In the News
By Greg Hahne
Published: June 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM MST
Congressman Greg Stanton says more funding for water infrastructure projects is coming to Arizona.
The $20 million will be dispersed to multiple cities. For example, Tempe will use the money for its Kyrene Reclamation Plant and Flagstaff will use it to create a water retention basin to protect a school from floods related to wildfires.
By MND Staff
Published: June 13, 2024
A high-ranking United States Department of State official has emphasized the importance of "judicial transparency" for investors ahead of the possible approval of a controversial judicial reform in Mexico.
Brian Nichols, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, was asked about President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposed judicial reform during an appearance on Wednesday before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By: Sam Kmack
Published: June 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM MST
The Mesa-Tempe streetcar expansion will get nearly $16 million in federal funding, a financial lifeline for the project that was left without any funding after being cut from a regional transportation program last year.
Nearly $16 million in federal funds have been set aside for the Rio East-Dobson Streetcar Extension project. Congressman Greg Stanton made the announcement this week.
The project is expected to extend existing track by another 4 miles, from Tempe into Mesa along Rio Salado Parkway.
Published: October 8, 2024
SACATON – In the heart of Sacaton, located south of Phoenix, the Gila River Indian Community received nearly $6 million in funds from the Biden administration in 2023 to create a renewable energy plan involving the construction of solar panels over the Casa Blanca Canal.
Junior Achievement received a $700,000 federal grant for renovations at "BizTown."
The non-profit runs a mock town that allows kids to serve as CEOs and business owners while learning how to manage finances.
Approximately 25,000 students come to BizTown every year, taking with them lessons they'll use beyond the classroom.
Downtown Phoenix's Central Avenue light rail hub near Van Buren Street soon could be named after former Phoenix Mayor and current U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, a longtime advocate for light rail in the Valley.
Matt Capalby grew up in Kingman among hard-working, stoic, patriot people who, he told me, "are not the type who complain, or who would camp out on the steps of the Capitol and yell."
Even if their own government was killing them. Which … it was.
PHOENIX — Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton joined 14 other Democrats in urging President Joe Biden to take action to address the border crisis on Tuesday.
The letter sent by Stanton and 14 other legislators called on Biden to use all the tools at his disposal — including executive action — to secure the border.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Suicide among veterans have been called an American tragedy. According to the latest statistics from the VA, there were more than 6,000 veteran suicides nationwide in 2021, an average of more than 17 per day.