“Dolores, we’re with you”: Tucson mayor and farmworker families share grief, hope in the movement
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero remembers getting the phone call from the woman she’s looked up to since she was a little girl. She listens with her husband Ruben Reyes. Their friend and mentor, Dolores Huerta, needs to tell them what is coming, needs to say something that will change everything. “It was such a gut…
“Dolores, estamos contigo”: alcaldesa de Tucson y familias campesinas comparten duelo y esperanza en el movimiento
La alcaldesa de Tucson, Regina Romero, recuerda haber recibido la llamada telefónica de la mujer a la que ha admirado desde que era una niña. Escucha junto a su esposo, Ruben Reyes. Su amiga y mentora, Dolores Huerta, necesita decirles lo que viene, necesita decir algo que lo cambiará todo. “Fue un golpe muy duro”,…
Elvira Elementary fourth-graders catch Tucson’s Final Four fever
While the Arizona Wildcats basketball team plays in the men’s Final Four for the first time in 25 years, the Final Four in Matthew King’s fourth-grade class includes Amina, Max,…
Mobile home legislation in Arizona target utility costs, abandonment rules and manager training
For years, manufactured home park owners across Arizona would restrict what types of air conditioners or cooling devices people used on their mobile homes because they were noisy or ugly.…
Hablemos de abuso sexual y dónde encontrar ayuda en Tucson
Esta historia fue publicada en colaboración con Somos Tucson. Después de que la activista por los derechos civiles Dolores Huerta publicó un comunicado en el que reveló que César Chávez la había…
Native American ID designation meets mixed response from Pascua Yaqui
Enrolled members in federally recognized tribes in Arizona can now obtain a Native American designation on their driver’s licenses, IDs…
TUSD board votes to cut $10 million after students and families weigh in
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board voted unanimously Tuesday night on nearly $10 million in budget cuts for the…
Trump’s Justice Department dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in shift to immigration
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year,…
UA program offers free health care to Tucson residents
A University of Arizona medical program that started in 1979 with a single clinic serving Central American refugees has grown…
“The idea of doing this is crazy!” UA grad and his dad begin 9,600-mile cycling journey
As a bartender at Empire Pizza in Downtown Tucson last fall, Ethan Pesch told anyone who would listen about his…
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