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Secretary of Homeland Security visits Cronkite, says more funding needed for department

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson visited the Cronkite School Wednesday to discuss issues of border security, funding and cyber-terrorism. He said it is crucial that Congress appropriates funding to the Department of Homeland Security for the next year.

ESPN vice president kicks off Must See Sports, encourages patience and creativity

ESPN's Rob King kicked off the Must See Sports discussion series at the Walter Cronkite School on Tuesday night. The network's vice president encouraged patience in the job search and creativity in the newsroom.

Graphic: The art and development of GreenHaus through the years

Developers and community members are currently working to preserve varying degrees of the GreenHaus property and murals. This timeline looks at the events leading up to the controversy.

Veterans advocates rally at capitol for better investment in ex-military programs

About a dozen veterans gathered at the state capitol on Tuesday to continue to pressure Gov. Doug Ducey to invest in veterans causes after the governor reinstated $930,000 to the Military Family Relief Fund.

Devilishly Healthy: Health implications of law school construction

Before the dust settles on ASU's new Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law building downtown, columnist Wafa Shahid has a few tips about staying healthy while living next to a construction site.

8 things to do in downtown Phoenix before the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl has already hit downtown -- and hard, but we still have six days until the big game. Here is our list of things you can do this week before kickoff.

USGD discusses effects of Ducey’s budget-cut proposal on tuition for out-of-state students

The ramifications of possible tuition hikes for out-of-state students, and Gov. Doug Ducey's proposed budget decreases in higher education, were topics of strong discussion at the Undergraduate Student Government Downtown meeting Friday.

New Southern-food restaurant to open next month at DeSoto building on Roosevelt Row

The founder of Hotel Palomar's Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails will be opening a new restaurant, Yard Bird + The Larder, in the DeSoto Central Market on Central Avenue on Roosevelt Street next month.

City Council adds education and mandatory booking policy for sex trafficking suspects

The Phoenix City Council voted on Wednesday to add an educational component for those sentences for hiring or soliciting prostitutes as well as mandatory booking for all those arrested. The Human Trafficking Task Force will also see some reorganization.

Devil’s Advocate: Downtown students should seize one of the many opportunities to have their...

A publication in a literary journal is a resume builder, something to hand to your parents when they ask what exactly you did all semester, and, most of all, something to be proud of.