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New citizens take the oath of allegiance at Saguaro National Park at the annual Independence Day citizenship ceremony, July 4, 2018.

Citizenship and Immigration Services averts mass staff furloughs

Aug 26, 2020 The agency says aggressive spending cutbacks have allowed it to stave off a plan furlough more than 13,000 employees.

Arizona unemployment continues to grow

Aug 26, 2020 The unemployment picture is improving nationally, but not in Arizona.

A marquee advertising the Tucson Jazz Festival, 2017.

Rio Nuevo considering financial boost to keep some Tucson events afloat

Aug 26, 2020 A few of the city's popular music and sporting events may get a piece of up to $250,000 in aid.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA slowing its plan to return to campus

Aug 25, 2020 The administration is waiting longer to bring more students back to classrooms.

A haze of smoke from wildfires in the West blankets Tucson skies Aug. 25, 2020.

News roundup: More counties could see businesses reopen, Flake endorses Biden

Aug 25, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 25.

File photo of a crate containing ballots at the Pima County Elections Department.

Secretary of state: Postal Service ready for Arizona's mail-in ballots

Aug 25, 2020 Katie Hobbs says "the capacity is there" to handle an influx of ballots in the upcoming election.

Democrats again grilled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over changes to Postal Service operations that they say have led to reduced service and could threaten mail-in ballots this fall, which DeJoy called a “false narrative” and Republicans called Democratic “misinformation.”

Republicans defend Postal Service, accuse Democrats of scare tactics

Aug 25, 2020 Democrats say the postmaster general's changes have led to reduced service and could threaten mail-in ballots this fall.

One of nine dogs being trained to detect coronavirus in Sonora, Mexico.

Sonora training dogs to detect coronavirus cases

Aug 25, 2020 Nine dogs are in training to sniff out cases of coronavirus at Sonoran hospitals and clinics.

Science fair goes completely virtual for 2021

Aug 24, 2020 SARSEF plans to put 7,000 displays online.

There are approximately 700,000 DACA recipients around the country.

New Citizenship and Immigration Services memo announces the implementation of new DACA guidance

Aug 24, 2020 The announcement follows a series of rule changes outlined by the Trump administration in July.

Then-U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake speaking in Phoenix, 2016.

Former Republican Senator Flake endorses Biden

Aug 24, 2020 The former US Senator said, “decency shouldn’t be that hard.”

File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Education notebook: Invest in Ed back on ballot, UA reopens Monday

Aug 22, 2020 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state, Aug. 22.

#RedforEd protesters descended on the Capitol in the spring of 2018.

Invest in Ed initiative headed for November ballot

Aug 22, 2020 Following legal battles, the Arizona secretary of state certified the Invest in Ed ballot initiative.

News roundup: Boosting voter participation in AZ, opioid crisis continues in pandemic

Aug 21, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 21.

Fentanyl pills seized by the Pima County Sheriff's Department. March 2019.

Arizona’s opioid epidemic under COVID-19

Aug 21, 2020 Arizona 360 looks at how the state's ongoing opioid crisis has developed during the pandemic.

A man and woman walk past a closed building listed for sale in Nogales, Arizona on August 17, 2020.

Travel restrictions at the border strain Nogales’s economy

Aug 21, 2020 But other areas of the city are continuing to grow.

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