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Senator John McCain held a town hall meeting at a North Phoenix community center Monday that covered a
broad range of topics, but immigration dominated the conversation.
Sen. John McCain told people at a townhall meeting Monday he feels hopeful new bipartisan legislation to reform immigration will be ready soon.
Sept. 20, 2013
Eddie Basha, the CEO and Chairman of the
Bashas' family-owned grocery store chain in Arizona died yesterday. Basha's family said
he had been ill for some time. Basha was an Arizona Board of Regent member for
several years and also ran for governor.
Sept. 20, 2013
A Tucson man who has spent 42 years in prison for the
Pioneer Hotel fire that killed 28 people is expected to be released tomorrow as
part of an agreement with prosecutors. Louis Taylor was convicted as a teen but
has maintained his innocence.
Sept. 20, 2013
TUCSON, Ariz. — After serving most of his life behind bars, 59-year-old Louis Taylor walked out of the Arizona State Prison in Tucson a free man Tuesday. He was 16 years old when he was convicted of starting a 1970 Tucson hotel fire that killed dozens of people.
Sept. 20, 2013
This morning, theatre critic Robrt Pela reviewed Theatre Works' production of "Musical of Musicals (The Musical). "Musical of Musicals (The Musical)" has a beard a mile long. This send-up of Broadway tuners should at this point in the "let's spoof-musical theater game," play like a post-peak retread, an after-thought of irony or a late-to-the-party lesser-than.
Sept. 20, 2013
Some call it a national crisis, and studies show that Hispanic and African-American males are more likely to
drop out of school than other students.
Martine Garcia is the president of the Chandler-Gilbert Community College Minority Male Initiative Group.
Sept. 20, 2013
Another Arizona city is looking to cut public pensions costs. The Tucson City Council voted Tuesday to create a task force to find ways to reduce the costs of police and fire pensions. The Arizona Daily Star reports, a decade ago Tucson paid less than $5 million for public-safety pensions, but that amount is expected to reach $42 million next year.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona Highway Names & Numbers Map in PDF File from www.az511.comTraffic Terms as heard on the KJZZ News reports.The Stack Interchange
The I-17/I-10 Interchange, west of downtown Phoenix—the first major
freeway interchange in Phoenix.
Sept. 20, 2013
Monday will be very busy for some people who waited
until the last minute to file their taxes. It’s often a mad dash to gather all
the appropriate documents and fill in the blanks.
Mennenga Tax and Financial owner Marshall Mennenga
says procrastinators generally make the same mistakes.
Sept. 20, 2013
Officials say visitors will see long lines at Grand Canyon National Park entrances this summer because of federal budget cuts. Last month, all national parks were ordered to cut their budgets by 5 percent this year under the federal sequestration program.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona’s two U.S. Senators joined with six of their colleagues Thursday to make a pitch for their comprehensive immigration reform bill. The new federal plan would not outlaw state immigration measures.
Sept. 20, 2013
Less than a week after the bombing at the Boston Marathon,
runners and spectators took to the streets of Tempe Saturday morning, for Pat’s Run
– honoring former ASU and Cardinals star Pat Tillman.
Sept. 20, 2013
A recent study finds spending some 'down time' in the
great outdoors can improve your
creativity and problem-solving ability. Professor David Strayer of the
University of Utah said people tested after four days immersed in nature with Outward Bound did
dramatically better than people who took similar tests before heading into the
woods.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona's economic recovery continues to be slow, but Dennis Hoffman of Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business says there are a number of positive signs.Hoffman says increasing consumer confidence should improve the state's condition.
Sept. 20, 2013
State officials have awarded a grant to build a restroom in a popular area north of Sedona that has been shut down in the past because of water quality problems. The Oak Creek Watershed Council has been awarded $253,000 by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to build a restroom near Slide Rock.
Sept. 20, 2013
