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Cancer bracelets' 'boobies' tough call for schools

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Bob Moen - Oct. 15 (News) - A $4 rubber bracelet meant to raise breast cancer awareness has done that and more: Students nationwide are wearing the "I (heart) boobies" wristbands, and running afoul of school administrators.

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For many, immigration to United States is only a dream

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Chris Hawley - Sep. 27 (News) - Immigration rules in the United States: If you're poor, uneducated and have no family here, go somewhere else, experts say.

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Arizona immigration law backers feel let down by ruling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ginger Rough - Jul. 29 (News Report) - Residents across the Valley who support Arizona's new immigration law said Wednesday that they were disappointed and frustrated by a judge's order temporarily blocking parts of the measure from taking effect today.

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How racial profiling cases changed Arizona policing

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By JJ Hensley, Michelle Ye Hee Lee - Jul. 26 (Special Report) - Arizona's new illegal-immigration enforcement law has raised a host of concerns from critics, but none more prevalent than the pervasive fear that the law will lead police officers to target those who look Hispanic. Those concerns are not unfounded.

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Migrants' place in the 'underground' economy often reflects culture as well as caution

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Betty Beard - Jul. 25 (Special Report) - Up to half of illegal immigrants, perhaps 152,000 or more in the state, are believed to work in a large shadow economy, where workers are compensated in cash, don't report the income and don't pay income taxes.

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Major SB 1070 challenges being heard today

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau - Jul. 22 (News Report) - Two of the highest-profile challenges to Arizona's new immigration law will get their first hearings in federal court today.

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Political rhetoric ignores reality at United States border with Mexico

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Dennis Wagner - Jun. 20 (News Analysis) - Anyone with a minimal knowledge or understanding about the nearly 2,000-mile swath of land between Mexico and the United States realizes that requiring a secure border establishes an impossible standard.

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Momentum built over years led to immigration law

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau, Mary Jo Pitzl - May. 09 (News Report) - Arizona's new immigration law may have stunned the nation, but for Arizona it's just the latest step in a decade-long battle over illegal immigration.

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Arizona immigration law could drive Latinos out of state

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Daniel González - Apr. 28 (News Report) - More than 100,000 undocumented immigrants have left Arizona in the past two years because of the bad economy and earlier enforcement crackdowns. Now, a new wave of Latinos is preparing to leave. And it isn't just illegal immigrants: Legal residents and U.S. citizens also say they will leave Arizona because they view the state as unfriendly to Hispanics.

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Base education reform on realistic solutions

Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Gregory Wyman - May. 03 (Opinion) - Arizona's public education system needs some reforms. This isn't a radical idea, but a near-consensus. Proposed reforms need to be based on an accurate understanding of how the current system works. They need to contain realistic solutions, not slogans. Under the banner of ImagineArizona, former Arizona education officials are promoting a package of changes (detailed in an April 14 op-ed piece, "Reforms are needed to improve education in Arizona") that fails to hit those targets.

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Your Turn: Drastic cuts in education will imperil Arizona's future

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - Feb. 03 (Opinion) - Study after study, regardless of political party or ideology, confirms the value of a well-educated labor force and advanced research as engines of economic growth. As members of the National Academy of Sciences, the body created by Abraham Lincoln to advise the nation on matters of science, and as citizens of Arizona, we are deeply troubled by the options currently being considered by the Arizona Legislature to deal with the state's budget crisis. The budgetary shortfalls confronting the Legislature are large, and Arizona's institutions of higher learning cannot and should not be immune to sacrifices that we all must make. In fact, they have not; each institution has already made significant cuts and other adjustments.

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Special prosecutor should look at Bush's handiwork

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Linda Valdez - Jan. 04 (Opinion) - President Bush will be gone soon. How should we say goodbye? It would be a relief to simply toast the end of a colossally bad administration and move on. It would also be a mistake. First lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice say history will rehabilitate the image of this unpopular president. George Bush's pals in the conservative media will do their best to make sure that happens. They will continue to whine about how those mean old liberals unfairly mocked a good man. They will scribble all over history and try to turn Bush into a kinder, wiser leader.

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How to handle Iran likely a big shadow issue in Nov.

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Robert Robb - Jun. 06 (News Analysis) - After Tuesday's primaries, both Barack Obama and John McCain gave what amounted to opening statements for the general election. I was struck by how much McCain felt compelled to concede Obama's framing of the election. Yes, the election is about change, McCain admitted. However, the choice isn't between change and no change. It's between the right change and the wrong change.

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Wooing California, McCain touts free trade

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Dan Nowicki - May. 23 (News Analysis) - McCain, the presumptive Republican White House nominee, presided over a round-table discussion on high-tech innovation that highlighted what panelists generally agreed was a need for McCain-endorsed open markets, low taxes, less regulation, job retraining and immigration-visa reform. McCain blasted "the siren song of protectionism" as he defended the North American Free Trade Agreement, which has come under fire in the Democratic primaries, and a new U.S.-Colombian free-trade pact that has run into opposition in the Democratic-controlled Congress.

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Crackdown has illegal immigrants leaving Arizona

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:35:03 -0800

Arizona Republic - Dec. 20 (News Report) - Congress' failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform, immigration crackdowns, Arizona's new employer-sanctions law and a sluggish economy have combined to create a climate families such as the Francos no longer find hospitable.

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