It could have been a tough Thanksgiving for Latasha Stewart to celebrate this year. The 30-year-old mother of four lost nearly everything when Hurricane Katrina ravaged her New Orleans apartment in October.

Thirteen-year-old Boston Kensington knows what it takes to be a good waitress.

Thirteen-year-old Boston Kensington knows what it takes to be a good waitress.

A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

Confused by the sub-prime crisis? Understanding what happened requires visiting three myths.

If your child comes home from school complaining his peanut butter sandwich was missing jelly, it’s time to put more money in his lunch account.

This year, bringing green into the fall and winter is easy. While packing lunches as kids head back to school, options for staying eco-friendly and keeping lunch tasty are at your fingertips.

This year, bringing green into the fall and winter is easy. While packing lunches as kids head back to school, options for staying eco-friendly and keeping lunch tasty are at your fingertips.

With the practice putting green of the Phoenician resort serving as a backdrop, CNBC showcased the Valley and state for two hours Tuesday.

If ever I needed to channel Paul Harvey, now is the time. Since SB 1070, I don't think I have ever witnessed more false statements, misunderstandings and outright lies than I have with the school lunch opt-out bill. So with great respect for a radio legend, here is the rest of the story...

If you — or your kid — are blanching at the thought of yet another year of day-after-day brown bagged PB&J, perhaps this is the year to mix up the lunch box offerings a bit.

Soon it will be a little easier for some Mesa parents to make sure there is enough money in their children’s lunch accounts.

Every day, some children bring their lunches to the school cafeteria counter only to realize there’s no money left in their lunch accounts.

Every day, some children bring their lunches to the school cafeteria counter only to realize there’s no money left in their lunch accounts.

Spam for lunch? Might not be as bad as you think.

Too bad more cooks don’t know how little work it takes to roast a chicken. How delicious that juicy meat is under that oh-so-crisp skin. And how cheap it is to prepare.

Mesa Sen. Rich Crandall says his legislation to let Arizona school districts opt out of the federal program that provides free and reduced-price lunches to needy students only changes one word in the current state law.

Valley teachers were out in force at the state Capitol on Wednesday rallying for more money for public schools. A number of legislators, Republicans and Democrats, voiced support for the teachers in what is expected to be another tight budget year.

WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Congress Wednesday to press the war in Iraq with money and troops, portraying his country as crucial to the U.S. as a front line in the war on terror and comparing violence there to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Mesa is home to Arizona’s largest school district — and a whopping $130 million worth of annual purchasing power for items ranging from lunch food to computers to athletic equipment.