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A year after preferential treatment ban, little change on state’s campuses

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

It's been more than a year since Arizona voters banned preferential treatment in state services based on race, ethnicity and gender - but little has changed on the state's campuses in that time. Undergraduate minority enrollment has actually increased slightly, while the law and medical schools saw a slight dip but have found other ways to maintain diverse classes.

Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program still going strong under new law

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Proposition 107 opponents warned that if the ban on racial preferences passed, it would mean the end of programs like Arizona State University's Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program, which aims to help Hispanic women who would be the first in their families to go to college. The proposition passed, but the program still exists, with some changes.

After years of struggle, opponents still fighting Pinto Creek mine

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Opponents of a Pinto Creek copper mine thought they had won a Supreme Court battle that would block that mine and others in the country. But three years later, the Globe-area mine is still operating and opponents are wondering about their next move, if any.

Sacred ground? Citing significant views, tribe pushes back against solar plant

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Federal law protects cultural artifacts sacred to Native American tribes, but it doesn't protect views that are considered sacred. That has a tribe pushing back against a huge solar power plant, including a tower taller than the Washington Monument, planned in far western Arizona.

Arizona’s feuding with feds is as old as the state – but sharper than ever

Monday, April 30, 2012

Other governors tell off the president, other states want federal lands back and others have more lawsuits against the federal government. But no state is as notorious as Arizona for its feud with the feds. Political observers say the feuding isn't unusual, but the level of anger is.

One option in ongoing feuds with Washington: Tell the feds to go away

Monday, April 30, 2012

Arizona make headlines for its feuds with the federal government, but sometimes it just wants the feds to go away. Two measures being considered - an initiative to let state voters reject federal actions and another that would take back federal lands in Arizona - may be popular back home, but are given little chance of holding up in court if passed.

Higher ed employees favor Democrats when giving to candidates

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Faculty, administrators and staff at public universities and community colleges donated significantly more to Democrats than Republicans in presidential and congressional races from 2008 to 2012, according to a Cronkite News review of Federal Election Commission data.

Economic woes change meaning of ‘low income’ in Arizona

Thursday, April 26, 2012

SB 1070 hearing sparks colorful, peaceful, Supreme Court protests

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Hundreds of singing, chanting, marching - but mostly civil - protesters, many from Arizona, gathered in front of the Supreme Court where they hoped to make their voices heard while the justices inside were considering the state's SB 1070 immigration law.

Justices appear skeptical of SB 1070 challenge during Supreme Court hearing

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Supporters of Arizona’s SB 1070 were buoyed after a U.S. Supreme Court hearing in which most justices appeared skeptical of the federal challenge to the law. Even opponents conceded the court might uphold the law, after a hearing that one supporter called “just awesome.”