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Shifting definitions of citizenship and the making of Arizona In its "Rewriting the West" series, Guernica published a story by author Fernanda Santos, a narrative journalism professor at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in which she shares how she wrote "antiseptic stories" of Arizona with her "outrage safely packed away in the interest of the prevailing notion of objectivity."
Six-author team awarded ASU Morrison Prize ASU Now reported that a six-author team that conducted an unprecedented analysis of the structuring of conservation easements in the face of rapid climate change has been awarded the 2019 Morrison Prize, an honor established in 2015 and administered through the program on Law and Sustainability at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
The rise of ASU’s Downtown Phoenix Campus The Downtown Devil reported that over the past 10 years, Arizona State University’s campus has evolved and helped bring life into downtown Phoenix. The campus first opened for classes in 2006 with approximately 3,000 students. Today the campus has about 12,000 students enrolled and more than 2,000 faculty and staff, according to a report from Downtown Phoenix Inc.
Water: The haves and have-nots The Yuma Sun reported that Sarah Porter of the Kyl Center for Water Policy recently presented "Arizona: Land of the Water Haves and Have Nots." As director of the organization that's a part of Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy, she explained that "water certainty" – a resilient, longterm supply – is crucial to the state's prosperity and quality of life.
Deadline on Drought Contingency Plan Sarah Porter, director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy, presented an update on Arizona Horizon on the deadline Arizona lawmakers faced to join a drought contingency plan for the Colorado River water.
Honoring Wishes: Is Arizona Doing Enough to Protect Seniors? Reports and Publications January 2019 David Schlinkert, policy analyst, Morrison Institute for Public Policy Melissa Kovacs, Ph.D., associate director of research, Morrison Institute for Public Policy
These key players could decide the fate of the Colorado River drought deal The Arizona Republic reported that Federal Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman has drawn a line in the sand for Arizona and other Western states to finish a deal to take less water from the Colorado River or the federal government will be forced to step in and decide how to prevent reservoirs from falling to critical levels.
Lack of Arizona drought plan would mean chaos and uncertainty, water experts say The Arizona Daily Star reported that water experts are predicting chaos for Arizona if the Legislature fails to approve a drought contingency plan for the Colorado River.
Border Wall Is Out of Sync With the Southwest’s Changing Politics The New York Times reported that on the country’s southern border, New Mexico Democrats broke the Republican hold on a House seat that had endured for 37 years, like several other moderate Democrats who flipped House seats nationwide last year. As Mr. Trump agreed to end the longest government shutdown on record, he backed down at least temporarily from his campaign promise of a border wall.