Arizona law enforcement are increasing efforts to make sure the 2015 Super Bowl does not become an open gate for sex trafficking. Law enforcement officials in Glendale in partnership with local, state and federal public safety officials want to make sure the Feb. 1 Super Bowl is not over shadowed by the potential increase of…
PHOENIX — House Majority Whip David Livingston knocked and entered the third floor office of Rep. Regina Cobb, R-Kingman, to confirm her affirmation on the civics test requirement for Arizona students just hours before the floor vote. Cobb ensured the Peoria Republican that she would vote for the bill – the first major piece of…
Violations in patient care at Medicare-approved nursing homes in Arizona continue rising with half involving serious incidents that endanger immediate patient care, data analyzed by Arizona Sonora News reveals. Arizona is 37th in the nation for serious violations and ranks eight nationally in overall care, according to one non-profit organization’s analysis of the data. The…
PHOENIX — The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday kept the work week short for the Arizona Legislature as both houses get normal business going after their syllabus week. Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget proposal remained at the top of the news after the three-day weekend as the Capitol gears up for another series of budget battles….
On a sunny September morning in Tucson, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman holds up a rectangular wooden frame that houses a colony of honeybees. The air buzzes as tiny winged speckles flutter about. “Oh, yeah. This is beautiful,” says DeGrandi-Hoffman, an entomologist and research leader at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Carl Hayden Bee Research Center. She raises…
