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File image of a voter registration form for Arizona.

Legislature wants to freeze election deadlines

The bill would keep filing and registration deadlines from moving.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

AZ Senate passes sex ed bill, again

A similar bill was vetoed by Governor Ducey last month.
A sign directs voters to a polling site set up at Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Nov. 3, 2020.

Yee announces run for Governor

The current state treasurer is the first Republican in the race.
Voters wait to enter an early voting site at the Pima County Recorder's Office in downtown Tucson on Oct. 27, 2020.

Republican Arizona election official calls Trump accusation "unhinged"

Maricopa County Recorder calls for an end to the falsehoods about how the AZ election was run
Children at school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education notebook: Teens get vaccine, UA closes out the school year

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.
A view of downtown Bisbee.

Evacuation orders lifted in Old Bisbee; wildfire contained

Residents are being allowed to return home
Voters wait to enter an early voting site at the Pima County Recorder's Office in downtown Tucson on Oct. 27, 2020.

Conservative group boasts of secret role in voting laws, including in Arizona

The claims are made in a video presentation by Heritage Action
More than 470,000 Arizonans have filed for unemployment in the last six weeks. New expanded jobless benefits begin in May, but advocates worry it won’t be enough to offset the massive damage from the coronavirus.

Ducey ends federal $300 weekly unemployment bonus

Governor offers $2,000 "Back to work" bonus instead.
Volunteers check voter registration at a voting station.

Report breaks down active voter registrations across Arizona

Pima County has 629,043 active voters with about 40% Democrats and 29% Republicans.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Navajo Nation opposes new voting law, Tucson to receive over $135 million in federal relief

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 13.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Vetoed Arizona sex education bill coming back with changes

The revised bill strips out provisions that specifically targeted discussion of LGBTQ issues
Tonto National Forest

More forests in Arizona impose fire, smoking restrictions

Increasingly dry conditions forcie more stringent measures
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: UA scientists study volcanic activity on Mars, AZ reports nearly 500 more COVID cases

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 12.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Ducey signs bill aimed at early voting, AZ voters take on Dreamers’ tuition next year

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 11.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

State-run sites to give shots to kids 12-15

Arizona has state-run vaccination sites in metro Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma and Flagstaff.
A group stands in support of in-state tuition eligibility for Arizona students with DACA status at a June 29, 2017, Arizona Board of Regents meeting.

Arizona voters to decide on in-state tuition for Dreamers next year

A bill asking voters to repeal a portion of a 2006 law barring non-citizens from accessing the tuition rate passed Arizona Legislature Monday.

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