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Episode 70: College Grad Job Prospects Brighten
UA, ASU career specialists see significant rise in employment offers

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Full Interview with State Economist Aruna Murthy
comments (0)    051112 AZWeek Murthy FULL May 11, 2012


Job prospects for young people, including college grads, on the rise, she says

Full Interview on Grad Job Prospects With Elaine Stover
comments (0)    051112 AZWeek Stover FULL May 11, 2012


84% of recent ASU alumni have received job offers, she says

AZ Week: College Grad Job Prospects Brighter
comments (0)    Arizona Week 05/11/2012 May 11, 2012


State's economy more receptive; UA, ASU see heightened recruitment

Full Interview on Education With Sen. David Schapira
comments (0)    050412 AZWeek Schapira_FULL May 4, 2012


State rainy day fund disingenuous when resources needs mean 'it's raining' now, he says

Full Interview on Education With Rep. Chester Crandell
comments (0)    050412 AZWeek Crandell FULL May 4, 2012


Legislature should give school boards, districts more control of funding, he says

Full Interview on Education with Rep. John Kavanagh
comments (0)    050412_AZWeek_Kavanagh_FULL May 4, 2012


Funding not where it should be, but getting better, he says

AZ Week: Education Funding Debated
comments (0)    Arizona Week 05/04/2012 May 4, 2012


GOP legislators say $177M added; others say it's not enough

AZ Week: Budget Compromise, Of Course
comments (1)    Arizona Week 04/27/2012 Apr 27, 2012


Brewer got welfare funding, legislators got savings; voting next week

Full Interview on SB 1070 with U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva
comments (0)    042012_AZWeek_Grijalva_FULL Apr 20, 2012


To the Latino community, the issue over immigration is personal, he says

Full Interview with Civic Engagement Expert Leticia de la Vara
comments (0)    042012_AZWeek_Vera_FULL Apr 20, 2012


Latinos are registering to vote and voting in big numbers in reaction to SB 1070, she says

Full Interview with Law Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick
comments (0)    042012_AZWeek_Hessick_FULL Apr 20, 2012


Preemption -- federal government's sovreign rights -- are at issue in SB 1070, she says

Full Interview with SB 1070 Author Russell Pearce
comments (0)    042012_AZWeek_Pearce_FULL Apr 20, 2012


'How long are people going to talk about securing border?' he asks

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Arizona Week host Michael Chihak is a 7th generation Tucsonan with Arizona news in his blood. A descendant of some of the first Spaniards to settle the area, he grew up on 12th and 44th in Tucson's South Side, working in his uncle's butcher shop, running a newspaper route and learning his mother's recipe for tamales.

Chihak studied journalism at the University of Arizona, and landed his first news job while still a junior at the school. As the 21-year-old night police reporter for the Tucson Citizen, he covered the devastating Pioneer International Hotel fire, which claimed 29 lives on December 20, 1970.

"I saw a woman jump to her death from a sixth or seventh story window," he recalls. "It was horrific."

Yet the horror didn't deter him from journalism.

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AZ Week Notebook
College Grad Job Picture: Mixed
Posted at 9:23 on Thursday, May 10th 2012

A new survey from Rutgers University paints a bleak picture for college grads in the jo market. Yet, the urging from everyone still is to go to college, get a degree and seek a career path. How is that idea holding up in Arizona, where thousands are getting their degrees this month?

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