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In today’s newsletter:
📚 Pima County’s library system is creating new financial safeguards as it takes on funding for early childhood education — but questions remain about whether preschool scholarships should come from the same pot of money that pays for books and branches. Read more.
🏛️ Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn in as Arizona’s first Latina congresswoman after a seven-week delay, and she immediately signed a petition that could force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.
🅿️ Tucson wants to raise parking rates downtown to keep the streetcar free, but a city commission is pushing back on using parking revenue to fund transit. Get the details.
💉 A Tucson nursing program is celebrating a perfect record — every graduate has passed their licensing exam on the first try for nearly two years, thanks to intensive one-on-one coaching. Learn more.
Featured stories
Grijalva sworn in after political standoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the […]
Library moves to protect its budget as preschool costs rise
The Pima County library system will develop a new financial reserve policy, creating new guardrails to protect the library’s rainy day funds. That comes as county supervisors shifted $10.6 million […]
Coaching connections help Tucson nursing students lead the way in passing exam
Home life during the pandemic brought clarity to Nick Martinez. In 2020, the Tucson native was a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in biology who worked jobs in […]
To keep the streetcar free, Tucson proposes parking meter and garage hikes
The Pennington Street Garage was packed on Thursday morning. Less than a quarter mile away, Tony Ray Baker had just opened up his store, The Tucson Gallery, where he also […]
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Pima County will host a job fair today, Nov. 13. The Kino Veterans’ Workforce Center will put on the event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kino Event Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way. More than 40 employers will recruit at the event. Industries represented include: Construction, manufacturing, government, transportation, aviation, call centers and warehousing. All veterans — except those with dishonorable discharges — are eligible for veterans’ employment services. Active-duty service members transitioning within six months of discharge also qualify.
Shop a book sale to support the Arizona State Museum library 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, on the lawn in front of the Arizona State Museum, 1013 E. University Ave. in Tucson. All remaining stock will be 1/2 price on Saturday afternoon. Details.
Practice your super jump punch for a two-day Mario Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament to benefit Arizona’s Children Association, the state’s longest-serving child welfare organization. Day 1 is Saturday, Nov. 15 at Grand Canyon University and Day 2 is at Arizona Cardinals Stadium. Sign up for free but space is limited. Registration closes on Friday, Nov. 14.
Survival and Resistance, a memorial project honoring Tucson southside’s organizing against trichloroethylene (TCE) groundwater contamination, has a series of upcoming events. On Nov. 14, local author Lydia Otero and former Arizona Daily Star reporter Jane Kay will be in conversation to launch the exhibit “Living with Injury” at Tucson’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Learn more about the launch and see other project events here.
The Old Pueblo Trolley Transit Museum will celebrate 100 years of bus service, and 50 years of Sun Tran, with free admission to an open house on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 250 E. 36th St. The event includes lectures at 11:30 and 1:30 p.m.
Help our most vulnerable by assembling care packages with the Multidisciplinary Outreach Team through the City of Tucson. Sign up to volunteer on the following Saturdays from 9-11 a.m. — Nov. 15 and Dec. 13. The team distributes care packages year-round to our most vulnerable neighbors.
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