ICE arrests tripled in Arizona last fiscal year as street operations surged
This story is published in partnership with CALÓ News, a nonprofit, community-centered newsroom uplifting Latinos in Arizona and California. Immigration arrests in Arizona more than tripled in Fiscal Year 2025 as street-level operations have become a growing presence in neighborhoods and workplaces during the second Trump administration. Fear of immigration enforcement has been a shadow…
Tucson’s Safe City initiative aims to link people to help. Arrests still drive the strategy.
Officer Frank Oviedo pulled up next to the parking lot of a Speedy Cash on the corner of Grant and Alvernon. Five people sat cross-legged on the asphalt, the youngest…
Cruzar la frontera con una caja de trastes, una camioneta morada y una gran persistencia
Rosalinda Rodriguez conserva un viejo comal de fierro que le regaló su suegra. Sobre él prepara tortillas de harina en la cocina de su casa al oeste de Tucson. “Es…
Crossing the border with a box of dishes, a purple pickup truck and abundant persistence
Rosalinda Rodriguez keeps an old iron griddle that her mother-in-law gave her. On it, she makes flour tortillas in the kitchen of her home on Tucson’s west side. “It’s made…
Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous communities continues despite AHCCCS reforms
This story was originally published by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. Nearly three years after Arizona uncovered an unprecedented $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scandal that targeted Indigenous communities, sober living program…
TUSD board votes to save attendance tech jobs while cutting $2.6 million
As a single mom working a dispatch job, Vanessa Hoyos takes any help she can get with school deadlines, forms and contacting teachers. She relies on the patience, smarts and…
La junta de TUSD vota para salvar puestos técnicos de asistencia mientras recorta $2.6 millones
Como madre soltera que trabaja en un puesto de despacho, Vanessa Hoyos acepta toda la ayuda que puede recibir con…
City High, Paulo Freire teachers say union vote stalled by board
As Paulo Freire Freedom School students left school on Tuesday afternoon, teacher Keegan Adams started teaching on the sidewalk in…
One last senior night at ASDB
Senior night: Buba Gannes holds a 10 x 12 picture in his left hand and peers in through the double…
Una última noche de baloncesto senior en ASDB
Noche de Seniors: Buba Gannes sostiene una fotografía de 10 x 12 pulgadas en su mano izquierda y mira a…
Facing $27 million deficit, Tucson leaders push back on cuts to housing and public drug ordinance
As city officials struggle to rectify the budget, Tucson’s mayor and council reaffirmed their commitment to nonprofit organizations and the…
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