Adaptive sports program visits Southern Arizona P.E. classes, wheelchairs in tow
When her class moved outside for P.E., special education teacher Tiffani Jaseph saw the excitement. After coaches and players from Adaptive Sports In Schools, or ASIS, unloaded dozens of wheelchairs at Copper View Elementary in the Sahuarita School District, they told students about racing the chairs and playing wheelchair basketball. Jaseph saw the difference in…
Mosaicos llega a Tucson con arte fronterizo que conecta a México y Arizona
Meme García levanta su brocha con precisión. Un trazo de azul sobre los párpados. Rojo carmesí en los labios. Y en cuestión de minutos, un rostro se transforma en narrativa.…
Mosaicos arrives in Tucson with borderlands art that unites México and Arizona
Meme García lifts her brush with precision. A stroke of blue across the eyelids. Crimson red on the lips. And in a matter of minutes, a face transforms into a…
ASDB board caps teacher salaries in meeting that may violate open meetings law
With no published minutes, no livestream and fewer than 20 people present, the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Board of Directors voted last week to cap…
“The alarm bell”: Arizona’s drop in SNAP participation signals potential nationwide impact of Trump legislation
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act imposes stricter food stamp work requirements and shifts a larger share of the costs…
Pima County supervisors demand sworn report from Sheriff Nanos or face removal
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to require Sheriff Chris Nanos to provide a sworn report on his…
Supervisores de Pima exigen informe bajo juramento al sheriff Nanos o enfrentará destitución
La Junta de Supervisores del condado de Pima votó por unanimidad para exigir que el sheriff Chris Nanos presente un…
“It’s just inhumane”: Grijalva, Ansari hear testimonies of deplorable conditions in Arizona detention centers
Medical negligence, verbal and physical abuse from guards, small metal beds, dirty clothes, overcrowding, a lack of access to legal…
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