[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON ARIZONA HORIZON, CONTINUED COVERAGE OF THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING CONCERNS OVER THE FATE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE COUNTRY.

OVERNIGHT STORMS AND THE CLEAN-UP FROM DAMAGING WINDS, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, WHY ATHLETES ARE TAKING TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

THAT'S ALL AHEAD IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

GOVERNOR DUCEY TODAY PUT PRESSURE ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FOLLOW A NEW STATE LAW THAT BANS MASK MANDATES.

THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED $163 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING AIMED AT BOOSTING PER-PUPIL SPENDING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DISTRICTS THAT, QUOTE, FOLLOW ALL STATE LAWS AS OF AUGUST 27TH.

A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CURRENTLY NOT FOLLOWING THE STATE LAW, AND A JUDGE SAYS THE LAW DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9TH.

THE MONEY COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

THE GOVERNOR'S MOVE PROMPTED SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA TO TWEET, THIS IS THE WORSE STEP GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY HAS TAKEN.

WHAT ARE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO DO?

JUST HOPE THEIR KIDS DON'T GET SICK AND END UP IN THE ICU.

THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT THE STATE WOULD ADD $10 MILLION IN GRANTS THAT WOULD EQUATE TO PER PUPIL SPENDING FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO LEAVE SCHOOLS.

>>> 70% OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORT SCHOOLS WEARING MASKS, COMPARED TO ONLY 44% OF REPUBLICANS.

AND MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT PROOF OF VACCINATION TO TRAVEL OR ATTEND A LARGE EVENT.

>>> TODAY'S COVID REPORT SHOWS MORE THAN 2600 NEW CASES.

WITH 3 COVID-RELATED FATALITIES TODAY.

THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IS UP TOO.

IT'S NOW AT LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE MID-FEBRUARY.

>>> THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TOLD THE CITY OF PHOENIX IT WILL NOT INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIONS BY FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WHO FILED GANG CHARGES AGAINST PROTESTERS LAST YEAR.

MARK BRNOVICH'S OFFICE SAID IT DIDN'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION THAT THE CITY WANTS.

AND THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY OPENED AN INVESTIGATION.

>>> REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE THINKING ABOUT REQUIRING VOTERS TO COMPLETE AN EARLY AFFIDAVIT FOR VOTING TO GO ALONG WITH A VALID SIGNATURE.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO GET THE ISSUE ON NEXT YEAR BALLOT.

>>> THE TALIBAN HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE, AND SAID THE WORLD SHOULD RESPECT OUR CORE VALUES ON WOMEN, THAT INCLUDES WHAT THE TALIBAN CALLS THE FRAMEWORK OF SHARIA LAW.

>>> AND THERE IS INCREASING CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN NOW THAT THE TALIBAN HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY.

PARDIS MAHDAVI IS THE DEAN OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AT ASU'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND HAS FAMILY CONNECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.

WE SPOKE WITH DEAN MAHDAVI YESTERDAY ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AFGHANISTAN ADDRESS.

DEAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS NOW ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

IT'S JUST DEVASTATING WHAT WE'RE SEEING TRANSPIRING IN AFGHANISTAN RIGHT NOW.

A RETURN TO TALIBAN RULE MEANS HARSH INTERPRETATIONS OF ISLAM, AND ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH COULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN.

>> AND YOU HAVE FAMILY BACK THERE, TRUE?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I'M IRANIAN AMERICAN, BUT I HAVE FAMILY IN AFGHANISTAN AS WELL, AND A LOT OF MY FAMILY LIVES IN ONE OF THE LARGEST REFUGEE-RECEIVING CITIES AND HAS BEEN FOR DECADES NOW.

SO THEY ARE BRACING FOR THE IMPACT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF REFUGEES COMING OVER THE BORDER.

>> WHAT ARE THEY HEARING REGARDING WHAT IS COMING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN?

>> I THINK WHAT THEY ARE HEARING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO THEY KEEP BEGGING EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND IS NOT ONLY ARE THEY DEALING WITH A HARSH REALITY WITH A TURBULENT POLITICAL CHANGE, AND STILL WRESTLING WITH THE VERY REAL VIRAL THREAT OF COVID.

THREE OF MY AUNTS ARE ALL COVID POSITIVE AS WE SPEAK, AND I HAVE A COUSIN IN AFGHANISTAN WHO IS ALSO COVID POSITIVE.

