Cronkite News Photo by Sarah Edelman Sheriff Joe Arpaio addresses the crowd at the GOP watch party in Phoenix. Voters have elected Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to a sixth four-year term. Cronkite News bases its projection on unofficial returns
Do you know an Arizona Latina who helped shape the modern history of Arizona? Nominate them for Arizona Latina Trailblazers.That is a joint award by the Phoenix College Raul H. Castro Institute and the Latino Perspectives Magazine. These oral histories
By AJ Vicens and Natasha Khan Cronkite News PHOENIX – Democrats and voting rights advocates say they have lawyers and volunteers ready to respond to poll watchers mobilized by Verify the Vote, an Arizona offshoot of a tea party-backed
Maricopa County Recorder’s Office was again under fire Thursday, this time accused by state Democrats and advocacy groups of discarding over 40,000 votes in the past two election cycles. Cronkite News reporter Jack Highberger asked officials to address these issues
Cronkite News reporter Jenna Borden A $58 million federal grant was awarded to high-need school districts to help boost student education. The grant covers five school districts in Arizona and offers five years of training for teachers and principals to
With Hurricane Sandy pummeling the East Coast, the Arizona Red Cross has been training and preparing volunteers to help victims of the storm if needed. In addition since many blood drives have been cancelled in the east, Red Cross held
Median home prices in the Phoenix remained steady from August to September but are expected to rise. But the supply of homes is up – 24 percent over the past three months, and big investors are losing interest as the
By Melanie Yamaguchi Cronkite News PHOENIX – Dianne Barker doesn’t drive to Las Vegas often from her home in Phoenix, but she likes the idea of a proposed interstate linking the cities. “I think this would be a tremendous opportunity
By Alexis Ariana Hermosillo Cronkite News SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — On a campaign stop here in March then-Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum raised one of the touchiest issues lurking within any bid for Puerto Rico to become the nation’s
Arizona voters are much more interested in creating jobs than immigration issues, according to a new Morrison Institute poll looking at a wide range of issues including immigration and Latinos. In fact, less than a third of Arizonans believe the
