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Effectiveness of Tucson’s mandates to curb spread of COVID-19

360 bus mask sign
Andrea Corona/AZPM Staff
A Sun Tran bus in downtown Tucson notifies passengers that a mask is required to board. November 2020.

Tucson enacted its own mandatory curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in addition to a mask mandate in place since summer. Calls from Mayor Regina Romero for the state to take similar steps went unanswered, according to her office. This week we got insight into the city’s authority to regulate residents from former Tucson mayor and current University of Arizona professor Tom Volgy.

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