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A voter displays their "I Voted Early in Pima County" sticker.

Pascua Yaqui leaders call on county officials to help reinstate early voting site

Sep 2, 2020 No matter who supports their cause, it's the Pima County recorder who decides where early voting locations go.

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.
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.”
A voting location sign at the University of Arizona, 2018.

Getting out the vote ahead of the November election

Aug 21, 2020 Arizona is a battleground state this year, and multiple groups are working to register as many voters as possible.
A Pima County vote-by-mail envelope.

Arizona’s long history with voting by mail

Aug 21, 2020 Arizona voters have cast ballots by mail for nearly three decades.
An image of the group of Cuban asylum seekers and the letter they sent from the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy.

Asylum seekers describe self-harm, faulty COVID-19 response at ICE detention center

Aug 20, 2020 As a federal report faults ICE's complaint-handling process in detention, a letter from Eloy describes a facility on the brink.
A voter displays their "I Voted Early in Pima County" sticker.

Arizona attorney general won't investigate election law complaint about Trump

Aug 19, 2020 Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' complaint alleged the Trump administration violated election law regarding ballot delays.

AZ weekly unemployment shows slight increase

Aug 18, 2020 After a few weeks of dropping, the unemployment numbers are on the rise.
Arizona National Guard service member directs visitor traffic at COVID-19 testing site in Tonalea, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation May 19, 2020.

Stay-at-home order lifted as Navajo Nation starts reopening

Aug 18, 2020 Much of the Navajo Nation has been closed since March as the coronavirus swept through the reservation.
Demonstrators at the 2019 Tucson Women's March carry signs reading "MMIW" ("missing and murdered Indigenous women") and "no more stolen sisters."

Cold case office for missing and murdered Indigenous peoples opens in Phoenix

Aug 14, 2020 The office is one of seven connected to a national MMIP task force called Operation Lady Justice.
Newspaper classified listings.

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.
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.
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.

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.
Republican Martha McSally, left, and Democrat Mark Kelly.

Gap in U.S. Senate race narrows

Aug 11, 2020 Five points now separate the candidates in Arizona’s U.S. Senate campaign.
Vice President Mike Pence campaigns in Tucson. August 11,2020

Pence Campaigns in Arizona

Aug 11, 2020 The Vice President stopped in Tucson to get the endorsement of the Arizona Police Association.

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