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Voters support Phoenix Union High School District override

Given another opportunity to show their support, voters in Phoenix Union High School District approved the budget override Tuesday. Unofficial results show 56.4 percent of the voters approved the ballot measure that failed by fewer than 1,200 votes in ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  10 Mar 2010

Mariposa Street residents seek reversal of zoning for parking

Residents in east Phoenix are fighting to prevent a parking structure from being built in their neighborhood. They filed two lawsuits against the city to make certain city leaders won't permit a parking structure based on a zoning stipulation that ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  8 Mar 2010

Phoenix school district voters consider budget override

Two Phoenix school districts are asking voters Tuesday to support budget overrides to prevent cuts in staffing, programs and services. The Phoenix Union High School District is asking voters to reconsider an override continuation that failed in ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  5 Mar 2010

Answers sought in accident that severely hurt Brophy teen

State investigators continued Monday to probe how a car struck a Phoenix high-school senior on a rural state highway as the teen exited a roadside vehicle to support a teammate during a 200-mile endurance race between Prescott and Tempe. With no ...

From MICHAEL FERRARESI AND SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  2 Mar 2010

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Phoenix Union's budget proposal calls for teacher layoffs

The Phoenix Union High School District's governing board on Thursday is expected to tentatively approve a $7.2 million budget-reduction plan that would include the elimination of full-time teaching positions for the 2010-11 school year. Board members ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  26 Feb 2010

Former offices will become low-income housing

A vacant, nondescript brick building that once housed a charter school and offices will be razed and turned into affordable housing next to the light-rail line. Devine Legacy on Central, a five story, 65-unit rental complex, will be between the ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  25 Feb 2010

Phoenix Union readies reinvigorated magnet programs

Students in Phoenix Union High School District will find revitalized career and academic programs at about half of the schools when classes start in August. The "reinvigoration" of the magnet programs will increase student achievement, Superintendent ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  22 Feb 2010

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Intersection remodel turns people's lives upside down

Phoenix commuters are cutting through neighborhoods, blocking traffic and despite their best efforts getting stuck, sometimes literally, at the intersection of Seventh Street and McDowell Road. While Phoenix is touting its first transportation project ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  19 Feb 2010

Three flood-control projects to get under way

Three flood-control projects will begin this summer to improve drainage in Phoenix neighborhoods. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Flood Control District board of directors, approved funding the projects this month. Syd Anderson, ...

From SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  18 Feb 2010

East Mesa residents surprised to find MVD office closed

The closure of Motor Vehicle Division offices around the state led to confusion for some motorists on Tuesday, the first day of business since eight branches shut down. More than a dozen people showed up at the east Mesa Motor Vehicle Division branch ...

From CASEY NEWTON, ALLIE SELIGMAN AND SADIE JO SMOKEY, AZ Central.com,  17 Feb 2010

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