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Jelani Cobb: "Whose Vote Counts?"

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News roundup: Changes come to local justice system, health officials answer common vaccine questions

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 5.

Liz Archuleta, who resigned from the Coconino Board of Supervisors to accept an appointment in the Biden administration

Former Coconino County Supervisor named to USDA senior staff position

Liz Archuleta accepts senior staff position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Aerial view of the border wall at the Tinajas Altas Mountains near Yuma, AZ.

Biden halted border wall construction. Now what?

Environmental and human rights advocates hope to steer the administration toward a new vision at the border.

News roundup: Border wall vivisects Indigenous communities, report scrutinizes border patrol rescue operations

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 4.

A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County getting fewer COVID-19 vaccines

The head of the Board of Supervisors is reaching out for more inoculations.

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports steady decline of new COVID-19 hospitalizations

4,417 new virus cases, 176 more deaths reported

Members of Apache Stronghold, its legal team, and witness' in the case pose before the hearing for the preliminary injunction in Apache Stronghold v. United States of America Feb. 3, 2020.

Federal court hears case for preliminary injunction at Oak Flat

The judge said he will decide if he's going to temporarily stop progress on the mine by Feb. 12.

Maricopa county discarded more than 500 doses of virus vaccine

Gov. Ducey characterized vaccine doses being wasted as shocking and unacceptable.

President Joe Biden signs executive orders at his desk in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2021.

US ends deal with Arizona designed to restrict Biden on immigration

Deal was reached in the final days of the Trump adminstration

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

Arizona wants more people vaccinated against COVID-19

The state wants to increase vaccine outreach efforts.

U.S. Border Patrol agents near Sasabe, Arizona, March 22.

New report cast doubt on Border Patrol search and rescue efforts for migrants

No More Deaths analyzed hundreds of distress calls made to aid groups and 911 dispatchers requesting help from the agency

News roundup: Environmentalists assess border wall damage, state superintendent calls for better school funding

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 3.

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona provides food to about 200,000 people each year.

Rights advocates applaud Biden's planned review of public charge rule

The 2019 change made it harder for immigrants to obtain visas and green cards if they used, or might use, government assistance

Indigenous-led protesters walk along a construction line in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Sept. 2020.

Border wall scars: 'It feels like if someone got a knife and dragged it across my heart.'

Tribal leaders and Borderlands communities reflect on their fruitless struggle to stop the wall.

An empty classroom at Gridley Middle School in Tucson. November 2020.

State's top educator wants steady funding for education

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman wants lawmakers to dip into the rainy-day fund.

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