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Stories by Alexia Stanbridge
Posted May 13, 2022, 6:21 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Arizona congressional challengers have been emboldened by an open seat, an unpopular president and a newly drawn district map – and they have the money to show for it, setting up what "could potentially be a very anti-incumbent election year."... Read more»
Posted May 10, 2022, 9:38 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Arizona is in the midst of a surge in Alzheimer’s patients that is rising at the fastest rate in the nation, but advocates say there are not enough resources to handle the cases the state has now, much less the extra number of patients that could be coming.... Read more»
Posted Apr 29, 2022, 6:44 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
The founder of Operation Restoring Veteran Hope and others shared their stories as the Biden administration unveiled a number of job-training, housing, education and health care initiatives aimed at helping former inmates reenter society.... Read more»
Posted Apr 22, 2022, 6:08 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Two Arizona rivers landed on an annual list of the top 10 “most endangered” rivers in the U.S. this week, including the San Pedro River in southern Arizona and the drought-ravaged Colorado in the No. 1 spot. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2022, 10:34 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
The U.S. cost of living surged 8.5% over the past 12 months, the fastest one-year increase in more than 40 years, driven by skyrocketing gas, food and housing prices - and consumers in the Phoenix area have been seeing even sharper increases.... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2022, 8:35 am
Alexia Stanbridge & Emily Sacia/Cronkite News
Arizona resident Micajah Joel Jackson was sentenced Thursday to 36 months of probation and will have to spend 90 days in a halfway house for his part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2022, 8:28 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Maricopa County added more new residents than any county in the nation last year, continuing a trend that local officials call a credit to the region’s opportunities and affordability, and all but four counties – Apache, Coconino, Greenlee and La Paz – saw population increases last year.... Read more»
Posted Mar 11, 2022, 4:19 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Arizona flu cases are down sharply for the second year in a row, a decline that health experts are attributing to the health and safety precautions that came with the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 25, 2022, 6:24 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Russian immigrants and longtime Arizona residents react with sadness and embarrassment for Russia as weeks of Russian aggression and "political games" culminated in Thursday’s invasion of Ukraine.... Read more»
Posted Feb 16, 2022, 6:36 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
The megadrought that’s gripped Arizona and the Southwest since 2000 is the driest in more than 1,200 years, and it is likely to continue for the near future, and historic low water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell have triggered the state’s drought contingency plan.... Read more»
Posted Feb 2, 2022, 11:42 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Sen. Mark Kelly has a large lead in fundraising heading into the 2022 Arizona Senate race, but Republicans are still expected to have a chance in the election based on recent polls. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 28, 2022, 6:32 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Arizona is not the only state where political parties are taking their elected officials to task, a change that analysts and former lawmakers attribute to the politically polarized times and now almost a rite of passage for some prominent politicians.
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Posted Jan 14, 2022, 3:27 pm
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
When he comes to Florence Saturday for his first rally of this election year, Trump returns as a former president with thousands of donors in the state, a firm hand on the party and GOP candidates clamoring for his backing.... Read more»