Fronteras Desk News
Local officials say they are seeing high numbers of asylum seekers being brought to Tucson, and are again looking for donations to help.
Oct. 12, 2022
Unpublished data shared with CBS shows more than 17,000 Afghans are currently waiting to hear back about applications for various forms of protection in the U.S.
Oct. 12, 2022
Among positive trends, there are signs of continued economic recovery from pandemic lows, as well as jumps in exports.
Oct. 11, 2022
The increasing marginalization of the party is put into starker relief by the fact that Sonora was the home state of party founder and former president Plutarco Elias Calles.
Oct. 11, 2022
A Tucson girl was briefly denied her arthritis medication late last month, just as a near-total ban on abortions was ruled enforceable. The medication, called methotrexate, can be used in higher doses to treat ectopic pregnancies by inducing an abortion.
Oct. 11, 2022
The Phoenix City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution that would direct local law enforcement to deprioritize abortion-ban enforcement. If passed, Phoenix would be the second Arizona city to adopt such a resolution.
→ Phoenix abortion provider 'thrilled' at latest ruling
→ Phoenix abortion provider 'thrilled' at latest ruling
Oct. 10, 2022
While one of the lower figures nationwide, Sonora still showed a very high impunity rate — 83.5% — and an even higher murder impunity rate of 96.4%.
Oct. 10, 2022
The filing comes shortly after a federal judge dismissed another suit against U.S. gun manufacturers.
Oct. 10, 2022
There’s been a growing movement to shift Columbus Day back to the Indigenous peoples. To learn about some of their contributions to American culture, The Show spoke with author and curandera, Felicia Ruiz.
Oct. 10, 2022
State police, joined by the National Guard and military, broke up the tolls, and made 27 arrests.
Oct. 7, 2022
However, Union Pacific, which owns the line north of the border in Arizona, says that it has "no plans on its own to move the track."
Oct. 7, 2022
Friends and colleagues are mourning Tom Meixner, the University of Arizona professor who was killed in Tucson on Wednesday. They say he was a caring human being and respected scientist, known for tackling some of Arizona’s most critical issues.
Oct. 6, 2022
Researchers from Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona are collaborating with the Cocopah Indian Tribe to assess environmental health issues at a Head Start and day care facility. Concerns include possible air and water pollution from surrounding areas.
Oct. 6, 2022
In 2018, an 18-state study showed how suicide unduly affects American Indian or Alaska Native populations. More recently, a CDC study of 49 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia found the trend is worsening.
Oct. 5, 2022
A case arguing DACA was illegally created under the Obama administration had made its way to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday, the 5th Circuit sent that case back to the lower court it came from in Texas.
Oct. 5, 2022
Some are concerned that what was intended to be a temporary situation is becoming less so.
Oct. 5, 2022
That's despite the city having a high rate of housing affordability.
Oct. 5, 2022
Methotrexate is a cheap, effective drug used to treat rheumatic conditions. It's also used in high doses to treat ectopic pregnancies by inducing an abortion. Last month, Dr. Deborah Power's 14-year-old arthritis patient was refused the medicine at a pharmacy in Tucson.
Oct. 5, 2022
Businesses that signed on will receive licenses that ease the importing of food and other inputs, but also committed to things like not raising the cost of corn flour in coming months.
Oct. 4, 2022
The digital rights group R3D and several media organizations are reporting that at least two journalists and a human rights defender had their phones infected with the controversial spyware known as Pegasus.
Oct. 4, 2022
