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March 2022
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Kids in America are in a mental health crisis. But this increased need for mental health services comes at a time when there are not enough counselors. And here in Arizona, the current rate of students-to-counselors is 716:1.
March 21, 2022
Fighting continues in Ukraine, where the Russian invasion shows no signs of letting up.
March 21, 2022
A Republican lawmaker is finally going to get a chance to try to sell colleagues on his idea of killing early voting and requiring all ballots to be hand counted.
March 20, 2022
When the government he worked for lost power, Javid Qaem was Afghanistan’s ambassador to China. He’d been in Beijing since right before the pandemic started. Now back in Arizona, Qaem is grateful to the U.S. State Department.
March 21, 2022
The James Webb telescope that launched into space in January has sent back its first pictures. The camera was developed by a University of Arizona team.
March 18, 2022
This week, Gov. Doug Ducey spoke out against the the Republican lawsuit to end early voting in Arizona, as well as the situation at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
March 18, 2022
Now in its 34th year, ArtLink’s premiere program, Art Detour, is celebrating local artists for the entire month of March. And artist and neighborhood activist Beatrice Moore was there from the beginning.
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March 18, 2022
Lots of Arizonans have come here from somewhere else. The reasons for those moves and the stories behind them are as varied as many of our former homes. But for one Valley author, the story was a little more wild than most.
March 18, 2022
Enacted by The trump administration almost two years ago to the day, Title 42 is a pandemic-era policy that allows border officers to quickly turn away migrants and asylum seekers on public health grounds. <br><small><b>→ <a href="https://fronterasdesk.org/" target="_blank">More Fronteras Desk news</a></small></b>
March 17, 2022
Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel continues to face criticism for how her office has handled a number of things — some related to prosecutions of protesters, and others to how she is dealing with her own addiction issues.
March 17, 2022
