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Drug shortage forces county to suspend routine TB tests
Pima County will temporarily halt routine tuberculosis screenings beginning April 15.
New website offers one-stop HIV resource
Nearly 600 Arizonans are diagnosed HIV positive each year, which is why creators of a new statewide resource tool - hivaz.org - are hoping to shine a light on a "forgotten" but preventable disease.
Guest Column: The trend in education is away from standardized, high-stakes tests
Arizona needs to spend its money on proven, researched-based strategies.
Guest Column: The trend in education is away from standardized, high-stakes tests
Research has shown that testing doesn't make students smarter or improve the educational outcomes for those at risk. It just makes test-makers wealthier.
Navy to begin random alcohol tests for sailors
NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy will start subjecting its sailors in the United States to random blood-alcohol tests starting next month.
Union calls for teacher certification exam
WASHINGTON — Schoolteachers should have to pass a stringent exam — much like the bar exam for lawyers — before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the nation’s largest teachers unions said Monday.
Deputies get new live-fire training site
Pima County Deputy Duane Gustafson, front, covers a door as Deputy Ken Taylor checks on a "suspect" he has shot inside the new live-fire house, a training facility. Deputies are able to use either "simmunitions" fired from special weapons or live ammo.
Deputies get new live-fire training site
Pima County deputies have a new training facility to keep their skills sharp.
Arizona schools A-F letter grades
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History of American Spaceflight
U.S. astronauts laugh while standing around models of the Atlas and nose capsule designed to carry them into space in San Diego, California September 25, 1959. From left are Walter Schirra, J.R. Dempsey, executive of convair, maker of Atlas, John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Alan Shepar…
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