News roundup: Pentagon cancels border wall contracts, Biden raises refugee cap

May 3, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 3.

Phoenix-area businessman Jim Lamon declares for Senate

May 3, 2021 The first Republican has announced a run for Senate.

Save Oak Flat Act has passed out of U.S. House committee

May 3, 2021 The act has passed through the committee along party lines and will next go to the House floor.

UA shifts all COVID-19 vaccines indoors

May 3, 2021 The vaccine pod is expected to close by the end of June.

Pentagon cancels border wall contracts funded by Department of Defense, return unused funds

May 1, 2021 The Trump administration diverted roughly $10 billion from the Department of Defense to fund the wall.

Education notebook: Federal funding comes to Tucson, UA moves toward clean energy

May 1, 2021 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

TUSD makes plans to replace buses using federal aid

May 1, 2021 The district will receive over $70 million in ESSER funds

News roundup: Look inside temporary migrant shelter, FEMA vaccine sites coming to Tucson

Apr 30, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 30.

Body-positive initiative grows at UA

Apr 30, 2021 The program is responding to increasing issues of self-esteem during the pandemic.

Overdose deaths set record in 2020

Apr 30, 2021 Opioids were part of 70% of the deaths.

New report looks into water insecurity in tribal lands across Colorado River Basin

Apr 30, 2021 A new report shows when it comes to clean water, its race that best predicts the haves and have nots.

Temporary migrant shelters, immigration policies, 2020 census results

Apr 30, 2021 Plus, a discussion with the new director of Arizona's Department of Homeland Security

Tour of Tucson’s temporary tent shelter for unaccompanied minors

Apr 30, 2021 Customs and Border Protection hosted an open house for the public

Sonoran shelter at Arizona border aids migrants with active MPP cases

Apr 30, 2021 Tony Paniagua visited a facility in Nogales, Sonora

News roundup: New Border Patrol facility ready, Tucson rep tests positive for COVID

Apr 29, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 28.

Border Patrol's soft-sided facility for migrants readies for operation in Tucson

Apr 29, 2021 A similar structure became operational in Yuma earlier this month.

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