A 33-year-old Mexican man with a prior human-smuggling conviction was sentenced to 57 months in prison for illegal re-entry into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.... Read more»
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A recent report by the Brookings Institution found that the Tucson metropolitan area trails the Phoenix metropolitan area in economic recovery.... Read more»4
Banks are neglecting foreclosed homes in minority neighborhoods compared to those in white communities, according to a housing advocacy group.... Read more»1
Maricopa County led the nation in the number of counties its new residents came from and the number of counties its former residents moved to. For several years, Maricopa led the nation in growth and experts said a sour economy could have sent people back to their previous hometowns.... Read more»
Broadband subscribership in rural states, particularly in the West, increased at a rapid clip between 2008 and 2010. Arizona ranks 16th in households with high-speed connections to the Internet. But poor areas across the nation, including in Tucson, still lag in families with online access.... Read more»
Since construction peaked in 2006, Phoenix and Lake Havasu have posted the largest construction job losses in the country.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended three Mexican nationals with sex-crime convictions in separate incidents since Tuesday.... Read more»
A Spanish company setting up operations in Phoenix is promoting a new vision: developments built around generating stations providing solar power by day and generator power, preferably running on renewable fuels, after the sun goes down.... Read more»
Steven Dyer, a regular on America’s Most Wanted, is back in police custody after a decade running from a dozen sexual abuse charges in Arizona.... Read more»
With polls showing him trailing front-runner Mitt Romney only slightly in Arizona, Rick Santorum told a Phoenix audience Tuesday that his consistent support of smaller government makes him the best GOP candidate to take on President Obama.... Read more»
It’s centennial week in Arizona, and the local media are doing their part to play it up. The Rogue Columnist tells you what you really need to know about our state.... Read more»1
Arizonans are celebrating 100 years of statehood on Tuesday with exhibits and events that honor the pioneering spirit of the “Valentine State.”... Read more»
The Phoenix metro area has posted the nation’s second-highest rate of job growth in the private education and health services sector since the end of the recession. Tucson’s growth in the sector was low, but it already has a high percentage of teaching and health care jobs.... Read more»
In the shadow of a $5 billion Intel plant being built in Chandler, President Obama said Wednesday that high-tech manufacturing can get the U.S. economy on track. He touted a simple plan to “build stuff, make stuff and sell stuff all over the world.”... Read more»
President Obama was met with a bit of an Old West showdown Wednesday when he arrived in Phoenix and was greeted by Gov. Jan Brewer with what appeared to be a terse exchange of words.... Read more»4
In a sign that Arizona will be heavily contested by Democrats in this year’s elections, President Obama plans to include a Wednesday stop in Chandler during a post-State of the Union barnstorming trip this week.... Read more»
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