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A row of empty lockers in a hallway at Marana Middle School.

Education notebook: Schools face financial troubles due to pandemic

Oct 31, 2020 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

News roundup: Election day nears in battleground Arizona

Oct 30, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 30.

Your Vote 2020 election special

Oct 30, 2020 Arizona 360 presents an hour-long edition exploring top issues and races ahead of Election Day.
A Maricopa County voter turns in an early ballot on Oct. 26, 2020.

Parties getting out the vote in Maricopa County

Oct 30, 2020 The county is key to candidates' victory in the state.
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs interviews with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera on Oct. 26, 2020.

Arizona elections chief on preparedness at the polls

Oct 30, 2020 Secretary of State Katie Hobbs anticipates record turnout for the general election.
Guadalupe Canyon is a remote, rugged area in the Southwest where the Trump administration is currently racing to complete construction of a border wall.

In Arizona, building a wall — and destroying a canyon

Oct 30, 2020 In a mountain range too steep to cross, the Department of Homeland Security is spending millions of dollars on five miles of border wall.
An image composite of campaign signs for U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Mark Kelly and Republican incumbent Martha McSally.

Moderate voters gave Democrats an Arizona Senate seat in 2018. Will they do it again?

Oct 30, 2020 To some voters, Joe Biden and Mark Kelly are more reminiscent of John McCain than their Republican opponents.
University of Arizona linguistics professor Sonja Lanehart discussed the way African American women use language in her lecture for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 2020 lecture series.

Lecture series examines ‘Woman Power’

Oct 30, 2020 The fall talks at the UA touched upon the way women wield power in language, family life and their communities.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stows the TAGSAM collection head after gathering samples from the surface of the asteroid Bennu, Oct. 29, 2020

OSIRIS-REx stows its asteroid sample earlier than planned

Oct 29, 2020 The decision was made when the team determined they had plenty of material, which was leaking from the collection head.
A backlog at USCIS means has meant many immigrants who planned to be first-time voters in this year's election won't get that chance.

USCIS backlog hampers voting for immigrants still awaiting citizenship

Oct 29, 2020 Some 300,000 immigrants won't become citizens in time for Nov. 3
Kids at school.

Arizona officials split on school guidance

Oct 29, 2020 When should Arizona schools stop in person learning?
A file image of two students walking on a campus in Pima County.

TUSD enrollment decline puts finances in jeopardy

Oct 29, 2020 The district has lost nearly 6% of students this year, which could mean a loss of millions of dollars of funding.
Two women fill out their ballots at a polling place in Pima County.

Dems make big voter registration gains in AZ, but GOP still leads

Oct 29, 2020 Democrats are the second-most popular political group for the first time since 2010.
A view of downtown Tucson.

News roundup: Border wall and wildlife corridors, COVID-19 mouth rinse sampling

Oct 29, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 29.
An epidemiologist says a new method of COVID-19 sampling uses salt water to collect material from the back of the throat, the same place where a nasal swab would capture cells.

New COVID sampling method as easy as gargling mouthwash

Oct 29, 2020 The newly developed method is in its preliminary stages and has been tried on the UA campus.
A screenshot of Arizona State University Indian Legal Clinic's poll and voting location locator for voters living in tribal lands.

Tool helps voters locate polling sites in tribal lands

Oct 29, 2020 The ASU Indian Legal Clinic says the poll locator tool meets a need for Indigenous voters who don't have standard addresses.

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