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Posted Nov 2, 2020, 3:51 pm
Danya Gainor
/Cronkite News
Twenty-four hours after Tuesday’s election, the U.S. officially will exit the Paris Agreement, an effort by nearly 200 countries to reduce the threat of man-made climate change. This comes as Arizona voters are expressing a growing interest in climate change and environmental policy.... Read more»
Posted Jul 3, 2020, 10:50 am
Madison Staten
/Cronkite News
The San Pedro rivers is the subject of lawsuits filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and other conservation groups. Cronkite News looks at the health of the San Pedro, one of the few undammed rivers in the Southwest.... Read more»
Posted Jun 5, 2020, 12:13 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Tenant unions across the country have been emerging in reaction to the on-going housing crisis across the United States, and in the wake of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic have gained more attention.... Read more»
Posted Jun 3, 2020, 5:01 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona parents who pay child support have received hardly any of the state and federal unemployment aid that they are entitled to because the Arizona Department of Economic Security overcharged them for their child support obligation, according to the state agency.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2020, 3:43 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Ducey's executive order didn't stop evictions, it just delayed them for certain people under certain circumstances.... Read more»
Posted Mar 20, 2019, 3:13 pm
Joe Garcia
/Morrison Institute
There are still some researchers who believe there really is no such thing as “independent voters.” But independents are beginning to claim space in the mind of many numbers-savvy campaigns of Democrats and Republicans alike in Arizona.... Read more»
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Posted Nov 21, 2018, 11:57 am
Carly Henry
/Cronkite News
More than 64 percent of Arizona’s registered voters cast ballots in the midterm election, but millions of eligible adults did not register or vote.... Read more»
Posted Nov 14, 2018, 5:17 pm
Renata Clo
/Cronkite News
Newly elected members of Congress Greg Stanton and Ann Kirkpatrick joined more than 80 other House members for orientation, as Democrats prepare to take control of the lower chamber for the first time in eight years.... Read more»
Posted Oct 24, 2018, 5:36 pm
Vandana Ravikumar & Corey Hawk/Cronkite News
Trump's plan to streamline regulations on new water projects is too simple, too vague or a worthwhile move to ease burdens, depending on the source. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 6, 2018, 11:12 am
Joe Garcia
/Morrison Institute
For the first time, more than 1 million Arizonans cast ballots in the primary election. That’s great news. But does the historic vote mean the so-called voter crisis is over?... Read more»
Posted Aug 17, 2018, 10:15 am
Joe Garcia
/Morrison Institute
Only about one in five eligible voters cast ballots in Arizona primaries, despite the fact these races often serve as the decisive election for Congress and the Legislature. Independents, who often don't know they can participate in primaries, are dramatically unrepresented. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 24, 2018, 11:34 am
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
People who don't vote tend to be younger, and have lower incomes than those who do. Voters tend to be less Latino than non-voters. That's why elected officials feel free to ignore them. Change that: the voter registration deadline is July 30.... Read more»
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Posted Jul 18, 2018, 3:58 pm
Conrad Romero
/Cronkite News
Voter participation is eroding across the U.S. and the situation in Arizona is a crisis, according to a study by ASU. The poor, minorities and young adults who would benefit the most by voting are the very groups that participate the least.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2018, 12:10 pm
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
Despite conservative "messaging" about the likely walkouts over Arizona's having among the worst teacher pay in the country, an analysis of spending data showed no correlation between per-district administration costs and how much teachers are paid.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2018, 3:26 pm
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
If lawmakers and Gov. Ducey were inclined to find money for teachers, one place they could go looking is in the taxes that the state doesn't collect: Arizona allowed more than $13.5 billion in taxes to go uncollected in fiscal year 2017, thanks to a litany of exemptions, deductions, allowances, exclusions or credits. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2017, 10:03 pm
Devin Conley & Blakely McHugh/Cronkite News
Teacher salaries that are among the lowest in the nation drive down teacher morale and make retention difficult, Arizona education advocates say.... Read more»