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Dr. Mae C. Jemison during her 1992 mission as crew member on the space shuttle Endeavor.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison: "Living Deeply and Looking Up"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Artists wish UA students good luck during finals week; Exploring Persian fairy tales and women in mythology; Adiba Nelson on the challenges of being a mom.
The Arizona Capitol, in Phoenix.

Arizona House Approves Changes to Citizen-Initiative Process

The proposal would give more power to the attorney general to review the language of initiatives.
File photo of a hospital hallway.

Arizona Changes Medical Records Law to Ensure Patient Access

The law requires providers that shut down to transfer records to the patient or to an entity like the statewide health information exchange.
Chalk art on the stairs heading to the Integrated Learning Center on the University of Arizona campus encourages young people to vote in the upcoming election.

Democrats Lead Voter Registration in Pima County

New numbers from the state lay out the political landscape in Arizona.
Desert View High School students hold a protest at the Pima County Sheriff's Department on Benson Highway in Tucson. Students walked for two hours to protest the detention of senior classmate Thomas Torres.

Desert View Students Protest Classmate's Detention, Possible Deportation

Over 100 students marched to demand Border Patrol release their classmate, a high school senior the district says was set to graduate this month.
Washing your hands after using the restroom is an important measure in the prevention of hepatitis A spread, the Centers for Disease Control says.

Health Officials: Arizona Sees Surge of Hepatitis A Cases

Pima County says most of the cases in the state have been concentrated in the Tucson area.
A woman carries her belongings into the Benedictine Monastery shortly after arriving as part of a group of migrants transported by the Department of Homeland Security from El Paso to Tucson on Feb. 21, 2019.

City Spends $20K to Shelter Migrants

So far neither the state nor the federal government has offered to help offset those costs.
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Bales announced he will retire July 31, 2019.

Panel to Review Applicants to Replace Arizona Supreme Court Judge

A call is out for applications to replace Chief Justice Scott Bales, who will retire July 31.
Sen. Martha McSally speaks at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military sexual assault, March 6, 2019, in this still image from C-SPAN video.

Military Report Details Sexual Assault in the Ranks

Marines reported the highest number of assaults among the four branches of the military.
1,100 backpacks represent the number of college students who died by suicide in 2018. This event was designed to raise awareness about mental health and encourage suicide prevention.

Can 1,000 Empty Backpacks Save Lives?

Also: How Pima County could pay for newly opened migrant shelters; Bridging cultural divides with the Persian language; Tucson author Janni Lee Simner reads from her new book.
A file image of a patient receiving a vaccine.

Pima County Warns of Potential Measles Exposure

The county and the Arizona Health Department say a visitor may have exposed people to measles.
Wildland firefighters watch smoke from a wildfire.

Forecast: More Fire Danger, Later Monsoon

While rains are expected later than usual, monsoon is always hard to predict.
Climate change will mean hotter temperatures and likely longer periods of drought for the Southwest.

Climate Change Making Southwest Hotter

A UA professor lays out the changes for congressional committee.
James P. Beene was named to the Arizona Supreme Court by Gov. Doug Ducey in April 2019.

Ducey Names New Arizona Supreme Court Justice

The governor has named his fourth justice to the high court.

Arizona Utility Finally Comes Clean About Political Spending

APS spent millions of dollars on the election for the commission that regulates it.
Guatemalan father with his 5 year old daughter. It took father and daughter almost two weeks to get to the Arizona border. They are asylum seekers staying at a temporary shelter opened by the City of Tucson to relieve the overflow of migrants at Tucson shelters. (April 18, 2019)

The City of Tucson Offers Hope to Migrants in Need

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Go backstage at Tucson High Magnet School to preview "Our Border Town"; Tucson poet laureate TC Tolbert receives grant from the Academy of American Poets; And, what would you do with the blessing of extra time to be alive?

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