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Posted Oct 29, 2020, 2:19 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
The state will make an additional $2 million available for Arizona renters who need assistance paying their rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Doug Ducey announced Wednesday.... Read more»
Posted Oct 15, 2020, 3:04 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
GOP lawmakers who have chafed under fellow Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's use of his emergency powers to combat the COVID-19 outbreak will convene an ad hoc committee tasked with examining that authority and proposing possible limitations to it.... Read more»
Posted Sep 30, 2020, 3:42 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Gov. Doug Ducey plans to acquire 150 body cameras for the Department of Public Safety, the first step in a larger proposal to equip all state troopers with cameras.... Read more»
Posted Jul 15, 2020, 10:44 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Legal advocates are preparing for what could be a tsunami of evictions in the next few weeks when a temporary state ban on most evictions expires. But there is evidence that hundreds of evictions have been filed in violation of a federal ban in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read more»
Posted Jul 3, 2020, 1:33 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona’s failure to contain COVID-19 means the state has the dubious distinction of being the first in the nation’s history to activate crisis standards of care for hospitals, according to a top administrator at the state’s largest hospital system.... Read more»
Posted May 14, 2020, 12:19 pm
Jorge Encinas
/Green Valley News
Pima County has adopted temporary measures for the reopening of restaurants, gyms, pools, spas and venues. The county vote established 15 mandatory health guidelines and two recommendations for restaurants, including allowing outdoor expansions.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 29, 2020, 1:30 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
President Donald Trump and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have questioned whether the federal government should provide aid to state and local governments that are facing massive fiscal problems as they grapple with the COVID-19 crisis, dimming the hopes of governors and mayors who have asked Congress and the White House for financial lifelines.... Read more»
Posted Apr 21, 2020, 1:01 pm
Laura Gómez & Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror
Hundreds of demonstrators demanding an immediate lift of restrictions to blunt the spread of COVID-19 descended on the state Capitol Monday and crowd into the building that houses Gov. Doug Ducey's office.... Read more»
Posted Apr 8, 2020, 11:47 am
Dylan Smith & Beau Hodai/TucsonSentinel.com
Two Arizona prison inmates have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said — one a state prisoner now at a hospital, and another an inmate at a Marana private prison. ADOC has been clearing space in a storage building for a COVID-19 ward.... Read more»
Posted Apr 6, 2020, 8:47 pm
Beau Hodai
/TucsonSentinel.com
Arizona prison officials are prepping storage buildings as potential coronavirus wards, as guards — 300 of whom are on sick leave already — worry about possible outbreaks, and ADOC's policies shift day-by-day.... Read more»
Posted Sep 16, 2019, 5:02 pm
Dylan Smith, A. Nonie Maus, John Behan, Juan D'Orlando & Klumpy the Goat/TucsonSentinel.com
Unmasking a 30-year cover-up (what is F. Ann Rodriguez's first name, anyway?) and who jumps in to take her place? Plus: Revealed: Mayor Rothschild drops the real 5 T's of Tucson, and a great many more rumors and real truths.... Read more»
Posted Sep 3, 2019, 6:36 pm
Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola
/Cronkite News
A new Arizona law requires most professional licensing boards and commissions in the state to accept valid out-of-state licenses for people looking to hang a shingle here.... Read more»
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Posted May 2, 2017, 11:05 am
David Schwartz
/Reuters
Lawmakers have violated the Arizona Constitution by failing to adequately fund school facilities and repairs, according to a lawsuit filed against the state on Monday by school districts and education groups. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2016, 11:55 am
Danika Worthington & Dylan Smith/Cronkite News & TucsonSentinel.com
Rep. Martha McSally’s aggressive fundraising gives her an edge over her competitors in the CD2 House race, but the district will likely still be competitive come November. Even so, national Democratic fundraisers have left Southern Arizona off their list of targeted districts.... Read more»
Posted Sep 19, 2015, 3:27 pm
Tom Blanton
/Cronkite News
When Pope Francis gives a historic address to Congress next week, up to 50,000 people could be standing in a ticketed area of the West Front of the Capitol to watch the speech on large TV screens. Not as many of them will be Arizonans, however, as could be.... Read more»
Posted Jul 20, 2015, 12:33 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
After TucsonSentinel.com reported last week on millions of dollars in errors in the campaign filings of Rep. Martha McSally, the GOP freshman handed in new tallies of her fundraising to federal officials on Monday. While her totals now add up, hundreds of information gaps remain.... Read more»