by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Gov. Doug Ducey did not announce significant new measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Arizona today despite pleas for aggressive action from doctors, mayors and some state lawmakers. The Republican leader acknowledged the state’s spiraling case numbers and...
by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The surge in coronavirus cases in the United States, which has set new daily-case records five times in the past nine days, is being driven largely by states that were among the first to ease virus restrictions as they moved to reopen their economies. Florida has seen...
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Ever since the coronavirus emerged in Europe, Sweden has captured international attention by conducting an unorthodox, open-air experiment. It has allowed the world to examine what happens in a pandemic when a government allows life to carry on largely unhindered....
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines
Mohave County, Arizona is a mecca for Donald Trump supporters. Located in the northwest corner of the state, Mohave County is considered the most conservative in the state. President Trump won 73 percent of the vote here in 2016, compared with 22 percent for Hillary...
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
President Trump today threatened to cut off federal funding for schools if they do not resume in-person learning this fall and criticized a top government health agency for being too tough with its guidelines to aid that process. “The Dems think it would be bad...
by Jim Heath | Jul 7, 2020 | 2020, coronavirus, GOP, Headlines
Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) will not attend the GOP convention next month in Florida. An aide for Collins noted that she was never planning to attend the GOP...
