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The Western Little League Majors All Star team practices at Joaquin Murrieta Park on June 19, 2015. The team will have its first state tournament game on Thursday, July 16 in Claypool, Ariz.

Little League Tournament Play Heats Up

Jul 15, 2015 All Star teams advance to state and regional tournaments

GED Exam Available To Pima Residents Free Until November

Jul 2, 2015 Officials partner with business to help low-income residents who did not finish high school.
Jacqueline Avila Robledo,18, and Fernando Mancilla,17, sample basil flowers in their Agri-SURF class. At the end of the program they will have earned three college credits for free.

Teens Learn to Grow Food for Future, Earn College Credit

Jul 1, 2015 Pima Community College summer agriculture program concludes with construction of aquaponics system.

Is There a Song That Reminds You of Your Father?

Jun 19, 2015 AZPM staff members share what music comes to mind when they think of their dads.
Pima Community College Downtown Campus

PCC OKs Budget With Tax Increase, Hiring Freeze

Jun 10, 2015 Spending to drop $7.5 million next year because state aid eliminated.
University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and Arizona State University president Michael Crow.

ASU's Crow, UA's Hart Outearn Many Peers

Jun 8, 2015 Median pay of public university presidents $428,000, Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Kenneth Lee is earning an associate degree in Pima Community College's clinical research coordinator program. He'll deliver the student speech at the college's spring graduation ceremony Friday.

PCC Grad Speaker: 'Want to Leave World a Better Place'

May 20, 2015 Kenneth Lee chosen as student speaker for commencement ceremony Thursday.
University of Arizona Provost Andrew Comrie, 2015.

METRO WEEK: Despite Budget Cuts, UA Programs Expand

May 15, 2015 How institution trims spending, grows enrollment and adds educational programs.

Spectacle - And Plenty of Water - at UA's 151st Commencement Ceremony

May 14, 2015 Former governor of Utah John Huntsman to deliver keynote address
The Administration (left) and Modern Languages (right) buildings on the campus of the University of Arizona.

Arizona Worst in Nation for Higher Education Funding Cuts

May 13, 2015 Report: Funding is down, tuition is rising and college is becoming increasingly expensive.

Tucson Schools Offer Free Summer Meals for Children

May 12, 2015 Federal program ensures kids don’t go hungry when classes are not in session.
22-year-old Ana Rodriguez asked the Arizona Board of Regents to grant in-state tuition to DACA recipients like herself.

More Than 20,000 'Dreamers' in Arizona Deemed Eligible for In-State Tuition

May 8, 2015 Policy reversal will cut the cost of studying by about two-thirds.
Hundreds supported in-state tuition for students who receive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status.

'Dreamers' to Get In-State Tuition at State Universities

May 7, 2015 Board of Regents decides immigrants with deferred deportation status will pay lower rate.
Pima Community College Downtown Campus.

PCC to Eliminate 3 Campus President Positions

May 6, 2015 New structure intended to reduce costs in light of elimination of state aid.

ASU Launches Online Program for Freshmen

May 5, 2015 Partners with leader in online education, EdX.

Three Arizona Teens Named Presidential Scholars

May 5, 2015 Students will travel to Washington D.C. in June

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