2011 Census figures to be released this fall will show that progress combating poverty has taken a giant leap backwards.

Poverty is not a choice.

WASHINGTON — Arizona earned a D in a national report Wednesday that graded states on their families’ financial security in five broad categories.

The reign of Scottsdale Christian is over in 2A boys basketball. The two-time defending state champion Eagles lost 51-50 Monday at Glendale Arena in the semifinals to Metro Region rival Phoenix Arizona Lutheran.

Between global warming, nuke tests in North Korea and genocide in Darfur, one scarcely has any sleep left to lose over another burgeoning human catastrophe.

WASHINGTON — Arizona had the second-highest income inequality in the nation between 2008 and 2010, trailing only New Mexico for the gap between its richest and poorest residents, a new report says.

Some services to the poor, elderly and disabled will be threatened if proposed cuts to federal Community Service Block Grants come to fruition, local charity and non-profit organization leaders fear.

Some services to the poor, elderly and disabled will be threatened if proposed cuts to federal Community Service Block Grants come to fruition, local charity and non-profit organization leaders fear.

Some services to the poor, elderly and disabled will be threatened if proposed cuts to federal Community Service Block Grants come to fruition, local charity and non-profit organization leaders fear.

Hot off the heels of his portrayals of Ludwig von Beethoven and Beethoven’s friend, Gerhard von Breuning, in “Beethoven, As I Knew Him,” actor, pianist and playwright Hershey Felder is playing himself.

In a game that pitted the No. 1 and No. 2-ranked schools in the 2A Metro Division, Valley Christian backed up its top billing Friday with a 35-21 win over host Arizona Lutheran.

New statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday shed light on the internal numbers that contributed to an Arizona poverty rate that is the second-highest in the nation.

The Tempe Union High School District has narrowed its superintendent search to five candidates.

Low-income SRP customers upset over a proposed 4.8 percent rate hike plan to share their stories Monday during the public meeting of the utility company’s board.

It’s getting cold in Arizona, a fact that raises thermostats here and eyebrows across the country. Most Americans believe Arizona is always sunny and warm in the winter and sunny and unbearable in the summer.

The studio bills Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway's "Love & Other Drugs" as an unconventional love story.

Maricopa’s Joe Sanchez spent much of the game on the bench in foul trouble, and the Rams missed his leadership and scoring, falling to Arizona Lutheran 63-46 in a 2A boys basketball quarterfinal Saturday at Tolleson.

The 2011 Census figures to be released this fall will show that progress combating poverty has taken a giant leap backwards.

Even in a good year, only 6 percent of eligible low-income households, or about 30,000 of the nearly 500,000 who are eligible, receive emergency energy assistance during Arizona’s excessive summer heat to help with utility bills.

His smile gave him away. Troy Smith didn’t want anyone to know how much Ohio State’s 34-20 Fiesta Bowl victory over Notre Dame Monday meant to him.

One might think that Valley Christian would tire of playing against fellow 2A Metro Region teams, but the Trojans wouldn’t have it any other way.

December 24, 2001

Leonardo DiCaprio is here one moment, gone the next. For a while, he is photographed everywhere. He is quoted endlessly. And then, his image and words are nowhere to be found. Is it a coincidence?