Jonmaesha Beltran

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City Council to improve relationships between police and community members

Mayor Kate Gallego called for a work-study to discuss a citizen review board and created a criminal reform committee after public outrage over Phoenix police department’s 44 officer-involved shootings and a viral video showing officers pointing their...

Local organization works to decriminalize mental health

Puente Human Rights Movement held a rally to demand the release of Valentina Gloria and Breanna Gonzales, who are both held in Lower Buckeye Jail, outside of Maricopa County Attorney’s office Monday. Gloria, 19, and Gonzales, 17, who...

Students downtown oppose proposed ASU tuition increases

Students downtown aren’t happy with Arizona State University’s recently announced tuition proposal for the 2019-2020 academic year. “It’s annoying and frustrating to me," said Matthew Bonn, a sophomore from New Jersey who is majoring in sports business....

Local ‘Girl Gang’ discusses the representation of body images

A panel of women involved in the body positivity movement discussed the role society plays on how women and young girls view their bodies at Monorchid Saturday about. Babe Council, a local organization that held the panel, is...

ASU and Wexford break ground for Phoenix Biomedical campus expansion

Officials from Wexford Science and Technology, Arizona State University, Ventas Inc. and the city of Phoenix celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Phoenix Biomedical campus expansion near the southwest corner of Garfield and Fifth streets on Thursday. The...

Legislators, students meet and outline environmental policy they want at the capitol

Residents and environmental organizations from 28 legislative districts met at the State Capitol Wednesday to lobby for environmental bills that will protect ecological water, restore the Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund and combat climate change. House Minority Leader...