Katya Mendoza

1 week ago | news.azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

A 5-year American Community Survey found that Latinos had the highest risk of job automation of any ethnic or racial group. Latinos are driving Arizona’s population growth and workforce. However, they hold positions that are more likely to be phased out with the use of technology, a term coined as automation. That’s why the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute wanted to highlight challenges faced by Latino workers in Arizona that hold high automation risk occupations.

1 week ago | azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

The number of Medicaid recipients in Arizona rose to more than 2 million this summer, after a five-month surge that mirrored the impact of COVID-19. Experts said the increase was not as large as they had feared, but also said there’s no way to predict what happens next.

2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

VIEW LARGER Mountain lions can be cornered by hounds in crags and at the edge of rocky cliffs. Tomorrow morning, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission will hear conservation groups like the Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club and others present their petition that aims to prohibit hound hunting in Arizona. Petitioners like the Center for Biological Diversity assert that hound hunting poses a clear and documented threat to endangered species.

2 weeks ago | news.azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

Horseshoe Bend, five miles downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, is a popular viewing spot for the Colorado River. A new report by the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability and Natural Resources Defense Council found that wastewater recycling could mitigate demand on the Colorado River. Noah Garrison, environmental science practicum director at the UCLA Institute, is an author of the study.

3 weeks ago | azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

Pediatricians are concerned that most Arizona children have missed routine vaccinations. The Pima County Health Department received notification from the Department of Health and Human Services, that several federal grants were being terminated. In a published memo, the county reported that several contracts were being closed, calling for layoffs or “workforce reduction plan” and would have to scale back their community services.