Voters approve RTA Next plan to fund transit for 20 years in unofficial results
Pima County voters are projected to approve the RTA Next transportation plan, extending a half-cent sales tax to fund regional road and transit projects for the next 20 years, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night. Voters supported Propositions 418 and 419, the two measures that make up the plan. Preliminary results showed 61.05% of…
Resultados preliminares muestran que votantes aprueban RTA Next para financiar transporte en 20 años
Se proyecta que los votantes del condado de Pima aprueben el plan de transporte RTA Next, que extiende un impuesto sobre las ventas de medio centavo para financiar proyectos regionales de carreteras y transporte público durante los próximos 20 años, según resultados electorales no oficiales la noche del martes. Los votantes respaldaron las Proposiciones 418…
TUSD budget cut rollouts continue as fine arts, interscholastics, school safety all in the 40-department mix
The somewhat tropical, yet metallic sounds of steel drums opened the Tucson Unified School District Board meeting Tuesday night. As the Tucson High steel drum band, Jovert, played — its…
“It’s a new kind of threat”: Thousands of TUSD staffers ask for more ICE training
Students and staff will ask for more specific and comprehensive training on how to deal with potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visits to Tucson Unified School District school campuses…
UA study aims to understand how teacher identity shapes Southern Arizona classrooms
Teaching Korean at an all-boys high school was foundational for Ji Hong’s research as an educational psychologist. But her curiosity about educators was piqued long before that when observing her…
Pima Community College board unanimously approves tuition hike, votes to put $250 million bond on the ballot
The Pima Community College Governing Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to raise tuition and let voters decide this fall on…
Junta directiva del Colegio Comunitario de Pima aprueba aumento de matrícula y vota para bono de $250 millones en boleta electoral
La Junta Directiva del Colegio Comunitario de Pima votó por unanimidad el miércoles por la noche para aumentar la matrícula…
Mario Almada, justiciero del cine e ícono del western mexicano, tiene su primera biografía escrita por su hijo
Vestido de negro, pantalón, camisa, chaleco de cuero y un sombrero de vaquero con copa alta, era imposible no distinguir…
Mario Almada, on-screen vigilante, icon of Mexican Westerns, stars in biography by his eldest son
Dressed in black —pants, shirt, leather vest and a high-crowned cowboy hat — it was impossible not to recognize Mario…
Haitian man seeking asylum dies after untreated tooth infection in Florence ICE detention, official says
A Haitian man seeking asylum and held at the Florence Detention Center became the tenth person to die in 2026…
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