voters whose names didn’t show up on precinct
By Joe Henke Cronkite News To Grandmother’s house AAA Arizona estimates that three-quarters of a million state residents will hit the highway for Thanksgiving this year, despite gas prices that are still relatively high. Its Thanksgiving travel predictions: •
Is America Ready for a Mexican Twinkie? Hostess, now bankrupt, plans to sell popular snack to a cake company south of the border. Hostess is now closing 33 plants meaning that 18,500 workers will be laid off. Thousands of company
By Khara Persad Cronkite News WASHINGTON — Arizona had the second-highest income inequality in the nation between 2008 and 2010, trailing only New Mexico for the gap between its richest and poorest residents, a new report says. The report by
Latinos have gained political recognition over there tremendous turn out in this past election, they are also decreasing in there economical push as seen in a new Census. Latinos poverty rates climbed to 28 percent after the census reconfigured its algorithm to
By Khara Persad Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The Mexican ambassador to the United States said Wednesday that immigration reform is vital for relations between the two countries and that the time for reform is now. “I’ve said it before
By Matthew Standerfer Cronkite News WASHINGTON – A few thousand – or even a few hundred – votes separate the top finishers in three of Arizona’s nine congressional races, with more than 300,000 ballots yet to be reviewed and
