White House officials announced Monday that they will end the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, contractors and international travelers when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends on May 11. Read more»

I can't speak to life as a transgender kid but their fight is our fight. If you don't think it's yours, you are crazy. A relentless political quest to identify and destroy enemies will go far beyond the rainbow. Read more»

"Unfortunately, just as America’s largest working generation begins to retire, the United States faces the frightening reality that Social Security and Medicare are running out of money, and Washington is running out of time to fix it." — State Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales Read more»

La Universidad de Arizona utilizará una subvención de $1,7 millones para que las sobrevivientes de cáncer de mama y sus parejas practiquen la "meditación de la compasión", investigando si el programa puede aliviar su ansiedad, depresión y sensación de aislamiento. Read more»

A recent New Mexico law prohibiting public entities from interfering with reproductive and gender care access is the latest challenge to abortion access to lean on the Comstock Act of 1873, and recent court rulings in the abortion pill case suggest the dormant law can be applied today. Read more»

Since fiscal year 2012, more than 600,000 migrant children have crossed into the United States by themselves - but once children are released, the lack of health insurance and lack of knowledge about the American medical system makes accessing health care extremely difficult. Read more»

Arizona legislative leaders have asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s ruling that said President Joe Biden had the authority to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers on federal contracts in Arizona. Read more»

Arizona and other states are once again free to verify that Medicaid enrollees are still qualified and cancel coverage if they’re not, and as many as 15 million Americans, including 7 million children, could lose the health coverage they relied on through the pandemic. Read more»

After nearly $1.5 billion in sales in 2022, Arizona’s cannabis market continues to be robust in the first months of 2023, driven by a growing recreational market, with the medical marijuana market remaining in a freefall. Read more»

COVID-19 was not the only killer accounting for an increase in Arizona deaths in 2021: A surge in drunken driving deaths on the state’s highways that year was among the highest in the nation. Read more»

An attempt by Arizona Republicans to rebuke Gov. Katie Hobbs for vetoing a bill aimed at expanding the sale of homemade foods failed after most legislative Democrats sided with her, slamming the move to override her veto as just another effort to undermine her. Read more»

The two Republicans nominated to replace expelled Arizona lawmaker Liz Harris both have strong connections to the conspiracy-pushing lawmaker. Read more»

El área metropolitana de Phoenix es una de las ciudades más contaminadas con ozono en los EE. UU., y las personas de color se ven especialmente afectadas por la contaminación del aire y los problemas de salud que puede causar. Read more»

TUSD's revisions in code of conduct include advice from district staff and parents about what kinds of consequences should be meted out for certain infractions. So much for the culture war. Parents and staff are largely simpatico. Plus, news about other local government meetings this week. Read more»

The Pima County Board of Supervisors plans spend $180,000 from a multi-million dollar settlement with drug manufacturers to purchase and distribute Narcan, "blanketing" the area with the medication that can reverse otherwise fatal opioid overdoses. Read more»