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October 28, 2020

For months, Rochelle Chee diligently went to the Phoenix Indian Medical Center for prenatal checkups.

She knew a midwife and other staff there well and felt confident in the idea of going to the facility to deliver her first baby, who was growing big, in the 90th percentile for his gestational age.

That's why the Navajo woman was shocked when, at 40 weeks pregnant, she learned the hospital had shut down its obstetrics services with no prior notice.


October 23, 2020

With the election just days away, Cronkite News is profiling candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot.

How would you rate Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic?

"We've had almost close to 6,000 people die in the state of Arizona – that's unacceptable. … I'm pretty angry about it because it didn't have to happen."

Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been poor, and it was mishandled from the start, he said.

"We fell weeks behind at the very beginning."


October 23, 2020

Liz Archuleta is a Coconino County Supervisor and the Arizona Spokesperson for HECHO (Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors)

Arizona has been home to five generations of my family. I am the fourth generation and am proud of our long history of protecting public lands and natural treasures.


October 21, 2020

More than $2.8 million owed to residents of Arizona's Ninth Congressional District by the federal government has been returned to its rightful owners since freshman Rep. Greg Stanton took office.


October 16, 2020

Rep. Greg Stanton led members of the Arizona Congressional delegation in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling for a 30-day extension of the comment period for a proposed U.S. Department of Homeland Security rule that would impact Arizona's higher education institutions. The comment period is scheduled to close Oct. 26.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Ruben Gallego and Tom O'Halleran also signed onto the letter.


October 16, 2020

Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives two years ago by winning competitive districts like the Southeast Michigan seat now represented by U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and the Nevada seat now held by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee.


October 15, 2020

Congressman Greg Stanton today thanked Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council for making a $10.5 million investment to secure a new facility for US VETS-Phoenix, which currently houses 187 veterans experiencing homelessness in the Valley.

Stanton worked with Gallego to help find a solution for US VETS, which is being forced to relocated from its current location in central Phoenix.


October 13, 2020

Eight members of Congress are calling on the Small Business Administration to investigate whether the operator of a luxury Santa Monica hotel and dozens of other properties properly spent tens of millions of dollars in pandemic relief funding.

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October 5, 2020

As wildfires flare across the West, Arizona's congressional leaders are calling once again on the federal government to press forward on an ambitious plan to reduce forest fires in the state.


October 2, 2020

Funeral services celebrating the life of one of the last living original Tuskegee Airman in Arizona took place Friday morning at the World War II memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza at the Capitol.

George Washington Biggs, a Nogales native, died at the age of 95 in a Tucson senior care facility on Sept. 19, according to his daughter Rose Dickerson-Biggs. He served in World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War.