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Protestors gathered at the Centennial Pavilion stage in Veteran's Memorial Park in Sierra Vista to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. July 2, 2022

Protests continue over holiday weekend

People protesting the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade were out across the country including in Tucson and Sierra Vista.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Arizona AG will ask court to lift injunction on state abortion ban

Brnovich says law banning abortion is back in effect following Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Protesters lined Congress St. after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade on June 24th, 2022.

Tucson greets Roe reversal with protests

The crowd blocked Congress St and several intersections downtown.
A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Planned Parenthood stops abortions in Arizona after Supreme Court decision

Arizona's abortion laws could end up in a legal limbo.
Vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Tucson. January 2021.

Arizona ready for kids' COVID shots

Tens of thousands of doses are on the way to the state.
Gov. Doug Ducey delivers the annual State of the State address online due to COVID-19. Jan. 11, 2021

Ducey tests positive for COVID-19

He cancels border trip and meeting with Pence.
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COVID risks up in Arizona

The CDC has raised the transmission rates for many Arizona counties.
City of Tucson's council chambers in downtown.

Tucson City Council passes resolution supporting abortion rights

The resolution is in advance of an expected U-S Supreme Court ruling.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

COVID numbers rising in Arizona

The number of new COVID cases in Pima County has topped more than 1,000 for the second week in a row.
Badge of the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Department of Corrections hires controversial private health care company

The department is still involved in a lawsuit over allegations that it provided unconstitutional levels of health care.
A nurse pushes a patient in a wheelchair.

Arizona regulators skipped inspections of long-term care facilities

Auditor general says state regulators wrongly downgraded complaints including severe allegations, such as sexual assault and neglect.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

COVID numbers rising in Pima County

The county government announced Wednesday it is changing the vaccination rules for employees.
A woman fills out a ballot at a polling place inside Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Aug. 4, 2020.

Abortion rights group files longshot Arizona initiative bid

The group needs to collect more than 356,000 signatures from registered voters in a little over seven weeks.
Governor Doug Ducey speaking with attendees at the 2018 Arizona Technology Innovation Summit at the Camby Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.

Two more bills targeting COVID rules head to Ducey's desk

The GOP-led Senate voted to block the state from ever adding a COVID-19 vaccine to the list of inoculations schoolchildren must receive to attend public school.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona health agency: State's pandemic toll passes 30,000

According to the federal Centers Disease Control and Prevention, Arizona’s death toll ranks 11th highest among states.
Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona.

Universities partnering to end addiction

The University of Arizona and Oklahoma State University are working together to combat pain and addiction.

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