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Arizona plans to use federal unemployment supplement, but not add to it

Aug 14, 2020 A presidential order would add $300 dollars to state unemployment benefits.
A construction site at Tucson's historic Benedictine Monastery on June 11, 2020.

Arizona construction contracts on the rise despite pandemic

Aug 14, 2020 Contracting revenue is up 20% from last year.
The intersection of Fifth Avenue and Congress Street in downtown Tucson, 2017.

As Congress stalls on another stimulus bill, a look back at the last round of federal aid

Aug 14, 2020 Many businesses have struggled since the start of the pandemic, but federal funds have helped some.
Still image from the Aug. 11, second rehearsal of the OSIRIS-REx mission’s sample collection event at the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx completes successful rehearsal above asteroid's surface

Aug 13, 2020 The mission is scheduled to collect a sample of material from the asteroid Bennu in October.
Central Tucson from Sentinel Peak.

News roundup: A closer look at PPP loans in AZ, experts say asylum change wouldn't protect public health

Aug 13, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 13.
A wildcat statue at the University of Arizona sports a custom mask. July 2020.

UA President Robbins optimistic about university COVID-19 test results

Aug 13, 2020 In a media briefing, Robbins also defended the UA's purchase of for-profit Ashford University.
An open sign hangs in the window of a business in Patagonia.

Nearly 20,000 Arizona businesses received federal PPP loans

Aug 13, 2020 Construction and health care companies were some of the biggest beneficiaries.
A view of Hermosillo, Sonora

Sonoran capital Hermosillo further loosens COVID-19 restrictions

Aug 13, 2020 The city is lifting a curfew on vehicle travel and allowing many nonessential businesses to reopen at reduced capacity.
Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

Improving Arizona COVID-19 trends could drive testing declines, complacency

Aug 13, 2020 Experts say states need higher testing rates to gauge and improve COVID-19 responses.
A Mexican Red Cross volunteer offers medicine to a woman waiting to make a request for asylum outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Health experts: Proposed asylum change would fail to protect both public health and human rights

Aug 13, 2020 The proposed policy change would allow officials to turn away migrants deemed at risk of spreading disease.

Covid Watch app part of UA reentry plan

Aug 13, 2020 The smartphone app aids in contact tracing.
The Bacanora Museum in the town after which the agave spirit is named, in Sonora, Mexico.

Sonora eases path for bacanora producers to sell products locally

Aug 13, 2020 A change allows authorized Bacanora producers to sell in shops for regional products without first having to obtain an expensive license.
More than 470,000 Arizonans have filed for unemployment in the last six weeks. New expanded jobless benefits begin in May, but advocates worry it won’t be enough to offset the massive damage from the coronavirus.

News roundup: Drop in unemployment payments, Senate race tightens

Aug 12, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 12.

Arizona unemployment payments see large drop

Aug 12, 2020 Last week was the first week that people on unemployment did not get a $600 federal addition.
Dozens of supporters of the reform measure showed up to the hearing where it was introduced in 2019. The sign in the center reads, "Love is love."

LGBTQ groups pressure Sonoran congress on marriage equality

Aug 12, 2020 An advocate says barriers to marriage make same-sex couples even more vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of Medicaid recipients in Arizona rose to more than 2 million this summer, after a five-month surge that mirrored the impact of COVID-19. Experts said the increase was not as large as they had feared, but also said there’s no way to predict what happens next.

Arizona Medicaid recipients topped 2 million after five-month surge

Aug 12, 2020 The surge follows skyrocketing unemployment in the state, as COVID-19 shutdowns have shuttered industries.

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