SO AS THESE REFUGEE CITIES PREPARE FOR THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES, THEY ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR ESCALATED RATES OF COVID, AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE NO HOSPITAL BEDS LEFT.

SO POLITICAL TURMOIL COMPOUNDED BY THIS VIRAL PANDEMIC.

>> AND IN AFGHANISTAN THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN OF WHAT HAPPENS FROM NOW ON FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS OVER THERE.

AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, AND WHAT ARE YOUR FEARS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST HEART BREAKING ASPECTS.

TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAVE REALLY MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE REGION.

FOR INSTANCE, AFGHANISTAN HAS SEEN THE ELECTION OF THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR OF AFGHANISTAN IN 2005.

IN 2018, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST WOMAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND EDUCATION AND THE ABILITY TO DRIVE HAS REALLY BEEN RAMPING UP IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, AND NOW ALL OF THAT THREATENS TO BACKSLIDE INTO MY -- MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND FAMILY THERE SAY WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE INTO THE DARK AGES WITH WOMEN'S ACCESS TO EDUCATION ELIMINATED, AND ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC REALLY DIMINISHED >> THE AFGHAN ARMY WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT WILLING TO STAY AND FIGHT, AND THE PRESIDENT SAID WE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP BLOOD FOR SOMETHING THE AFGHAN ARMY WOULD NOT FIGHT FOR.

>> THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS ONE OF AMERICA'S LONGEST WARS, AND THE REASON FOR WANTING TO END AN ENDLESS WAR IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.

AT THE SAME TIME ONE OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER IS HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE COULD WE, MIGHT WE, SHOULD WE HAVE BUILT?

COULD WE HAVE BUILT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AFGHANISTAN IN OUR ABSENCE?

COULD WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE RISE IN FEMINISTS AND WOMEN'S NETWORKS THAT WERE WORKING TRANSNATIONALLY TO BUILD A MORE ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.

GIVEN THE VERY -- YOU KNOW, BIDEN'S COMMENTS, ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTANDABLE, RIGHT?

AND -- AND TROOPS AND BLOODSHED IS A VERY REAL CONCERN.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE A LOT OF BLOODSHED RIGHT NOW ENSUE, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T INTENTIONAL ABOUT BUILDING ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS, AND AT THE SPEED WITH WHICH WE WITHDREW OUR TROOPS WOULDN'T HAVE ADVERSELY EFFECTED THE SITUATION LIKE IT IS NOW.

>> AND SOME ARE SAYING THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN IS SO VOLATILE THAT THERE IS NO -- YOU SAW IT WITH RUSSIA.

NOW YOU SEE IT WITH THE U.S. MAJOR COUNTRIES SIMPLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTROL A COUNTRY THAT MAY NOT BE CONTROLLABLE.

IS THAT A VALID ARGUMENT?

>> I'M NOT SURE.

FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW I AGREE BE THAT NOTION.

I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF AFGHANISTAN.

THIS IS A LONG HISTORY OF PROXY WARS.

IRAN HAS BEEN IN THERE, RUSSIA HAS BEEN IN THERE, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN IN THERE.

SO WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF PROXY WARS AND COLONIALISM ON A COUNTRY?

I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT ARE JUST UNCONTROLLABLE BY NATURE, I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK MORE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES, AT THE SAME TIME WE TALK ABOUT OTHER INSTANCES THAT WE MIGHT COMPARE.

I THINK ABOUT SOUTH KOREA AND HOW LONG THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN IN SOUTH KOREA, RIGHT?

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE COMEFUL.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DEAN MAHDAVI.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>>> UP NEXT, WHY SOME PARENTS ARE HESITANT TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AGAINST COVID.

>>> PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATIONS AS COVID CONTINUES TO SPREAD, BUT A NEW POLL SHOWS THAT SOME PARENTS ARE STILL HOLDING OFF GETTING THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH DR. SWAPNA REDDY, FROM ASU'S COLLEGE OF HEALTH SOLUTIONS.

DR. REDDY, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> YEAH, NEW KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION POLL JUST CAME OUT, AND WHAT WE'RE STILL SEEING IS ABOUT HALF OF ALL PARENTS ARE ARE -- HESITANT TO GET THEIR 12 TO 17 YEAR OLDS VACCINATED.

