By Nicole Tropp Cronkite News TEMPE – Even if the Sun Devils don’t go to the Rose Bowl after Saturday’s Pac-12 Championship Game, this city’s economy will still win. “I think it’s safe to say it’s going to result in
By Pei Li Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Students in four-year colleges in Arizona graduated with some of the lowest college debt in the nation in 2012, according to a new report. The Project on Student Debt said Wednesday that average
By Brandon Brown Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The Justice Department said Tuesday it has settled its lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and Tempe-based US Airways, after the carriers agreed to concessions aimed at preserving competition in the
By Brandon Brown Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Joe Garcia looks at the latest Hispanic population estimates for Arizona and comes to a simple conclusion. “It’s safe to say the face of Arizona is changing,” said Garcia, the director of the
By Kyle O’Donnell Cronkite News PHOENIX – With prices surging, the percentage of Arizona homes that are underwater has fallen dramatically since last year. Homes with mortgages worth more than their values fell to 24.7 percent in the second quarter
By Pei Li Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Three Arizonans were among seven undocumented immigrants who handcuffed themselves to the White House fence and were arrested Wednesday as part of a protest against continued deportations. “Not one more, not one more!”
By Kay Miller Temple Cronkite News PHOENIX – Groups supporting same-sex marriage launched a campaign Tuesday aiming to help the public see why marriage matters to gays and lesbians. “Every gay or lesbian person is part of someone’s family, someone’s
By Elisa Cordova Cronkite News TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner said. As of Sept. 11, 146 bodies had been
By Jack Fitzpatrick Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Arizona utilities operated three of the 50 dirtiest power plants in the country in 2011, according to a new report by an environmental advocacy group. The Navajo Generating Station, the Four Corners Power
By Chad Garland Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Arizona had the seventh-highest rate of obesity in 2011 for children ages 10 to 17, says a new report unveiled Thursday in a Capitol Hill briefing. The report by the Trust for
