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Daily news roundup: Tucson approves budget, police funding, state sets unemployment record

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 22.

Steve Roach in his adopted home, the desert.

Composer Steve Roach believes "The music is the medicine".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How the podcast "Epilogue" tells the story of one woman's suicide, and the family she left behind; plus a very short story about love adrift at sea by Aurelie Sheehan.

Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

Epidemiologist: The goal for COVID-19 testing is speed and access, not absolute numbers

Delays to Arizonans getting test results make it hard to conduct effective contact tracing.

Weekly Arizona unemployment numbers set another record

First-time and continuing claims maintain their climb in Arizona.

Screenshot of Tucson Mayor and City Council July 21, 2020 as they approved the 2020/2021 city budget.

Tucson mayor and City Council approve city budget, leaving police funding nearly flat

During the public hearing the majority of the speakers asked the council to defund the police and use the money for social services.

Organic marijuana being grown at an Arizona farm for processing into medical marijuana.

Poll: Most Arizona voters support legalizing marijuana

A new poll puts support at more than 60% of likely voters.

Daily news roundup: Coronavirus hospitalizations down, teachers protest school reopenings

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 21.

Daily news roundup: Federal unemployment set to run out, immigration issues loom over Washington

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 20.

A woman and child embrace along the border in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora where migrants seeking asylum formed an encampment along the sidewalk as they waited to make formal requests with U.S. Customs officers at the San Luis Port of Entry in December 2018.

COVID-19 closures hit already-backlogged immigration courts

More than a million people are awaiting immigration court hearings nationwide, according to estimates.

DACA supporters gathered outside ICE in Phoenix on June 18, 2020, to celebrate the Supreme Court's ruling to continue the DACA program for now.

US District Court says Trump administration must accept new DACA applications

Policy experts say the administration has failed to comply with the Supreme Court ruling.

Patrons at the Pima County Public Library's downtown Tucson branch use social distancing while waiting in line to use the library's computers on May 29, 2020.

Daily news roundup: Hospital workers on COVID-19 surge, challenges for school districts

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 17.

People wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Kino Sports Complex, in this July 13 courtesy photo from Pima County.

Pima County COVID-19 infection rate below Arizona average

The number of testing sites in the county is increasing.

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

Education notebook: Tucson-area districts' reopening plans, rule for foreign students rescinded

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

Choropleth map showing rate of COVID-19 cases reported/100,000 people over a one-week period ending July 16.

Daily news roundup: Eviction protection extended, record AZ unemployment, nurses' union contract

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 16.

Nurses hold a demonstration in front of Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital on Silverbell Road, Sept. 20, 2019.

Nurses reach contract with St. Joseph's, St. Mary's

It's the first union nursing contract in Arizona.

Arizona is expected to add jobs in the construction sector.

Unemployment sets new record in Arizona

More than a quarter of a million Arizona residents filed for unemployment last week.

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