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Arizona Sonoran News

A man sits on his porch in South Tucson. (Photo by: Nels Bergeron/Arizona Sonoran News)

Looking for answers: 1 in 4 live in poverty in Tucson

Nels Bergeron November 6, 2018

One in 4 people in Tucson lives in poverty. That’s 151,000 people. Although the U.S. is among the richest countries in the world, nearly 40 million people live under the poverty line. The national...

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Legislative Roundup: Minimum Wage, Campus Free Speech, Egg De-reg

Erik Kolsrud February 15, 2018

PHOENIX -- This week the House of Representatives quickly filled the vacant seat left by former Representative Don Shooter from Yuma. His replacement is Tim Dunn, who was sworn in Tuesday afternoon. Dunn...

Christianna Silva / Arizona Sonora News Service

Legislative Roundup: A retired justice, minimum wage and drunken hair cuts

Christianna Silva March 17, 2017

  PHOENIX - On Wednesday this week, Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Glendale, brought former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to the Arizona State Senate to speak about civics. Yee pointed...

Christianna Silva / Arizona Sonora News Service

Legislative Roundup: Cell phones and tampon tax

Christianna Silva February 16, 2017

PHOENIX - On Tuesday, Valentine's Day, the capitol was full of gratuitous shows of love: singing on the House floor,  heart-shaped balloons on the rose garden. Nothing was too cheesy. But whether...

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Life proves difficult for minimum wage workers

Rosie deQueljoe March 19, 2015

Living life on a minimum wage is no easy task for Arizonans. Ask Christina Munoz. For Munoz and her family, Arizona’s minimum wage isn’t a livable wage. “No one can live off of $8 an hour or...

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