AZ Week: Here Comes Obamacare
Debate over it continues raging, even as insurers, doctors, businesses prepare for enrollments come October.
Tough Crowd at McCain's Town Halls in Phoenix, Tucson
AZ senator spoke Thurs about US intervention in Syria; crowd repeatedly disrupted him, some walked out.
In Your Mail: 2013 Property Tax Statements
Pima County sends bill details to 450,000 home, business owners; sampling shows reduction on average of 1.1%.
AZ Has More Mixed Race Marriages Than Most States
9% in state, compared with 7% nationally; growth in numbers attributed to increase in foreign-born populace.
Local Parks Help Preserve Southeast AZ Native Butterflies
Tohono Chul, Tucson Botanical Gardens create botanical displays to attract, protect the colorful creatures.
NPR: Are Speeded-Up Immigration Cases Working?
Quick trials, followed by sentence and deportation, aim to cut repeat illegal crossings; Senate's bill calls for more.
Pima County, UA Working to Eradicate Invasive Bullfrogs
Species has been threatening native frogs, toads, wildlife in central Tucson restoration area.
AZ Delegation Members: One No, Others Undecided on Syria
Grijalva opposes military attack; other House members and Flake waiting; McCain gives qualified yes.
Researchers Use Social Media to Study Nutrition Patterns
Survey participants used Twitter to document everything they ate and drank, and why, for 3 days.
AZ Week: Municipalities Rebounding, Cautiously
Mayors, other officials express optimism as they leave depths of recession behind, including big budget cuts.
First Tucson Modern Streetcar Arrives Friday
After 1,600-mile journey from Clackamas, Ore., manufacturing plant; city will spend next month testing it.
Historic Park's Pond Drying Because of Drought
Distinctive desert-meets-swamp characteristic of Tucson's Agua Caliente Park is slowly disappearing.
Grijalva Says No Child Left Behind Has Been Unsuccessful
US rep. held education town hall Tuesday, expressed program hasn't helped close achievement gap.
Report: Arizona’s Cancer Rate Below US Average
Annual diagnoses in state total 27,000, 14% lower than nationally; 10,000 Arizonans die of cancer yearly.
Scottsdale Legislator May Run for Secretary of State
GOP's Michele Reagan announces possibility of nomination for 2014 election cycle.
