Phoenix Police Settlement Claims Cost $26 Million Over 10 Years

In the past decade, Phoenix has paid tens of millions of dollars to settle claims against the city's police department. The Phoenix Finance Department tracks settlements for cases involving death, injury, unlawful arrest and other allegations of wrongdoing against police. The city said records are maintained for 10 years unless special circumstances require they be kept longer.

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Downtown Phoenix Fry's Grocery Store Opens

The first grocery store in decades to serve the downtown Phoenix community opens Wednesday morning. The new Fry’s store, located at First and Jefferson streets, will eliminate a food desert in one of the fastest growing parts of the Valley.
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Why A Fry's Grocery Store Is A Big Deal To Downtown Phoenix

After four years of planning and building, a brand new Fry's grocery store is open, and it's being welcomed as a sign of downtown's continued growth and ability to grow while also addressing the area's longstanding status as a food desert.

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Study: Average Arrest Costs An Immigrant's Family $24,000

How much does an immigration arrest cost the family of the person detained? That’s one of the questions researchers aimed to answer in new data released Wednesday.

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NAU Sees Drop In Enrollments, Adding To National Trend

Enrollment at Northern Arizona University has dropped for the first time in nearly 15 years, and that is a significant development, but it’s not necessarily unique.

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AZ Secretary Of State Requests Budget To Fix 'Mismanagement'

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is asking for more money in the next state budget, especially in an election year, that’s not terribly surprising.

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Former Sniper Works To Curb Rhino Poaching

Though numbers indicate poaching of African rhinos has leveled off, the problem is still dramatic. Figures from “Save the Rhino” show that two and half rhinos are killed every day in South Africa, often by poachers who want to take their horns and sell them.

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