ICE ramps up arrests, including 67 in Arizona, after lull from COVID-19
WASHINGTON - ICE this week touted the arrest of more than 2,000 immigrants, 67 of them in Arizona, in a five-week nationwide sweep as the agency recovers from a dip in apprehensions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts fear pandemic could spur dramatic spike in homelessness
A July report by University of Arizona researchers predicts the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic shutdown could increase homelessness in the state by 16% to 42%. But experts also say the pandemic could be an opportunity to find a way to actually prevent, mitigate and solve homelessness.
Youth of color disproportionately represented in the justice system
Youth across the country commit the same types of crime, but disparities affecting young people of color have continued to grow.
Rio Salado restoration efforts get boost with federal ‘partnership’ designation
WASHINGTON - Federal officials on Tuesday named a 58-mile stretch of the Lower Salt and Gila rivers an Urban Waters Federal Partnership location, a designation that could bring millions in funding to efforts to revitalize the stressed Valley waterway.
Payroll ‘holiday’ begins, but it’s not clear that anyone’s celebrating
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's payroll tax holiday started Tuesday, but no one involved with the program could say how many businesses will actually participate in the voluntary program, and how many workers might be affected.
Panama confronts human traffickers where a major migration route bottlenecks
Migrants are increasingly paying organized criminal groups to take them through Central America and Mexico and into the U.S. illegally.
Native youth navigate complex, contradictory jurisdictions
Burdened by generations of historical trauma, Native youth navigate a convoluted justice system that few other children face.
Officials take steps to head off flu, as state continues COVID-19 fight
WASHINGTON - State officials Monday laid out a plan for "aggressively" combating the upcoming influenza season as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, with the first step being to urge people to get a flu shot as soon as possible.
Threatened American Airlines layoffs leave Arizona employees anxious
WASHINGTON - American Airlines' announcement that it could furlough up to 19,000 workers on Oct. 1 has left the airline's roughly 10,000 employees in Arizona worried, but hopeful the state can avoid the worst of the cuts.
Suicide may run in the family. A closer look at genetic risk.
For decades, researchers have looked to human genetics for linkages to mental illness. Patterns of inheritance are murky, but it is clear that “stuff runs in families,” says Dr. Douglas Gray, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Suicide hotline offers young people hope, chance to talk with peers
PHOENIX – Teens help by hotline during times of high stress.
‘Super-predator’ legacy: How children end up in the adult justice system
Tens of thousands of kids are prosecuted as adults each year, and some serve out their sentences in adult prisons.
