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A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County getting fewer COVID-19 vaccines

The head of the Board of Supervisors is reaching out for more inoculations.
President Joe Biden signs executive orders at his desk in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2021.

US ends deal with Arizona designed to restrict Biden on immigration

Deal was reached in the final days of the Trump adminstration
A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

Arizona wants more people vaccinated against COVID-19

The state wants to increase vaccine outreach efforts.
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona provides food to about 200,000 people each year.

Rights advocates applaud Biden's planned review of public charge rule

The 2019 change made it harder for immigrants to obtain visas and green cards if they used, or might use, government assistance
An empty classroom at Gridley Middle School in Tucson. November 2020.

State's top educator wants steady funding for education

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman wants lawmakers to dip into the rainy-day fund.
A health care worker holds a vial of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

State wants more COVID-19 vaccines used

Health officials want to open more mass vaccination sites.
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Arizona feelings about COVID-19 are based on politics

A new poll shows politics equals COVID reactions in the state.
Janine Petty, deputy state elections director, performs logic and accuracy tests on Pima County's vote tabulation machines on Feb. 18, ahead of the 2020 presidential preference election.

Republicans want to change election verification counts

The mandatory hand count number would be raised.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Lauren Redniss on "Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The hidden history of Tucson's Barnum Hill; living with dementia during the pandemic; and a short story read by Aurelie Sheehan.
Community members travel by bus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona begins second year of COVID-19

Arizona’s first case of the virus was reported a year ago.
A watchtower seen in the distance at the Florence State Prison.

Escaped inmates still on the run

The inmates escaped from a prison in Florence on Saturday.
Arizona State Capitol building.

Proposed changes to Arizona citizen initiative process

Republican legislators want to change what can go in a citizen’s initiative.
The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper Mine.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers weighs its authority over Rosemont Mine

The corps said it would consult with local tribes before making the decision, then it rescinded the invite.
Pima County District 2 Supervisor Matt Heinz during an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera on Jan. 21, 2021.

New supervisor on Huckelberry contract vote, Pima County COVID restrictions

Discussions with District 2 Supervisor Matt Heinz and former Tucson Mayor Tom Volgy.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Arizona’s political landscape in the Biden era

The state is poised to once again enter the national spotlight for its next U.S. Senate election in 2022.

Pima County curfew on hold

A judge put the 10:00 p.m. curfew on hold, for now.

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