Vacant foreclosures – known as “zombies” – plunged 43 percent in the third quarter compared to a year ago, according to RealtyTrac’s latest U.S. Zombie Foreclosure and Vacant Property Report. As of the end of the third quarter, about 20,050 residential properties were in the foreclosure process and vacant, but had not yet been repossessed by the foreclosing lender.

US Department of Education gives Arizona $11 million for literacy development
By KTAR The Arizona Education Foundation (AEF) is receiving an $11.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a statewide literacy development program. The


