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Resource centers nourish parents, young children with …

8/16/2019
By Abbagail Leon Cronkite News PHOENIX — Jessica Sauter moved from San Diego to Phoenix in November, and like many young mothers, she searched for ways to keep her 3-year-old occupied. She …

Arizona lawmaker proposes 1-week holiday for tax-free …

8/14/2019
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Saying it will help parents, a Scottsdale lawmaker is proposing a sales tax holiday of sorts every summer to give parents a break on school …

Housing crisis continues; Fed rate cut unlikely to …

8/14/2019
The Federal Reserve late last month announced it had lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter-point, the first such reduction since the depths of the Great …

Officials seek solutions; County board sets $2M for …

8/13/2019
While the number of homeless people living on Valley streets has increased dramatically over the past six years, county and local officials are working to find …

Epstein dead by hanging

8/10/2019
Jeffrey Epstein, New York financier indicted on sex traffic charges, is dead after apparently hanging himself in his cell. Mr. Epstein, 66, was rushed to a hospital when he was discovered about …

Syringe program for addicts operates in legal gray …

8/10/2019
By Taniyah Williamson and Tanner Puckett Cronkite News PHOENIX — While the debate around laws that would allow clean needle exchange programs to operate legally in Arizona continues, one …

Will recreational marijuana appear on 2020 ballot in …

8/9/2019
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Backers of legal recreational marijuana took the first steps Friday to putting the issue on the 2020 ballot. The initiative crafted by …

Promineo Tech school establishes itself in West Valley …

8/9/2019
By Philip Haldiman Independent Newsmedia Samentha Shelley was planning on becoming a nurse until she took an HTML coding class that eventually led her to Promineo Tech in the West …

How is Arizona handling gun violence? Mass shootings …

8/9/2019
Arizona is no stranger to mass shootings. In 2011, six people were killed and 15 others were injured at a Tucson grocery store, including then U.S. …

Arizona voters OK with sales tax increase for …

8/8/2019
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — A new statewide survey shows that a majority of voters are willing to hike sales taxes for education — but not by as much as some are …

Summer heat, dangers persist; County attorney urges …

8/8/2019
“The tragedy is in inverse proportion to the ease of preventing.” That was the message this week from County Attorney Bill Montgomery after reports of …

Montgomery: Keep kids and pets safe — don’t leave …

8/8/2019
We are in the last month of our summer-long “Don’t Leave Me Behind” Vehicular Heatstroke Campaign; but even as we look toward a triumphant conclusion we cannot let our guard down as it is still …