By RACHEL LUND Cronkite News PHOENIX – The two major-party candidates for Arizona governor agree on a few things when it comes to the contentious issue of immigration: • The federal government hasn’t done enough to deal with challenges such as cross-border
By EMILIE EATON Cronkite News PHOENIX – Supporters of gay marriage said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision against reviewing appellate court rulings that legalized same-sex marriage in five states is a sign that Arizona’s ban may not stand much longer. “This shows
Arizona State University students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication amassed 22 Student Production Award nominations in the 2014 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards – seven more than the rest of the field combined. The winners will
By BRITTANY DUCKSWORTH Cronkite News PHOENIX – At 87 years old, Maria still loves to dance. A resident of the Beatitudes Campus retirement community, she particularly enjoys listening to mariachi music on an iPod. Through a simple shimmy of her shoulders and rhythmic tap
By LAUREN LOFTUS Cronkite News PHOENIX – To the Rev. Sarah Stadler-Ammon, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, all love should be celebrated because “love is from God.” That’s what drew her to a prayer breakfast Thursday at which religious leaders shared their
By THOMAS MITCHELL Cronkite News PHOENIX – The impact of Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale will be viewed heavily through an economic lens, and while many will look at the scoreboard or tax dollars for results Wayne Kostroski will be measuring
By CAMARON STEVENSON Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Scottsdale-based Taser International has seen about a 35 percent increase in its stock price since the Ferguson, Mo., riots boosted interest in police wearing body cameras, one of the company’s products. Taser was one of
By LAUREN LOFTUS Cronkite News To activist Joshua Zaragoza, Tempe’s overwhelming approval of workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender municipal workers is a springboard for other cities to pass non-discrimination measures. “The objective and the goal in those cities would
By LINXIAO LI Cronkite News GLENDALE – Leaders of the Tohono O’odham Nation and this West Valley city broke ground Thursday on a $400 million casino resort that has been the subject of lawsuits and legislation to block it. While opponents have
By MIRANDA RIVERS Cronkite News WASHINGTON – With a deadline looming for a federal program to give free meals to all students in certain low-income schools, some Arizona districts are finding there really is no such thing as a free lunch.