WE STILL ONLY HAVE ABOUT 41% OF THAT TEENAGE GROUP VACCINATED RIGHT NOW.

>> CONCERNS, WHAT, SIDE EFFECTS OF THE SHOT, MAYBE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE SHOT?

>> YEAH, MOST OF THE PARENTS ARE EITHER SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO STILL WAIT AND SEE, OR THEY ARE JUST RESISTANT TOWARDS THE SHOT TOTALLY.

THINK THREE MAIN CONCERNS SEEM TO BE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE VACCINE, ANOTHER IS SHORT-TERM SIDE EFFECTS OF THE SHOT, LIKE HOW KICK WILL MY CHILD GET, AND THE THIRD ONE IS FERTILITY CONCERNS.

AND THERE IS REALLY NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE FERTILITY CONCERNS, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE A REALLY BIG PIECE OF MISINFORMATION THAT IS GETTING LOTS OF CIRCULATION STILL.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

>> IT IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF MISINFORMATION THAT GOT A LOT OF TRACTION, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT IS JUST NOT GOING AWAY, BUT REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THERE ARE ANY FERTILITY ISSUES.

>> DID THE SURVEY TALK ABOUT HOW PARENTS MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND IF THEIR PERSONAL DOCTOR RECOMMENDS THE VACCINE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THIS OTHER -- ALMOST 60%, RIGHT, OF TEENS VACCINATED RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SEEING RATES OF INFECTION OF THE VIRUS JUST SKYROCKETING AMONG KIDS AND SCHOOL-AGE TEENS.

SO REALLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS PARENTS WOULD BE MORE OPEN IF THEY GET MORE INFORMATION FROM TRUSTED SOURCES, AND ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED SOURCE SEEMS TO BE PEDIATRICIANS.

SO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDIATRICIANS TO SPREAD THAT MESSAGE.

>> AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT HERE, SWAPNA, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

>> WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW IS GET MORE TEENS VACCINATED.

AGAIN, THE VIRUS IS SPREADING.

THE DELTA VARIANT SEEMS TO BE VERY CONTAGIOUS.

WE'RE SEEING MORE KIDS NOT JUST GETTING THE VIRUS, BUT HOSPITALLIZED.

SO WE NEED TO BREAK THROUGH THESE LAYERS OF MISINFORMATION AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.

ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT CAN REALIZE THE VACCINES ARE FREE, AND THEY CAN GET TIME OFF TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO GET VACCINATED, AND HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND THIS IS VITAL FOR THE HEALTH OF THEIR CHILDREN AND ALSO FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN, AND THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.

>> DR. SWAPNA REDDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> THE U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION HAS DECLARED A SHORTAGE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME SUNDAY, AND IT MEANS ARIZONA FARMERS WILL SEE A CUT IN DELIVERIES OF COLORADO RIVER WATER.

WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE DECLARATION'S IMPACTS FROM SARAH PORTER, OF ASU'S KYL CENTER FOR WATER POLICY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT DOES THIS DECLARATION MEAN?

>> SPECIFICALLY, THE DECLARATION MEANS THAT ARIZONA -- AND THAT WOULD BE THE CENTRAL ARIZONA REGION -- WILL RECEIVE 512,000 ACRE FEET LESS OF COLORADO RIVER WATER THAN IT IS ENTITLED TO.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CUT.

THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT AREA IS ENTITLED TO 1.6 MILLION ACRE FEET OF WATER.

WE HAVE BEEN GETTING USED TO LIVING WITH LESS, BUT 512,000 ACRE FEET WILL HAVE QUITE THE IMPACT.

BECAUSE WE HAVE FORESEEN IT, WE HAVE A PLAN, AND WE KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

SO IT IS NOT COMING AS A SURPRISE.

>> BUT TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT -- WE'LL START WITH ARIZONA FARMERS.

>> SURE.

THE IMPACT -- ALMOST ALL OF THE CUT WILL BE BORN BY CENTRAL ARIZONAN FARMERS.

BUT IT MEANS THEY WILL BE WATERING THEIR ACREAGE WITH GROUNDWATER, AND THEY WILL REDUCE SOME OF THE AMOUNT OF LAND THEY HAVE BEEN USING FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE.

>> WHEN YOU MENTION USING GROUNDWATER, THAT RAISES ALL KINDS OF CONCERNS.

>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY LOCALIZED TO THE PINAL COUNTY AREA IN PARTICULAR.

