After the oath: What happens when Arizona’s newest citizens try to vote
This story was co-published in partnership with Somos Tucson and supported by the Pulitzer Center. Gabriela Torres Luna stares at the pile of political ads and propaganda that came in the mail about two weeks before the midterm election. Stuck between campaign flyers — with names and faces she doesn’t recognize — is a thick,…
Después de la juramentación: ¿Qué pasa cuando los nuevos ciudadanos de Arizona intentan votar?
Este proyecto fue publicado en colaboración con Somos Tucson y contó con el apoyo del Pulitzer Center. Gabriela Torres Luna observa el montón de anuncios políticos y propaganda electoral que…
Apache County’s 2024 election was worse than reported, records show. Now, it faces another test at the polls.
APACHE COUNTY — As Arizona readies itself for a contentious midterm election, voters in remote, windswept Apache County are hoping this time will be different.
The mammoth county is known…
Cynthia Williams was murdered in 2016. Her brother keeps her story alive.
The oldest of four siblings, Cynthia Williams was fiercely protective. She helped hold her family together and dreamed of becoming a nurse. Her little brother remembers watching his sister style…
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Community activists call on feds to reopen closed public borderlands
About 30 people protested outside the Bureau of Land Management offices on Tucson’s south side Thursday afternoon demanding that public lands along the border…
Keep readingJudge declines to drop deportation case against Tucson DACA recipient Karla Toledo
A federal immigration judge declined Tuesday to drop the deportation case against Tucson resident Karla Toledo, who is enrolled in the Deferred Action for…
Keep readingJuez se niega a desestimar el caso de deportación contra Karla Toledo, beneficiaria de DACA en Tucson
Un juez federal de inmigración se negó el martes a desestimar el caso de deportación contra Karla Toledo, residente de Tucson e inscrita en…
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The Pima County Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Carmine DeBonis Jr. as the county’s next administrator Tuesday, choosing a longtime…
TUSD closures list: 14 schools recommended for closure or merger
On Wednesday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Cavett Elementary and consolidating it with Utterback Middle School —…
Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields…
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