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Rows of cots are set up inside the Benedictine Monastery in February 2019. The monastery served as a temporary shelter for migrant families seeking asylum.

Pima County wants state money for migrant transportation

The county wants the state to pay for transporting asylum seekers.

People walk along the Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Kelly and Sinema want feds to pay for National Guard

Arizona’s two U.S. Senators sent a letter to the White House.

News roundup: State nixes FEMA vaccination site plans, planetary scientists look ahead

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 21.

A U.S. flag on the uniform of a member of the National Guard.

Ducey sends National Guard to the border

The Governor issued an emergency declaration for Arizona’s border counties.

News roundup: TUSD could end desegregation order, UA moves vaccination pods indoors

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 20.

News roundup: Biden administration responds to refugee backlash, Ducey bans vaccine passports

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 19.

A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

UA moving vaccination POD indoors

Heat is forcing the shutdown of drive-through vaccinations.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

Ducey bans vaccine passports

Ducey issued an order banning government use of vaccine passports.

Immigrant children rest at a detention facility in Nogales, Arizona in 2014.

New migrant facilities crop up to ease crowding, again

U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

Projections say by late next year Lake Mead could drop to levels that could threaten the ability to generate electricity at Hoover Dam

The shadows of children playing outside at a school in Tucson.

TUSD prepares for ‘full house’ during summer

Citing concerns over learning losses, TUSD expands its summer offerings

A Syrian man carries his baby at a makeshift camp for families displaced from Idlib countryside as a result of the bombing and military operations on Feb. 18, 2020.

Biden administration walks back plan to keep Trump's refugee admissions cap amid backlash

The administration received major blowback after failing to raise a historically=low refugee admissions cap put in place by Trump.

News roundup: New administration brings changes to tribal nations, expert explains COVID variants

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 16.

During a Facebook Live video Feb. 20, 2021, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez greeted patients who had just received a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Tsaile Indian Health Center.

Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 4th day in row

Tribal officials had ordered a lockdown last weekend over fears that a new variant could drive another deadly surge

The exterior of Tucson's Casino Del Sol.

State and tribes sign new gaming compact

More casinos and games will be allowed as part of the new deals.

A group of Tohono O'odham, Hia C-ed O'odham, Pascua Yaqui and their non-Indigenous allies gathered, Sunday, March 8, 2020, beside the pond fed by Quitobaquito Springs to discuss how building the border wall and pumping local groundwater to make cement is harming the area cherished by the local Indigenous peoples.

Tribal nations: changes coming with the American Rescue Plan and a new federal administration

Secretary Deb Haaland discusses national building possibilities funded by the 'largest single investment in Indian Country.'

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