By Moriah Costa Cronkite News Several GOP bills to roll back or forbid Arizona’s switch to the Common Core State Standards would harm efforts to create a more competitive workforce, business leaders said Thursday. “We believe that it would be wrong
By Harmony HuskinsonCronkite News When children ride school buses, Sen. Barbara McGuire, D-Kearny, doesn’t understand why they can’t wear seat belts. “We have them buckle up in our cars. It doesn’t make sense not to have them buckle up elsewhere,”
By Colton GavinCronkite News The farm bill signed Friday by President Barack Obama includes $8 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but experts say the cuts will not affect food-stamp benefits in Arizona. That was little comfort
By Jordan Young Cronkite News To Cindy McCain, co-chair of a task force Gov. Jan Brewer assembled to address human trafficking, one way to combat the problem is treating women and girls lured into the sex trade as victims. “They’re not prostitutes,
By Mauro Whiteman Cronkite News Arizona had the smallest gap between men’s and women’s pay among states in 2012, with women in the state earning about 87 cents to the dollar, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By Caitlin Cruz Cronkite News A state lawmaker wants to remove a requirement that children of active-duty military members attend public school for 100 days before applying for a state program that helps families pay for educational alternatives. Rep. Sonny
Por Victoria Ortiz La ciudad de Phoenix, cuya extendida área urbana es también conocida como “El Valle del Sol”, es la capital del estado de Arizona y cabecera del Condado de Maricopa. Es la ciudad más grande y poblada del
