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Jan 31, 2024 | 
azdailysun.com | Oakley Seiter
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
coppercourier.com | Oakley Seiter
PHOENIX – A 2022 survey of nearly 34,000 LGBTQ youths in the country, ages 13 to 24, found that 45% of them had seriously considered suicide within the past year. In Arizona alone, the survey showed 49% of this group seriously considered suicide and 16% attempted it.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
phoenixnewtimes.com | Oakley Seiter
On Aug. 31, Maricopa County announced it was distributing approximately $2 million in national opioid settlement funds to 12 local organizations. The county prioritized organizations that offer youth prevention and treatment, recovery programs and harm reduction programs. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, more than two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths from 2019 to 2021 involved opioids.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
prescottenews.com | Oakley Seiter
Photo: The seventh annual Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit took place at the Smith Center for Performing Arts in Las Vegas on Nov. 8. (Photo by Oakley Seiter/Cronkite News)Niraya Gregory, 19, experienced homelessness as a child with her mother and siblings, and later by herself. “I was afraid of how I was going to eat, where I was going to go. I was afraid of what I was going to do for my future,” Gregory said.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
pinalcentral.com | Oakley Seiter
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
abc15.com | Oakley Seiter
PHOENIX — On August 31, Maricopa County announced it was distributing approximately $2 million in national opioid settlement funds to 12 local organizations. The county prioritized organizations that offer youth prevention and treatment, recovery programs and harm reduction programs. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, more than two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths from 2019 to 2021 involved opioids.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Steve Crane |Oakley Seiter
LAS VEGAS – Niraya Gregory, 19, experienced homelessness as a child with her mother and siblings, and later by herself. “I was afraid of how I was going to eat, where I was going to go. I was afraid of what I was going to do for my future,” Gregory said. Gregory spoke at a recent summit to end youth homelessness on behalf of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY), an organization that helps homeless youth find stable housing, complete an education and find careers.
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Dec 25, 2023 | 
ktar.com | Paul Thompson |Oakley Seiter
The second phase of the X Phoenix apartment tower in downtown Phoenix has amassed more than $30 million in mechanic’s liens since the nearly completed project came to a screeching halt in September. Eight liens tied to the project have been filed since late September, according to Maricopa County records. That includes a $25.62 million mechanic’s lien filed Nov. 20 by Clayco Inc., the company tapped as the general contractor for the project at 201 W.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
ktar.com | Oakley Seiter
PHOENIX — Arizona’s minimum wage is increasing for the eighth straight year, a father and son were arrested on drug and weapons charges and the Valley experienced heavy rainfall on Friday. Here are some of the biggest stories that headlined the Arizona news cycle over the weekend. The minimum amount workers can get paid in Arizona is about to go up on Jan. 1, 2024.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
ktar.com | Tom Kuebel |Oakley Seiter
PHOENIX — Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, who is running for Kyrsten Sinema’s seat in the U.S. Senate, joined Fox News to talk about the situation on the southern border. Customs and Border Protection closed the port of entry in Lukeville, Arizona on December 11 and received immediate backlash from Arizona’s U.S. senators and governor. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order on December 15 to send National Guard troops to the area to help deal with the surge.
