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August 2016
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Aetna is the nation's third-largest health insurer and announced Tuesday it would exit public exchanges in all but four states. This leaves Pinal County without a company offering marketplace health insurance plans next year.
Aug. 16, 2016
Cities across the country, and around the world, are trying to make better use of their alleys, and turn them into urban hotspots. And, in Phoenix, where some people see fear and darkness, others see possibility.
Aug. 16, 2016
Yelp has had to deal with some reviews that weren’t written just for informational purposes. Yelp this year announced some companies, including a few in Arizona, have been offering incentives to reviewers – that’s a no-no, and Yelp is trying to get the word out about this.
Aug. 16, 2016
What are the considerations for a business that wants to express its political views?
Aug. 16, 2016
Homeless residents in the Valley will be getting some continued assistance from St. Vincent de Paul, as the organization will be operating its indoor shelter until at least early next year.
Aug. 15, 2016
Federal funds for highway projects are much harder to come by and the price of gas has leveled off or even dropped in many areas of the country, so gas taxes aren’t producing as much money. That’s led to a number of states wondering where to turn for funding to fix roads and maintain related infrastructure.
Aug. 15, 2016
Here’s something you may not know: those digital billboard messages like “minutes to tunnel” travel times are determined through the Arizona Department of Transportation’s system of sensors in the pavement of Phoenix-area freeways.
Aug. 15, 2016
Smartphones are such a part of our everyday lives, it’s rare that many of us are ever without them. But, what does that mean for classrooms? Not all that surprisingly, the way that college students approach smartphones in the classroom and the way that professors view them isn’t always in sync.
Aug. 15, 2016
Monday marked four years since the implementation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The Obama Administration program keeps DACA recipients from being deported and makes them eligible to be authorized workers in the U.S.
Aug. 15, 2016
To learn more about the continuing impact of Guns N’ Roses, we talked with Ed Masley, pop music critic for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.
Aug. 15, 2016
