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Campus Medical Pot Ban Awaits Brewer's OK

Apr 2, 2012 Federal funding for state universities may be in jeopardy

Arizona needs 700 more primary-care physicians just to get to the national average.

TMC Joins Docs, Clinics in New Health Care Model

Apr 2, 2012 Treatment strategy will use electronic records to improve service, lower costs

Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski, walking in the Cesar Chavez Day Parade in south Phoenix.

AZ Week: Latinos on Rise in State

Mar 30, 2012 Political, economic, social power growing with population gains

Campus Guns Bill: 'Oh, It's Dead,' Sponsor Says

Mar 29, 2012 Amid universities, community colleges opposition, support wanes

Lead Exhibit Curator of the Arizona State Museum Diane Dittemore shows us Native American baskets and talks about the hundreds of baskets from Apache, Hope, O'odham tribes and more that the museum will be exhibiting from April of this year until June next year.

World-Class Basketry Exhibit Opens Soon

Mar 28, 2012 Arizona State Museum will display collection of Native American artifacts

Bivens Drops U.S. Senate Bid

Mar 28, 2012 His departure leaves Tucsonan Carmona as sole Democrat in race

Reid Park Zoo Area Supervisor Sue Tygielski walks on the main part of the exhibit while Sundzu and his mother Samba walk around the training area.

Pachyderms Pack Into Reid Park Zoo

Mar 28, 2012 New $9.7 million dollar elephant exhibit opens Wednesday

UA President Seeks No In-State Tuition Rise

Mar 27, 2012 Switch from earlier request for 3% increase; regents will decide next week

Arizona No. 2 in Recession Job Loss

Mar 26, 2012 State's workforce dropped 10%; only Nevada worse, Census Bureau says

More M.D.s Needed Under New Health Law

Mar 26, 2012 Arizona already well short of national average for primary care physicians

AZ Illegal Immigrant Population Drops

Mar 26, 2012 Economy, border enforcement are key factors in 36% decline over 3 years

AZ Week: Health Care Costs Unsustainable

Mar 23, 2012 Return to free market, economist says; fix Medicare, Medicaid, others say

Southside Presbyterian Church historic photo of volunteers in the Sanctuary Movement, which began 30 years ago.

Sanctuary Movement: 3 Decades of Activism

Mar 22, 2012 Tucsonans mark decision to protect Central American refugees fleeing persecution

Rio Nuevo Changes Get Senate Approval

Mar 22, 2012 Downtown businesses will get impact-fee waivers, quicker permitting

Record-Breaking Paper Plane Soars for Six Seconds

Mar 22, 2012 After initial setback, world's biggest paper airplane flies

Former folk star Dolan Ellis has served as Arizona's official balladeer since 1966.

Web Feature: The Balladeer

Mar 22, 2012 A former folk music star devotes himself to saving Arizona’s songs

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