TUSD closures list: 12 schools recommended for closure or merger
On Monday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Secrist Middle School and consolidating it with Santa Rita High School — the 11th and 12th schools named as part of recommendations to right-size Southern Arizona’s largest school district. The two schools are among the 12 so far, of the district’s 88 schools named over…
TEP rate case: Judge backs 11% bill increase, yearly updates
The administrative law judge tasked with weighing in on Tucson Electric Power’s requested rate increase is recommending a double-digit rate increase that would raise average residential bills 11.2% and is…
Tucson will count how often homeless people use bathrooms, ramadas in public parks
As Tucson’s parks have reopened this fall, some after months of closure for renovation, the city is launching a new initiative aimed at easing ongoing tensions over unhoused people using…
Jorge Glem brings Venezuelan cuatro to Tucson Symphony
This article was originally published in Tucson Spotlight, a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. In Venezuela, a family gathering, small or…
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Community activists call on feds to reopen closed public borderlands
About 30 people protested outside the Bureau of Land Management offices on Tucson’s south side Thursday afternoon demanding that public lands along the border…
Keep readingJudge declines to drop deportation case against Tucson DACA recipient Karla Toledo
A federal immigration judge declined Tuesday to drop the deportation case against Tucson resident Karla Toledo, who is enrolled in the Deferred Action for…
Keep readingJuez se niega a desestimar el caso de deportación contra Karla Toledo, beneficiaria de DACA en Tucson
Un juez federal de inmigración se negó el martes a desestimar el caso de deportación contra Karla Toledo, residente de Tucson e inscrita en…
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Jorge Glem lleva el cuatro venezolano a la Sinfónica de Tucson
Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en El Foco de Tucson, una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a…
Arizona joins Nevada’s lawsuit challenging federal Colorado River plan
Arizona is joining a fight against the Trump administration’s 10-year plan for managing the Colorado River that could slash the…
Arizona se suma a la demanda de Nevada contra el plan federal sobre el río Colorado
Arizona se está sumando a la disputa contra el plan de 10 años de la administración Trump para administrar el…
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