ICAN offers free math tutoring to junior high and high school students from Chandler's Redevelopment Area, an area in and surrounding historic downtown Chandler that includes many lower socioeconomic neighborhoods, to help increase the math skills of youth.

Chandler resident Pooja Ramesh, 18, a recent graduate of Tempe Preparatory Academy, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship as part of the Kohl’s Kids Who Care Scholarship Program.

Valley of the Sun United Way and Mesa United Way will join together this week for the fifth Project Connect event held in the City of Mesa since 2009. It is an effort to prevent and end homelessness in the community.

Five Valley nonprofits each received grants this month from the US Airways.

Five Valley nonprofits each received grants this month from the US Airways.

A New Leaf is moving forward with the La Mesita Project, an affordable, supportive housing initiative in Mesa that will include 80 mixed-use apartments and 16 emergency homeless shelter units with onsite services, community space and light-rail transportation adjacent to the property.

State lawmakers do not have to provide additional state aid to schools that have a high percentage of poor students, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled.

Valley of the Sun United Way and Mesa United Way are partnering for a special Project Connect event April 11 at Broadway Christian Church, 7335 E. Broadway Road, Mesa.

The state department that administers unemployment benefits is closing a call center and will require all new filings from people who lose their jobs be done online starting Feb. 1.

A New Leaf, which provides shelter and behavioral health services for children and families in need, is accepting donations of nonperishable food and grocery gift cards through July. Donations will be distributed to La Mesita Family Homeless Shelter, the East Valley Men’s Center Shelter, and Faith House and Autumn House domestic violence shelters and youth residential programs.

Mesa is kicking off its sixth-annual hydration donation campaign on Monday to provide water to the homeless and unsheltered. The city asks residents to donate water at several locations through Sept. 14. The United Food Bank will distribute the water to several nonprofits. More than 220,000 bottles were donated last year.

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman will participate in the Lodestar Home Run on Sunday at the Phoenix Zoo to bring attention to the issue of homelessness in the Valley. This year’s honorary chair, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is also running. The event starts at 7 a.m.

Education Week magazine recognized Mesa Unified School District for its graduation rates compared with districts in the nation's big cities in a recent edition.

December 22, 2004

June 22, 2004

Finally some actual facts! That’s what I was hoping to find when I opened Rod Livdahl’s letter about the “tickle up effect”. Alas, it was not so. It was simply more “theory,” not supported by actual facts in an attempt to disparage President Reagan’s implementation of supply side economics. So I took one statistic, the unemployment rate, and did some research. These facts paint an interesting picture:

New figures show the state's economy continues to plug along.

The Tempe Union High School District governing board voted last week to put two issues on the November ballot.

I am pleased that the EV Tribune chose to make the "illiteracy story" the headline, if only to expose this study as a "Bridge to Nowhere."

A recent New York Times article titled, “Harder for Americans to rise from lower rungs” reveals a real blind spot in the way far too many Americans view both our nation’s present and our future.

The Census reveals that almost 50 percent of Americans can be considered either poor or barely keeping their heads above water as low-income earners.

Queen Creek residents are being asked their opinions about which improvements would be bestfor downtown development.

A judge has rejected efforts by two public interest law firms to block the state from using the AIMS test as a graduation requirement.

It promises to be a good year for some people on a holiday shopping list — especially if that list belongs to a Republican.