Kyrene Akimel A-al Middle School in Ahwatukee attracted local government officials and representatives on Friday morning for its 20th Annual Patriotic Day honoring veterans and service members.

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema joined local leaders, veterans administration officials and volunteer organizations at the opening of a transitional facility for homeless women veterans on Monday.

A bipartisan group of city elected officials gathered at Phoenix Fire Station No. 12 recently to send Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema back to Washington with an urgent message from local communities.

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, was named to the subcommittees on “Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity” as well as “Investigation and Oversight.”

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton stood near the front of a large crowd in Las Vegas Tuesday as President Barack Obama announced his plans to make comprehensive immigration reform a priority.

The Pension Reform Campaign Committee will provide information on the comprehensive pension reform for Phoenix and Proposition 201 during the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Committee meeting on Friday, Feb. 1 at noon at Dignity Health Urgent Care Community Room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd.

Representative-elect Kyrsten Sinema was named to the House Committee on Financial Services by the House Democratic Policy and Steering Committee. The committee, which oversees agencies pertaining to the economy, is largely comprised of more senior members.

What has been the biggest concern for the future of Ahwatukee for years will remain at the top of the list moving into 2013. There has still been no decision made on whether or not the South Mountain Freeway will run down Pecos Road.

People have always speculated about what might or might not happen in 2012, but this past year turned out to be one full of waiting.

Former Democratic state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been elected to represent a new Phoenix-area congressional district, emerging victorious after a bitterly fought race that featured millions of dollars in attack ads.

Both sides of the aisle remained cautiously optimistic in Arizona as first election results came in Tuesday night.

U.S. Senator

Why are you running for office?

Education is the foundation to form a more perfect union and to continue to have the greatest economy this planet has ever seen. I’m a student at Mesa Community College, graduating this winter to attend Arizona State University and try to pursue a degree in law. I’m also a voter in Congressional District 9 and recently have heard about an up and coming debate between the two candidates Vernon Parker and Kyrsten Sinema. I think this would be a great idea for the voters of CD9 to see these two candidates talk about their views on education in a robust debate.

Republican candidate for Congressional District 9, Vernon Parker, paid a visit to an Ahwatukee Foothills business on Thursday in an attempt to better understand the needs and challenges of a small business.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton announced his endorsement of Kyrsten Sinema for Congressional District 9 on Monday.

Unofficial results in the race to represent congressional district 9 show Republican Vernon Parker and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in the lead.

Unofficial results in the race to represent congressional district 9 show Republican Vernon Parker and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in the lead.

For my husband Matthew and me, it’s important that our children are raised in a community with representatives who will understand them, protect them and work to ensure that opportunities exist for them the way that they existed for us. Our children’s future is not a Republican or Democratic issue, rather an act of conscience and responsibility. And although I have been a long-standing Republican, I support one of the most recognizable Democrats in Arizona for the U.S. Congress.