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Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Local responses to a tough economy, school district cancels classes, heat wave bakes SW

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Saturday, Aug. 15.
Newspaper classified listings.

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

A presidential order would add $300 dollars to state unemployment benefits.
Central Tucson from Sentinel Peak.

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

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 13.
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

Many businesses have struggled since the start of the pandemic, but federal funds have helped some.
An open sign hangs in the window of a business in Patagonia.

Nearly 20,000 Arizona businesses received federal PPP loans

Construction and health care companies were some of the biggest beneficiaries.
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

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 12.

Arizona unemployment payments see large drop

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

Five points now separate the candidates in Arizona’s U.S. Senate campaign.
Mattea, Brian Lopez and Los Esplifs represented Arizona is "Arts Across America", an online showcase by the Kennedy Center.

Voices for change represent Arizona in "Arts Across America"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Black in America - A Lived Experience" by Adiba Nelson; and Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 1: Parents Taking Pride.
Vice President Mike Pence campaigns in Tucson. August 11,2020

Pence Campaigns in Arizona

The Vice President stopped in Tucson to get the endorsement of the Arizona Police Association.
Arizona stadium, home field for the University of Arizona Wildcats football team.

PAC-12 cancels fall sports

Member universities including the University of Arizona will shutter their programs until 2021.
One of the spring-fed ponds at the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in October 2019, which sits up against the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border wall groundwater pumping threatens to push endangered species to 'brink of extinction'

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials worry water pumping will deplete the San Bernardino Valley springs and aquifer.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Biden picks Harris for VP, Pence visits Tucson, no UA football this fall

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 11.
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

Lezmond Mitchell is the sole Native American under a federal death sentence in the United States.
With nearly 42,000 incarcerated people, Arizona has one of the largest prison populations in the country.

Prisoners worry as COVID-19 spreads behind bars

More than 500 prisoners at one Tucson unit have tested positive.
People wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Kino Sports Complex, in this July 13 courtesy photo from Pima County.

Local church wants to open free COVID-19 test site

The church must get 50 people to pre-register before the event.

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