All week we're reporting on political races leading up to Arizona's primary election Tuesday. This morning, we focus on Congressional District One. It's been a Republican stronghold for years but the embattled incumbent, Rick Renzi, isn't running, and the field
A coalition of local artists appears closer to securing a home for a new Latino Cultural Center as talks continue with the City of Phoenix. City leaders says a few properties in the downtown corridor could fit the bill, at
As if gas prices weren't high enough, food prices are on their sharpest incline in nearly two decades. Now, there's a new chain of grocery stores in town. The big conglomerate called Tesco - the British equivalent of Wal-mart -
KJZZ's Tony Ganzer begins an occasional series from Germany as part of the Arthur Burns journalism fellowship, where he'll tell stories that compare immigration issues on each side of the Atlantic. Germany is now coping with the results of a
Commentator Amy Silverman is sending her daughter Sohpie off to kindergarten with the rest of the kids, which is hard enough for any mom. But Sophie's not like the rest of the kids. She has Down's syndrome.
A pilot program aimed at voluntary deportation for undocumented immigrants who've been ordered deported was explained by Eduardo Preciado, Assistant Field Director of Detention and Removal at the Phoenix Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Here and Now
As with any industry, the airline business has had some rough times. But two different players in the industry are making moves to fend off unwanted turbulence. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer reports from Frankfurt, Germany.
As the United States continues its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is also still supporting the wounded soldiers, and the families of those soldiers leftbehind. In Western Germany the Landstuhl regional medicalcenter is the largest U.S, medical facility
Appearing on KJZZ's Here and Now, Arizona governor Janet Napolitano talked about whether the TIME Initiative will make the ballot; the drafting of the Democratic party platform for its national convention and border and trade issues.
Democratic candidates for Maricopa County Attorney Tim Nelson and Gerald Richard appeared on Here and Now. Andrei Cherney tapped his experience working on presidential campaigns to discuss the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver with delegate Donna Gratehouse. Gratehouse is
A Tucson-based astronomer is arguing that Pluto should be added back into the list of planets in our solar system. It was downgraded to dwarf-planet status in 2006. Mark Sykes wants to change that. He's the director of the Planetary
The names of presidential hometowns have a special ring to them. A sort of geographical charisma or gravitas. There was Hope, Arkansas. Plains, Georgia. Crawford, Texas and Kennebunkport, Maine. If Arizona Senator John McCain is elected, the world will get
Democratic strategist James Carville was in Phoenix this week with his wife, GOP strategist Mary Matalin. KJZZ's Mark Brodie spoke with Carville about the presidential race, and how Arizona's senior senator is doing in it.
