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COVID-19

May 15, 2020

2 lawmaker restaurateurs take different paths to resuming dine-in

Two lawmakers, who also own restaurants, are handling reopening their businesses in different ways now that Arizona is allowing dine-in services to resume with some guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

May 15, 2020

Masks become symbol of person’s politics, virtue

The Senate served as a microcosm of the nation, where wearing a mask — or not wearing one — has become a political symbol for many.

May 13, 2020

Court rules ballot measures can’t use online signature gathering

Arizona groups still trying to put a measure on the November ballot are going to have to try to get needed signatures the old fashioned face-to-face way despite the COVID-19... […]

May 12, 2020

Corporation Commission, APS can still provide long-term relief

Arizona Public Service recently presented a $16 million proposal to the Arizona Corporation Commission to provide relief on utility bills for APS ratepayers who were financially impacted by the COVID-19... […]

May 8, 2020

Senate calls it quits, leaves House to decide what’s next

The Senate notified the House early Friday afternoon that it had ended its legislative work, ending the session and killing hundreds of bills. The lower chamber has yet to accede to the request, leaving senators in an indefinite recess.

May 8, 2020

A prison sentence should not mean death by COVID-19

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel recently used her position of influence to attempt to distract from the truth of what is happening in our community.

May 8, 2020

Let’s stop distancing ourselves from root causes of systemic failure

This pandemic has the potential to further scar our most vulnerable and limit our students to even more narrow life paths. But the disparities the virus has more clearly revealed also create the opportunity for change.

May 8, 2020

Failure to end home equity theft will deepen virus crisis

With the economy teetering towards a deep recession in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states are taking proactive measures to help their citizens by easing property tax burdens and offering monetary relief.

May 7, 2020

Passage of resolution to overturn Ducey’s order a very long shot

The plan hatched by some of the Legislature’s most vocal conservatives to reopen the state’s economy hinges on a concurrent resolution that would overturn the governor’s emergency declaration.

May 6, 2020

Social distancing, isolation is not part of road to recovery from addiction

Americans have experienced a crash course on the dangerous and frightening nature of a pandemic. But what of the thousands of Americans who have been fighting another epidemic for years, one even deadlier than COVID-19? And what happens when these two epidemics – opioid addiction and coronavirus – collide?

May 5, 2020

Maricopa County considers spreading election over 2 weeks

Arizona's largest county is considering holding up to two weeks of in-person voting in the August primary election to reduce the risk that the coronavirus will spread among people casting ballots.

May 4, 2020

Ducey loosens restrictions on haircuts, dining out

Saying Arizona can handle the projected toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Doug Ducey Monday quickened the pace for his plan to reopen the state.

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