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University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Learning about COVID-19: Science, false positives and vigilance

How changes in scientific advice reflect the learning curve of the pandemic.
Terri Rice with Adult Loss of Hearing Association demonstrates how to wear a mask she designed to increase lip reading abilities.

PPE needs of those with disabilities during pandemic, education for all

One woman creates masks to ease communication as nonprofits emphasize the struggles of people with disabilities during the pandemic
A student participating in a class online during the pandemic.

How schools respond differently as benchmarks come into view

Arizona Daily Star reporter Danyelle Khmara speaks about hybrid teaching and education for students with disabilities.
Lorraine Rivera and J.J. Rico, the executive director of the [Arizona Center for Disability Law, discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 among other challenges for people with disabilities during the pandemic on Arizona 360.

Reflection on legal protections for those with disabilities during the pandemic

Plus, advocates confront beliefs about people with disabilities, citing changes in work norms.
Adults in the Tucson Jewish Community Center's day program for people with disabilities swimming at the J Sept. 3, 2020.

JCC continues to provide services during pandemic despite loss

How the pandemic has affected its child care program, distance learning students and adults with disabilities.
Terri Rice with Adult Loss of Hearing Association speaking with participants in a Zoom discussion group.

Pandemic through disability services, legal protections and education

Plus, how false positives and vigilant masking depict the evolution of COVID-19 science.
UA wildcat sculpture sports a mask, July 2020

Episode 249: Effective messaging about COVID-19

Ways to relay information that can keep new COVID-19 outbreaks from happening.
An unemployment insurance claims office.

Federal unemployment supplement dries up in Arizona

The payments tapping FEMA funds only lasted six weeks.

Race underway for Corporation Commission, Arizona's 'fourth branch of government'

The Arizona Corporation Commission, which regulates utilities, pipelines and securities, has three open seats this fall.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News Roundup: Indigenous activists arrested at protest, Pima County residents can text 911

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Sept. 10.
A Hia-Ced O'odham protester sits inside a vehicle to block construction on a stretch of border wall going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Sept. 9, 2020.

Indigenous activists arrested in demonstration against border wall construction near Quitobaquito Springs

Two O'odham protesters were arrested for impeding construction in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Pima County residents can now text 911 for help

Messages to 911 sent via text will be handled with the same priority as phone calls.
Experts say signs like this one could become more common this fall, as state and national moratoriums on evictions in the face of COVID-19 are lifted. Arizona already has one of the highest rates of housing losses in the nation, a new report says.

Report: Arizona had highest ‘housing loss’ rate; more evictions coming

Trends in Arizona do not bode well for the fall, experts said, as drivers of housing loss are are amplified by the pandemic.
Many shops in Hermosillo's downtown have reopened in recent weeks, and most walking around sported face masks.

Sonora among hardest hit by excess deaths during COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico

Sonora saw the fourth highest jump in excess deaths among the states analyzed.
Frontline: Growing Up Poor in America

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The exterior of the AC Marriott Hotel in downtown Tucson. The hotel is one of many downtown that have taken advantage of the GPLET tax incentive.

Tucson mayor and council rethinking development tax incentives

The mayor and council on Wednesday delayed the renewal of the city's central business district.

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