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A special agent overlooks the Shiprock land formation on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The reservation, the largest in the country, is one of about 200 federally recognized Indian reservations where the FBI has investigative responsibilities.

Navajo Nation president asks for leniency for federal death row inmate

Aug 11, 2020 Lezmond Mitchell is the sole Native American under a federal death sentence in the United States.
Newspaper classified listings.

State unsure what to do with president’s unemployment order

Aug 9, 2020 How and when the money will be available in Arizona is a question.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA will start furloughs Monday, despite pushback

Aug 7, 2020 President Robbins said other cost-cutting measures will be explored to deal with a potential $250 million deficit.
Arizona National Guard service member directs visitor traffic at COVID-19 testing site in Tonalea, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation May 19, 2020.

Feds to cover full cost of AZ's National Guard pandemic work

Aug 7, 2020 The Trump administration will increase the amount Arizona receives.
A group of about 100 people protest enforcement of SB 1070 outside of the Tucson Police Department in downtown Tucson in 2013.

Looking back at SB 1070 a decade later

Aug 7, 2020 Though the infamous “show me your papers” law was partially struck down, it has left a legacy in Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, in 2016.

CBP head defends accelerated border expulsions, blames migrants for increasing COVID-19 risk

Aug 7, 2020 Commissioner Mark Morgan spoke to the media ahead of agency's release of July arrest data.

Arizona primary election results: Pima County races

Aug 4, 2020 Voters cast their ballots in Arizona's primary on Aug. 4.
New citizens take the oath of allegiance at Saguaro National Park at the annual Independence Day citizenship ceremony, July 4, 2018.

Fees for several immigration services to increase

Aug 4, 2020 Facing a $1.2 billion budget shortfall, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is making immigration more costly.
A group hangs out in the shade in Santa Rita Park in Tucson.

Report predicts state homelessness to rise with the unemployment rate

Aug 3, 2020 A 16 to 29% increase in the rate of homelessness in Arizona is possible, if the unemployment rate continues to grow
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva sits for an interview at Arizona Public Media in November 2019.

Rep. Grijalva self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19

Aug 1, 2020 The Southern Arizona congressman said he was not experiencing symptoms.
No More Deaths said since 2004, Byrd Camp has provided aid to migrants crossing through the desert and usually operates without incident. But on the morning of July 30, the group says Border Patrol agents entered the property to arrest a migrant receiving care there. Agents on horseback, in cars and on foot continued to surveil the area surrounding the camp into Friday evening.

Border Patrol agents raid No More Deaths migrant aid camp

Aug 1, 2020 The group says the event is the first of its kind in over a year.
Gov. Doug Ducey at July 30 update on Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ducey says the state's not responsible for covering loss of federal unemployment help

Jul 30, 2020 The federal benefit is set to expire this week, and Ducey says it's up to Congress to act.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved more than 6.6 million people to be citizens in the last decade.

Planned furloughs of USCIS workers delayed

Jul 28, 2020 Furloughs have been rescheduled for the end of August unless emergency funding gets approved, a union steward said.

COVID-19 may distance voters from partisan behavior

Jul 24, 2020 UA political scientist suggests the pandemic will have a lasting impact on the 2020 election cycle.
Quitobaquito pond, July 18, 2020.

'A worst-case scenario': Leaks, dust, water pumping and drought plague Quitobaquito

Jul 23, 2020 Border-hugging spring and its pond are sacred to Hia C-ed O'odham and the Tohono O'odham communities
A sign outside of the Tucson Convention Center.

Tucson OKs convention center as possible COVID-19 field hospital

Jul 22, 2020 The City Council approved a standby plan for up to 250 coronavirus patients if hospitals run out of room.

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