Opinion: Despite the fact that Americans claim to be a highly religious people, a Pew Research Center poll released late in September reveals how little Americans know about religion. This knowledge gap has real-world consequences. Americans need some religious schooling.... Read more»
Helping at-risk children develop social skills and the ability to learn before they enter school prevents crime in the long run, retired Mesa Police Chief Dennis Donna said Monday. Proposition 302 would transfer $325 million from First Things First to help address the budget deficit.... Read more»
More than half of Americans mistakenly believe that federal workers are overpaid, and a third also wrongly think they are underqualified, according to a recent Washington Post poll. The truth is federal workers earn 22 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector.... Read more»
Nineteen-year-old Tucsonan Erika Toledo Ruiz hopes the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act passes Congress, so she can continue her education in the United States and follow her dreams of being a chef.... Read more»
Prescott High School this year ordered all 1,850 of its students to wear identification badges at all times when on campus. It just didn’t say how. A few students taped them to their foreheads or made them into T-shirts and placards to protest the new policy.... Read more»
Passions clash over the state’s political landscape: Illegal immigration exploded like a bomb over Arizona and for much of the year laid waste to efforts to resolve other urgent state issues.... Read more»2
One more hole in the fabric of Britain’s welfare state has been torn by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in its “austerity” drive to reduce Britain’s deficit. The government announced that the cost of higher education in Britain will double.... Read more»
The fate of a ballot measure that would require secret ballots to form unions may hinge on whether voters think unions or employers are bigger bullies to workers.... Read more»
The Department of Agriculture, however, is concerned that people aren’t following commonsense advice and are misusing pesticides because of it. In the process, homeowners are harming the environment – and potentially themselves.... Read more»1
Teens have traditionally been active donors, but officials say donations from the age group have surged since a 2008 law lowered the minimum age for donors from 17 to 16 with parental consent.... Read more»
The University of Arizona Student Recreation Center’s recent expansion has received platinum certification, the highest ranking in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program that rates buildings’ sustainability.... Read more»
Kitabu, an 18-year-old African lion at the Reid Park Zoo, died overnight of unknown causes. The lion had a stroke in February and “there was a noticeable decline in Kitabu’s health over the past two days,” said Vivian VanPeenen, curator of education for the zoo.... Read more»
A U.S. Department of Education report lists Arizona as having the nation’s highest rate of student loan defaults, but where the state really stands comes down to how you view the numbers. The University of Phoenix’s national student body has a large impact on the data.... Read more»
Volunteers from Humane Borders and the UA pick up thousands of pounds of trash left behind by migrants every year.... Read more»8
The Advancing Women in Construction program at ASU, in its third year, places female students in internships, offers tours and exposes women to the variety of jobs in construction.... Read more»
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