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File image of equipment in a trauma room at a hospital in Tucson.

Year of Medicaid ‘unwinding’ cuts 600,000, but renews nearly 2 million on state’s rolls

Apr 27, 2024 According to Medicaid, the expiration of continuous enrollment that happened during the pandemic is the “single largest health coverage transition since the first open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act.”
Better understanding the motivations of top-dollar donors.

The Buzz: Where do campaigns get their money?

Apr 26, 2024 We look at two top-of-the-ballot races for their Arizona donations
A screenshot of Arizona's new reproductive rights website.

Hobbs and Mayes launches reproductive rights website

Apr 26, 2024 The website works to clarify and connect Arizonans to abortion access both in and out of state.
Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan (4), right, catches a touchdown pass in front of UCLA defensive back John Humphrey during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Tucson, Ariz. One of the highest-rated recruits in program history two years ago, McMillan has lived up to the hype.

Pac-12 players to watch as the conference gets ready to splinter across the country

Apr 26, 2024 The Pac-12 will splinter apart before fall camp starts, with all but two teams heading to new conferences.
Students walk along the mall on the campus of the University of Arizona. From August, 2019.

UA releases budget cuts to academic units

Apr 25, 2024 The savings from the cuts are expected to rid the university of its deficit in the next fiscal year.
Two protestors hold Palestinian flags at a rally on the University of Arizona Campus on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

University of Arizona students join nationwide Pro-Palestine protests

Apr 25, 2024 Hundreds of students have been arrested across the country for campus demonstrations.
Migrants wait to be processed by border patrol outside of Lukeville, Arizona, on Dec. 5, 2023.

New report shows that migration worldwide has rebounded since the pandemic

Apr 25, 2024 The report says the world is entering an age of disruption for human mobility, with impacts that are hard to predict.
Red Butte in Coconino County, Wednesday, Aug. 30. Known as "Wii'i Gdwiisa," in Havasupai, the sacred grounds are protected under President Joe Biden's Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni- Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Native tribes file to dismiss lawsuit threatening Grand Canyon National Monument

Apr 25, 2024 Conservations groups joined the tribes in filing to intervene in the case.
Joined by the state Legislative Women's Caucus and advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif., to announce legislation that would help Arizona women access abortions. The proposal would circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona by allowing Arizona doctors to give their patients abortions in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

Apr 24, 2024 It would apply only to doctors licensed in good standing in Arizona and their patients, and last only through the end of November.
Postal bins with tags for ballots in the 2020 general election.

Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020

Apr 24, 2024 Seven others were indicted, but their names were blacked out of records released by Attorney General Kris Mayes.
George Alan Kelly during opening statements, on March 22, 2024, at trial where he's being charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault.

Family of slain migrant still seeks justice after mistrial

Apr 24, 2024 The Mexican consul in Nogales says the family of a Mexican man killed on the property of Nogales rancher George Alan Kelly is still hoping for justice, after the case ended in a mistrial.
A view of the dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

AZ House approves repeal of near-total abortion ban

Apr 24, 2024 The bill now heads to the Senate.
Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo has hinted at moving the Roadrunners to Tempe, drawing concern from the Tucson hockey community.

With Arizona Coyotes leaving, relocation talk clouds Roadrunners’ future in Tucson

Apr 24, 2024 Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo mentioned on Thursday his plan to move the AHL Tucson Roadrunners to Arizona State’s Mullet Arena during an interview with Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

Company hired to help find next UA president

Apr 23, 2024 The company helped find the current NAU president.
Passengers at Tucson International Airport wait to pick up their luggage in baggage claim. August 2020.

March was Tucson Airport’s highest travel month since 2008

Apr 23, 2024 TIA saw nearly 400,000 passengers last month.
Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover “a substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business. The company said Monday, April 22, 2024 after markets closed that it sees no signs that doctor charts or full medical histories were released after the attack.

UnitedHealth says wide swath of patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack

Apr 23, 2024 UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a "substantial portion of people in America" may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business.

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