BUT AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR CUT GOES, IT MEANS THAT THOSE FARMERS WILL BE TAPPING THE NON-RENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, SO THOSE WATER RESOURCES WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE WATER USERS, AND IN 1980 WHEN WE PASSED THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT, AND CREATED AREAS FROM PRESCOTT TO PHOENIX, TO NOW TO TUCSON, WE MADE THIS COMMITMENT TO THINK OF GROUNDWATER AS OUR LONG-TERM SAVINGS, SO WE TRIED TO PUSH GROWTH ON TO RENEWABLE WATER SUPPLIES, AND THIS IS, IN A WAY, A STEP IN -- YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE OLD DAYS BEFORE WE HAVE HAD THE CAP, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE TAPPING INTO LONG-TERM SAVINGS.

>> YEAH, WHAT ABOUT ARIZONA URBAN AREAS?

>> NO DIRECT IMPACT FROM THIS DECLARATION.

A LOT OF THE IN-TRUST STATE PLANNING AROUND SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PROTECT URBAN AREAS FROM IMPACT, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WON'T BE IMPACTS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WOULD SAY THE MOST DIRECT IMPACT IS THAT IN THE -- THE GROWTH AREAS THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET TO SECURE ROBUST WATER PORTFOLIOS -- BECAUSE THEY ARE NEWER, NEWER CITIES, NEWER COMMUNITIES, THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT ARE NOW REALLY RECKONING WITH THE CHALLENGE TO IDENTIFY THE WATER SUPPLY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO NEED FOR THEIR LONG-TERM GROWTH.

>> AND I WOULD IMAGINE BUCKEYE WHICH IS THE FASTEST GROWING CITY OF ANY KIND IN THE COUNTRY, THEY HAVE SOME CHOICES TO MAKE, DON'T THEY?

>> YEAH, BUCKEYE HAS SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD.

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLACES LIKE BUCKEYE TO ACQUIRE WATER SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED, AND WE HAVE THE BENEFIT IN CENTRAL ARIZONA OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE CITIES TO FIND THE WATER THEY NEED AND MOVE IT TO WHERE THEY NEED IT, BUT, YES, BIG CHALLENGES, AND NEW WATER SUPPLIES WILL BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SUPPLIES THAT WERE WHEN AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THOSE CITIES HAVE THE LUXURY OF LESS EXPENSIVE AND RELATIVELY MORE ABUNDANT WATER SUPPLIES.

>> WILL THEY ALWAYS HAVE THAT LUXURY OF THAT WATER BEING LESS EXPENSIVE?

>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, BUT -- BUT PROBABLY, AT LEAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW IT IS.

IF YOU GO AND BUY A PROPERTY BEFORE THE CITY GROWS UP AROUND IT, YOUR PROPERTY -- YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO KEEP OWNING YOUR PROPERTY AND GAIN THE VALUE, AND IT'S NOT TOO DIFFERENT WITH WATER.

WHEN -- WHEN IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITIES IN CENTRAL ARIZONA TO ACQUIRE CAP ALLOCATIONS OR EVEN BEFORE THAT, THEY DID BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLIES FOR THEIR PROJECTED GROWTH, SO IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THOSE CITIES WILL NOT BEEN FACING SOME CHALLENGES, MANY CITIES RELY ON COLORADO RIVER WATER, AND THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FROM YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT US WASN'T SO MUCH THE LEVEL OF SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING, BUT IT WAS THAT THE PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE MUCH MORE WEAK THAN WE THOUGHT -- OR THAN WE HAD HOPED, AND SO -- YOU KNOW, AS OF YESTERDAY, THE WATER -- OUR WATER -- STATE WATER DIRECTOR AND OTHER WATER MANAGERS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THEY NEED TO IMMEDIATELY GO BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE POTENTIALLY LARGER SHORTAGES IN THE COMING YEARS, AND WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE NOT SO FAR ENOUGH THAT IT'S UNIMAGINABLE FROM OUR SHORTAGE LEVELS THAT WE WOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT URBAN AREAS WITH HIGH PRIORITIES ON SUPPLIES.

>> SARAH PORTER, OF ASU'S KYL CENTER FOR WATER POLICY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS.

GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS, DETAILS ON THE RECENT RULING ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO REQUIRE MASKS IN CLASSROOMS FOR NOW, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, WHY ATHLETES ARE TAKING TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

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