Tucson sees sharp rise in drug arrests as officials get first update on Safe City Initiative
Tucson police made more than 800 drug-related arrests in the first quarter of this year — a 67% increase compared to the same period over the past three years — as Mayor Regina Romero and the city council received their first update on the Safe City Initiative, an effort to address public drug use, transit…
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…
Programa de deportes adaptados visita clases de educación física en sur de Arizona, con sillas de ruedas incluidas
Cuando sus alumnos salieron al exterior para su clase de educación física, la maestra de educación especial Tiffani Jaseph notó la emoción. Después de que entrenadores y jugadores de Adaptive…
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…
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…
La junta de ASDB limita salarios de maestros en reunión que podría violar la ley de reuniones abiertas
Sin actas publicadas, sin transmisión en vivo y con menos de 20 personas presentes, la Junta Directiva de las Escuelas…
“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…
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