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Stories by Lisa Diethelm
Posted Jul 29, 2020, 1:12 pm
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law on July 26, 1990. It prohibited discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, transportation and more for the disabled community.... Read more»
Posted Jul 13, 2020, 5:10 pm
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
At a time when some Native American communities continue to struggle with the most basic needs, tribal leaders Wednesday called it “an outrage” that tribes had to wait months for coronavirus relief funds.... Read more»
Posted Jul 1, 2020, 10:10 am
Lisa Diethelm, Farah Eltohamy & Ellie Borst/Cronkite News
The number of new COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation is on a downward trend, but tribal leaders said Tuesday that does not mean they are ready to ease up on health restrictions.... Read more»
Posted Jun 28, 2020, 1:19 pm
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
Arizonans will face a 14-day quarantine if they travel to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut, whose governors announced the restriction Wednesday to keep people from COVID-19 “hot spots” from bringing the infection with them.... Read more»
Posted Jun 24, 2020, 9:43 am
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
As President Donald Trump was hailing the pace of border wall construction Tuesday, Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. was bemoaning it as a project that continues “to destroy … sacred sites.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 9, 2020, 1:44 pm
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
Congressional Democrats unveiled a sweeping police reform bill Monday that would ban the use of chokeholds and make it easier to hold officers accountable, a bill that one Arizona police group blasted as “one-sided” and “disappointing.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 4, 2020, 12:20 pm
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
With the Republican National Committee actively seeking new homes for its August convention, some in Arizona are angling for the state to get in line with the long list of other potential suitors.... Read more»
Posted May 27, 2020, 1:20 pm
Lisa Diethelm
/Cronkite News
Memorial Day weekend crowds that one official said were “off the charts” at Arizona vacation spots have health experts worried that tourist behavior could lead to an increase of COVID-19 of cases.... Read more»