Jana has twice been named the nation’s best columnist writing in a city magazine. She has repeatedly won Arizona’s top column writing awards-in 2002, she was the first columnist to ever win both the highest feature column and news column honors.
From carpooling to ‘Kids Voting’, Arizona leads the nation in some pretty positive ways, but not all of our first-place distinctions are worthy bragging about. […]
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has seen his fairs share of lawsuits alleging lousy conditions in his jails, but the mother of all cases is one he inherited from the 70’s – and it still hasn’t been settled. […]
IT’S 6:30 A.M. ON A SATURDAY MORNING and Tommy Davis is setting out his grandmother’s home-canned goods at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. Today, Earnestness “Ernie” Riley has pickled beets, chow-chow, strawberry-rhubarb jam and a new batch of the best blueberry jelly you’ve ever tasted, made from berries flown [...]
Kids sat the darn’dest things, but when it comes to conserving Arizona’s Wetlands, they seem to find just the right words. Such was the case during this year’s statewide junior Duck Stamp Competition. […]
The Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Phoenix might use the “e” word, but its revolutionary health care clinic and other outreach programs prove it’s not one of those evangelical churches. In fact, it’s anything but. […]
Sheriff Joe takes a lot of flak for his antics, but here’s something that deserves applause ö an inmate drug rehabilitation program that actually works. […]
Oklahoma spent nearly a decade planning its Centennial. Arizona, which turns 100 in five years, has barely gotten started. It’s time to get going. […]
Because interest rates of 595 percent are just plain ridiculous, a Republican legislator and a Democratic attorney general are working to rein in the so-called “payday loans.” […]
It seemed like a no-brainer – build a 9/11 memorial on Arizona’s Government Mall. What should have been easy, however, turned ugly. […]
The proposed South Mountain Freeway is annoying people everywhere, from homeowners and taxpayers to Native Americans and everyone who loves South Mountain Park. […]