Pandemic unemployment relief ends, cutting off 45,000 jobless in …
WEBSep 6, 2021 · The PUA program was approved by Congress in March 2020 to provide financial assistance to people who were unemployed as a result of the impact of COVID-19, but who did not qualify for traditional unemployment benefits. It was extended in March 2021, through last week. People who were eligible for weekly PUA payments could also receive a weekly $300 supplement from the Federal Pandemic ...
Indigenous groups maintain talking circle traditions during COVID …
WEBJun 25, 2021 · More than 1,300 of the reservation’s 170,000 residents have died of COVID-19. Throughout the Southwest, organizations that serve Indigenous communities have worked to keep talking circles alive through the pandemic. Left: Andrea Klimas, the clinical director and a talking circle facilitator at Native American Connections, burns sage in a ...
Two cities tried to fix homelessness, only one succeeded
WEBDec 14, 2020 · HOUSTON — Nearly a decade ago, two U.S. cities with large homeless populations tried to solve their problem by adopting a strategy that prioritized giving people housing and help over temporary shelter. But Houston and San Diego took fundamentally different approaches to implementing that strategy, known as Housing First.
As death rates rise, medical examiners struggle to keep pace with ...
WEBMay 9, 2022 · The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office reported a 26% increase in deaths from 2019 to 2020. While deaths can be expected to rise along with an increase in population, Maricopa County’s population grew just 1.9% in 2020. Dr. Jeff Johnson, chief medical examiner in Maricopa County, said the death rate for the county has stayed high ...
What to know about open carry gun laws in Arizona - Cronkite News
WEBDec 8, 2020 · For residents under 21, it is illegal to carry a concealed firearm within the immediate control of anyone in the vehicle. Firearms must be transported in a case, holster, storage compartment, trunk or glove compartment. If the gun is in a holster, then it can be concealed anywhere in the car. “Arizona is considerably more permissive than most ...
Drag boat racing finds home at Buckeye's Hidden Lake - Cronkite …
WEBMay 6, 2021 · Hidden Lake is home to many events put on by the Arizona Drag Boat Association, which feature intense quarter-mile races with speeds hitting close to 200 mph. “The weather, the people, the openness, the high desert here, it’s just beautiful,” said Jimmy Todd, the association’s rescue director. In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Native American farmers plant moves to global market - Cronkite …
WEBAug 13, 2018 · Native American farmers plan moves to global market, greater sustainability. PHOENIX – Thirty miles south of Phoenix, green fields of alfalfa and pima cotton stretch toward a triple-digit sun. Hundreds of yellow butterflies dance above the purple flowers that dapple the tops of the young alfalfa stalks – to expert eyes, the flowers signal ...
Arizona schools face ongoing teacher shortage, report says
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · PHOENIX – An Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association’s annual survey shows at 6,347 positions needed to be filled for the 2021-22 year – further highlighting the ongoing teacher shortage that schools in Arizona face.. As of January, nearly 2,000 teacher positions remained vacant, and 944 teachers have resigned since the start of the school year, according to the survey of 143 ...
Direct child tax credit checks start for thousands of Arizona families
WEBJul 14, 2021 · Families could get $300 a month for every child age 5 or under, and $250 a month for each child ages 6 to 17. That’s an increase of the previous credit of $2,000 per year for any kid 16 or younger. That change acknowledges the fact that “infants and toddlers, and really young children, are more expensive” than older children, said Andrew ...
Modern-day druids: No animal sacrifices, but connected to …
WEBJul 18, 2019 · He doesn’t sacrifice animals or worship nature, and he has nuanced beliefs about an afterlife. Druids are steeped in over two millennia of history, originating with the elites and the educated among the Celts, an Indo-European people. Modern druid practices are tamer, reincarnation is debated and human and animal sacrifices are forbidden.