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Arizona State University and four former members of its football coaching staff have reached an agreement with the NCAA on penalties for impermissible in-person contact with recruits during the COVID-19 dead period.
A team of researchers at ASU looking at a series of data points related to the coronavirus pandemic has published its modeling data online. The data tracks the progress of COVID-19 infections in Arizona and how the state compares to the rest of the country.
May 20, 2020
Representatives returned to the Arizona House floor May 19, and political divisions in how lawmakers believe they should proceed were immediately clear. Though members of both parties were present, they did not agree on whether they should be there or what precautions they should take.
May 20, 2020
The summer travel season is underway. But with the impact of COVID-19 on air and train travel and most states in some sort of process of reopening, more Americans are trying to figure out just how far away from home they’re comfortable with going.
May 20, 2020
Right now, as states begin to reopen, officials are weighing the good of the economy versus the good of public health. And, when you look at history, Peter Mancall says the economy usually wins out over saving lives.
May 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools across Arizona to rethink their teaching methods. Some schools turned to Zoom and virtual group teaching, but the Flagstaff Unified School District took a different approach.
May 20, 2020
Some cities across the Valley are reopening their public facilities, but not Arizona’s largest. Phoenix leaders are looking for more information before they decide whether to reopen libraries and recreation centers. During Tuesday’s meeting, the City Council looked at proposed metrics that could lead to a phased reopening.
→ List Of Phoenix-Area Cities And Where They Are On Reopening
→ List Of Phoenix-Area Cities And Where They Are On Reopening
May 20, 2020
A bill sponsored by Rep. Michelle Udall would allocate a portion of federal funding given to Arizona during the pandemic to help child care facilities. Udall wants to take $88 million of Arizona’s portion of the CARES Act to provide child care centers with forgivable loans.
May 19, 2020
The COVID-19 virus attacks regardless of any nationality. And the Mexican government is reporting hundreds of its nationals sick in the U.S and nearly 1,000 dead.
May 19, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic gave the Mexican government an opportunity to push for some changes on the renewable energy market. And some fear this could bring higher rates, less investment and more state control.
May 19, 2020
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is keeping the southwestern border with Mexico closed to non-essential travel. The border closure that started two months ago will now go on indefinitely, according to a Homeland Security Department announcement.
May 19, 2020
Day cares and preschools are starting to reopen across Arizona as many parents head back to work and need someone to take care of their kids. But how do you social distance with little kids? How do you keep toddlers from touching their faces?
May 19, 2020
The Scottsdale City Council is set to consider the city’s tentative budget for the upcoming fiscal year May 19, and members are likely looking at cuts of at least $25 million due to lost revenue because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 19, 2020
Activists from California were hoping to help put Arizona comfortably in the blue camp by coming here to knock on doors and get up close and personal with voters. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a stop to that, but remote efforts are still being attempted.
May 19, 2020
Arizona Republican lawmakers are moving to make it harder for someone who contracts COVID-19 to sue the business where they believe they were infected or a company that made a device that did not provide the promised protection from the virus.
May 19, 2020
Arizonans who violate the current or future gubernatorial executive orders may no longer face the possibility of getting locked up.
May 19, 2020
Arizona completed its statewide coronavirus testing blitz last weekend, but individuals continue to seek out their own tests. There are a variety of types of tests being conducted and each has pluses and minuses.
→ Arizona Testing Still Lags Behind Other States
→ Arizona Testing Still Lags Behind Other States
May 19, 2020
The Phoenix City Council could vote on a proposed budget Tuesday, and activists are demanding that elected officals find a way to get relief money for undocumented people during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 18, 2020
In a narrow victory for Democrats, the U.S. House on Friday passed an additional $3 trillion coronavirus response package called the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or the HEROES Act, that was introduced earlier in the week.
May 18, 2020
COVID-19 is spreading in Arizona prisons. As of May 18, more than 170 inmates have tested positive and six have died. Sixty-four correctional officers have tested positive. Last week, KJZZ discovered that food workers contracted by the state have tested positive as well.
May 18, 2020
As the state of Arizona and the Grand Canyon reopen, the Navajo Nation clamps down. The tribe emerged Monday from the strictest weekend curfew yet.
May 18, 2020
