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January 2017
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It’s already been a busy week in Washington, D.C., with confirmation hearings for several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and intelligence briefings on alleged Russian involvement in U.S. elections, among other high-profile goings-on.
Jan. 12, 2017
"Los Angeles Times" columnist and editorial cartoonist David Horsey said Sen. John McCain should be leading the charge to keep President-elect Trump accountable.
Jan. 12, 2017
The head of Medicare and Medicaid says Arizona’s making big strides under Obamacare and signups this year prove it. The acting Administrator Andy Slavitt was in Phoenix on Tuesday as the enrollment season draws to a close.
Jan. 11, 2017
One of the few elected Democrats in Arizona is hoping to save a federal program that helps the children of immigrants.
Jan. 10, 2017
Monday’s State of the State address included Governor Doug Ducey touching on drug abuse and addiction. To learn more about the current state of opioid addiction, we spoke with Peggy Chase, CEO of Terros Health.
Jan. 10, 2017
How do communities evolve? How do we truly become communities — with common goals and objectives, even as our approaches, our histories, our mindsets may vary?
Jan. 10, 2017
Child abuse and the rising number of Arizona kids in foster care have been in the headlines in our state for years now. That number is now as high as 18,000 children in Arizona’s child-welfare system.
Jan. 10, 2017
Senate Appropriations Chair Republican Debbie Lesko talks about what she really liked from the State of the State address.
Jan. 10, 2017
On Tuesday afternoon, the Phoenix City Council will receive what’s called an Early Budget Status update for the 2017-18 fiscal year. To learn more, we spoke with Jeff Barton. He is Budget and Research director for the city of Phoenix.
Jan. 10, 2017
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve heard about Macy’s closing 68 of a planned 100 stores across the country and The Limited closing all 250 of its stores. With some big retailers downsizing, we wanted to get a sense of the landscape for the Valley.
Jan. 10, 2017
