By JACQUELYN SILVERMAN Arizona Sonora News Service Pot or not? That is basically the question Arizona voters will have to decide on Election Day, when the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act will appear on the year’s ballot and the issue is whether to legalize the recreational sale and use of marijuana in Arizona. Here’s what…
By ALLIE GOODMAN Arizona Sonora News Service Beginning in June 2016 nearly all 2,000 Pima County Jail inmates became officially “logged in” after receiving their own tablet devices. Yes, tablets. As in personal computer tablets. The idea was originally suggested to decrease paper costs, reduce contraband through mail, and lessen repeat offenses. Although some may be…
By AMANDA MARTINEZ Arizona Sonora News Service Huachuca City Mayor Ken Taylor says he felt blindsided by the uproar that followed his terse declining of an email invitation to attend the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association because it was written in both English and Spanish. But he did not back down. In an interview…
By GABRIELLA VUKELIC Arizona Sonora News Service There are a lot of reasons that medical professionals hear from parents who decline to have their children vaccinated. Nicole Bencs, a clinical instructor and nurse practitioner at the University of Arizona’s College of Nursing, discussed her views on skeptical parents: “I’ve heard so many times that parents don’t vaccinate…
By ELIZABETH EATON Arizona Sonora News Service The Homol’ovi Project isn’t like Atlantis; there’s no mystery as to where this civilization disappeared. Instead, anthropologists like Claire Barker are trying to figure out where the people came from. Think of Barker as an anthropological detective. She has to put together clues from the past in order…
