By James Anderson | Cronkite News The state’s failure to pay public schools hundreds of millions in court-ordered funding has chased competent teachers from classrooms, education advocates said at a demonstration Thursday. “Programs have been cut. Class sizes have risen because the
By Tyler Freader | Cronkite News Perry High School’s badminton team is good. So good that the team finished as the runner-up in Arizona’s Division I state badminton finals last season. But Perry’s success on the court doesn’t make the team or
By Tom Blanton | Cronkite News (Washington, DC) – Traffic delays in Tucson and Phoenix last year cost the average commuter more than $1,000 in extra fuel and lost time, among other costs, according to a new report on rush-hour congestion on
By: Jamie Cochran Cronkite News (Washington, DC) – Arizona had the nation’s biggest drop in kids getting free summer meals between 2013 and 2014, a time when most states saw increases in the number of children reached, a recent
By LAURIE LILES Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Paul G. Ryan asked the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office what seemed like a simple question: Is a state nonprofit that spends money to influence elections actually a political committee? Almost six months later,
By CAMARON STEVENSON Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Defense contracts awarded in Arizona fell by $1.7 billion between 2012 and 2013, buffeted by the federal budget sequestration, a drawdown of U.S. military commitments and a sluggish economic recovery. While the drop was severe
By Miranda RiversCronkite News WASHINGTON – Even though the number of homeless children in the state fell last year, Arizona still had one of the highest rates in the nation, with 62,616 such kids in 2013, a new report says. That
By Camaron Stevenson Cronkite News WASHINGTON – While other protesters continued to rally outside the White House for immigration reform Wednesday, members of gay and immigrant groups had their own message for President Barack Obama: Don’t forget about us.
By BRITTANY DUCKSWORTH Cronkite News PHOENIX – In Ms. McConkie’s first-grade class at Dunbar Elementary School, Ashley Vaca has struggled pronouncing her words when reading. But twice a week, she now leaves the room with a volunteer for a private reading session.
Arizona State University alumnus and faculty member Jacquee Gaillard Petchel has established a new endowed scholarship at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for aspiring journalists. Petchel, the executive editor of the Cronkite School’s Carnegie-Knight News21 national investigative reporting
