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The Arizona state Capitol on March 3, 2020.

Legislature looks at voter roll maintenance

Republicans want to change how the rolls are checked.
A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County faces COVID-19 vaccine shortage

Officials say there is about a week’s worth of vaccine left.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: COVID hits farm workers hard, county administrator gets new contract

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Jan. 20.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Arizona measure would expand tax funds for private schools

Proposed law seeks to expand programs to aid private and religious schools with public money.
Rain clouds near Tubac, July 2019.

Forecasters: Rain, snow on tap for drought-weary Southwest

Drought stricken region badly needs the moisture
COVID19

Arizona reports 4,845 new COVID-19 cases and 262 deaths

State again leads the nation in weekly COVID-19 infection rate
The Border Patrol erected this facility for asylum seekers last summer. Congress allocated $708 million for facilities like these and $112 million for "consumables" that was supposed to be spent caring for migrants.

New lawsuit challenges legality of 'Remain in Mexico' program's migrant child removals

U.S. law requires unaccompanied minors at the border get special protection, but lawyers say that hasn't been happening

Health workers worry about COVID-19 impact on Cochise County farmworkers

Older adults and some frontline workers are getting vaccinated in Arizona, but essential sectors like farms still have a wait ahead
A health care worker holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Banner - University Medicine North on Dec. 17, 2020.

UA vaccine site opens

The site will serve the education community in Pima County.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: UA opens vaccination site, federal money pads state unemployment fund

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Jan. 19.
This stretch of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah is currently in extreme drought.

Predicted Arizona dry year could impact trees, cause fires

After driest year on record in 2020, no relief is in sight
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 6,417 new COVID-19 cases

State and counties look to ramp up vaccinations
Signs posted in the Yuma Sector. In the background, a border vehicle barrier can be seen.

Yuma struggles to meet COVID-19 hospitalizations

Military nurses, tests coming to help hard-hit Arizona city
U.S currency.

State keeping unemployment trust fund solvent

CARES Act dollars will keep unemployment fund in the black.
COVID19

Arizona reports 8,715 additional COVID-19 cases, 208 deaths

State retains its worst-in-the-nation infection diagnosis rate
A flyer taped to the ground at Mesquite Elementary in Vail reminds students to maintain social distancing. August 2020.

Education notebook: Vaccines for educators arrive, Ducey addresses pandemic’s toll on education

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

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