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Report: Child care woes cost Arizona economy $1.8B a …

1/11/2022
Instability in Arizona’s child care system is costing the state an estimated $1.8 billion in economic activity a year, according to a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation report, as gaps in …

Deer Valley district worker arrested on child porn …

8/13/2021
An employee of Deer Valley Unified School District has been placed on unpaid leave after he was arrested Wednesday on felony charges of child pornography.The man, Curtis Scott Matthews, was arrested …

Mesa Community College hosting a free tax-prep day …

6/28/2021
Mesa Community College is hosting a free tax-prep day 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, July 9, at the MCC Downtown Center, 165 N. Centennial Way, Room 110, in Mesa, to help families prepare tax returns …

Group seeks to empower young people to prevent sexual …

3/29/2021
Empowering young people was discussed at the monthly Arizona Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation Prevention Coalition meeting yesterday. Speaking to the coalition Democratic members was state …

Registration open for Pinal County ‘Week of the …

3/19/2021
Community organizations across Pinal County are coming together starting April 12 to celebrate the Week of the Young Child online. First Things First, Arizona’s early childhood agency, and …

Registration open for Pinal County ‘Week of the …

3/10/2021
Community organizations across Pinal County are coming together starting April 12 to celebrate the Week of the Young Child online. First Things First, Arizona’s early childhood agency, and …

Arizona Child Abduction Response Team agreement to be …

2/9/2021
A multi-agency intergovernmental agreement — including the Town of Paradise Valley and cities of Mesa, Apache Junction, Phoenix and Scottsdale — for participation in the Arizona Child …

Advocacy 31nine mission focuses on breaking the …

6/25/2020
The detrimental effect of a childhood spent absent of the day-to-day rituals found with one's kin can have a lasting impact both on the child --- and the society that child encounters later in …

Walgreens takes 'Red Nose Day' digital, championing …

5/19/2020
Red Nose Day is back for the sixth year at Walgreens, with 240 locations across Arizona. While the mission to raise money to end child poverty remains more important now than ever, the "Red Nose" …

Stay calm, stay connected during COVID-19 pandemic

3/26/2020
Here’s the irony of this COVID-19 pandemic: we may be scrambling to isolate, but we need each other. In times of stress, human beings do better when we’re connected.

DUI arrests, speeding citations down over Thanksgiving …

12/2/2019
The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety released statistics on a statewide DUI enforcement over the holiday weekend, and the overall numbers are down, partially due to the lower number …

Arizona special committee wants child abuse law …

11/25/2019
PHOENIX — A special committee on child sex abuse wants lawmakers to make it easier to prosecute some people who could be considered close to the victim. But members of the Justice for …