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đź”´ Residents packed the supervisors meeting to demand the county block the Project Blue data center, but board members said their legal options to reverse course are now limited. Read more.
🏛️ AZ AG Kris Mayes is suing to force Congress to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying Southern Arizona has gone a month without representation. Read the story.
🖋️ After weeks of campus pushback, the University of Arizona declined to sign the Trump compact and instead submitted its own principles affirming academic freedom, research independence and shared governance. Read more.
🚔 As the Trump administration recruits police departments to act as immigration agents, a majority of Arizona law enforcement — including Pima County — is refusing to sign on, citing constitutional concerns and the need to maintain trust with Latino and migrant communities. Read more.
🌵 Advocates say some tactics used by officers to target Latinos in Trump’s deportation effort draw from Joe Arpaio’s 2000’s-era playbook. Read here.
🥣 Walk through last weekend in photos — weaving, dancing, cooking, hugging, and celebrating the many cultures that call Tucson home. See them here.
Featured stories
Hundreds pack supervisors meeting to stop Project Blue, but county may have few tools left
More than 300 people, most bedecked in red and many holding signs, packed the Oct. 21 Board of Supervisors meeting to express ongoing dismay with Project Blue moving forward. The […]
Arizona Attorney General sues to force swearing in of US Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva
PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state’s newest member of Congress after U.S. House […]
UA declines to sign Trump compact, submitting its own statement instead
The University of Arizona and President Suresh Garimella stopped short of signing the Trump administration’s proposed compact Monday, instead submitting its own “Statement of Principles” to the U.S. Department of […]
This Arizona county was the “model” for local police carrying out immigration raids. It ended in civil rights violations.
Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County was one of the first testing grounds for ICE’s 287(g) program, which lets local police enforce immigration laws. Many Arizonans say abuses from it […]
Arizona police agencies were once at the forefront of local immigration enforcement. Now most are avoiding it.
In January, the Trump administration launched a national recruitment campaign to deploy local officers as deportation agents. It has added more than 900 agencies, but only four in Arizona have […]
Scenes from Tucson Meet Yourself
For one weekend every fall, downtown Tucson becomes a walking gallery of color, culture and community pride for Tucson Meet Yourself. This year’s festival filled Jácome Plaza with the familiar […]
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Tucson’s Davis-Monthan air base could be the site of a commercial data center, part of a larger effort by the federal government to encourage data center operations. Developers have until Nov. 14 to submit their proposals. Several executive orders signed by the Trump administration, including Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure — are about increasing development related to artificial intelligence and data centers. Read the full request for proposals here.
Celebrate the history, arts and culture of the O’odham people at the Amerind Museum’s Autumn Fest, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. The event includes scholarly talks, music, dancers, artists, food and more. Details.
Participate in Arizona’s Team Hope Walk to support people and their families affected by Huntington’s disease. Check in for the Oct. 26 event at Reid Park begins at 8 a.m. with the walk kicking off an hour later. Register here.
Mission Garden will feature a Youth Garden Party on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon. The event will feature a performance by Mariachi Las Aguilitas De Davis at 10 a.m. Hot cafe de olla and pastries will be available to purchase from Chapoppin Cafe.
The Homeless ID Project, which helps unhoused people get access to IDs that are essential for jobs and housing, will host its first fundraising breakfast on Friday, Oct. 24 at 8 a.m. at Roadies in Tucson.Â
Experience the landscape jaguars roam on a guided hike on Dec. 6 through Borderlands Wildlife Preserve with experts from the Northern Jaguar Project and the Watershed Restoration Program. Register before the hike fills up. Details. Catch up on Arizona Luminaria’s reporting about jaguars here.
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