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January 2019
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Linda Valdez, who wrote from southern Arizona and with a progressive bent, retired from the newspaper on Jan. 2. Her final column focused on an issue she wrote about often — immigration.
Jan. 4, 2019
Golden Globe votes are cast by fewer than 100 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the entries include both movies and TV shows.
Jan. 4, 2019
A proposed ballot initiative called the Building a Better Phoenix Act would prevent future light rail construction and redirect money to improving current transportation infrastructure.
Jan. 3, 2019
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its annual report, and it shows homelessness in Arizona is getting worse.
Jan. 3, 2019
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may be one step closer to getting his criminal conviction of racial profiling overturned.
Jan. 3, 2019
L.A. residents now have a new way to get warning about earthquakes. The city is rolling out a new smartphone app called ShakeAlertLA. It’s believed to be the first app of its kind in the U.S., and is now available for both Apple and Android phones.
Jan. 3, 2019
The Trump Administration recently announced it would loosen nutrition standards for school food, rolling back some of the requirements the Obama Administration put into place in 2010.
Jan. 3, 2019
Education and school funding were obviously major issues in the last legislative session, and they'll likely be important once again when lawmakers reconvene at the Capitol in a couple of weeks.
Jan. 3, 2019
Even as the number of white Americans who self-identify as Christians has dropped rather significantly over the past decade, there is other evidence to suggest that, as people move away from traditional religion, they are more likely to desire a different form of spirituality.
Jan. 3, 2019
Affordable child care is key to keeping families together — and kids out of foster care. But, last year, lawmakers failed to accept $56 million in no-strings-attached federal funding that would go to help low-income working families afford childcare for their kids.
Jan. 3, 2019
