Tucson School for the Blind opens in August, aims to fill gap after ASDB closure
From the third floor, teacher Kasey Hopper will take students who are blind or visually impaired down the stairs or use an elevator. Once out the door, out on Stone Avenue in downtown Tucson, students may head to the Pima County Library or maybe across the street to a bus or the SunLink streetcar. Navigating…
Sigo bajo ataque: Karla Toledo, alivio y temor tras la desestimación del caso
A nivel nacional, hasta el año pasado había cerca de 506,000 beneficiarios de DACA. Unos 19,000 están en Arizona. Muchos siguen de cerca casos federales de inmigración como el de…
“I’m still under attack:” Karla Toledo, relief and fear after case dismissed
Nationally, there are nearly 506,000 DACA holders as of last year. Nearly 19,000 are from Arizona. Many are watching federal immigration cases like Karla’s, worried they’re next.
Everybody in the pool: African American Museum, UA sponsor free swim lessons
To earn her master’s degree from the University of Arizona in the early 1930s, Elgie Batteau was told she had to swim four laps in a pool. Her degree was in…
Todos a la alberca: Museo Afroamericano y la UA patrocinan clases gratuitas de natación
Para obtener su maestría de la Universidad de Arizona a principios de la década de 1930, Elgie Batteau tuvo que…
Measles cases at an Arizona detention facility triggered a new quarantine in El Paso
This article was originally published by El Paso Matters. Nearly 180 detainees are under quarantine for possible measles exposure at…
Pima County will make affordable-housing tax official in new budget
Pima County needs to build more than 38,000 additional housing units over the next decade — 60% of which need…
El condado de Pima oficializa un impuesto para vivienda asequible en su nuevo presupuesto
El condado de Pima necesita construir más de 38,000 unidades de vivienda adicionales durante la próxima década, de las cuales…
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