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📣 A new feature 📣 Local education notes. This week: A climate action plan led by students moved forward when the TUSD Governing Board voted to fund the next step. ➕ Plus more notes on Prop. 123 expiring, the migration of The Tucson Family Food Project, Sunnyside athletes and a 14-year-old ASU grad. Check it out here.
✒️ A bill establishing a new missing person alert system in Arizona was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Katie Hobbs. Read more.
🏘️ Without a new influx of funding from the state, preventative measures to keep seniors in their homes are at risk. “Nobody wants to see a bunch of 80 year olds on the street,” says Lisa Reams with the Pima Council on Aging. Read a Q&A about it here.
⏩ Plus Associated Press stories on Sen. Gallego’s immigration plan and a judge’s latest ruling on Oak Flat.
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TUSD takes next step in bold student-engineered climate plan
A progressive climate action plan led by students — including setting goals for cutting emissions and using clean energy — moved forward Tuesday night when the Tucson Unified School District […]
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs Turquoise Alert System into law
A bill establishing a new missing person alert system in Arizona was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Katie Hobbs. House Bill 2281 proposed the creation of a new Turquoise […]
“Nobody wants to see a bunch of 80 year olds on the street:” Local advocates sound alarm on senior housing
For Rae Vermeal, the experience of one Pima County senior illustrates the complexity of the housing struggle for older people in the region. The woman owns her home and gets […]
Sen. Gallego’s immigration plan includes more Border Patrol agents, asylum reform and pathway to citizenship
By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego is wading into one of Washington’s most contentious and intractable political problems as he puts forward a plan Monday […]
US judge halts plan to transfer sacred Oak Flat land for Arizona copper mine
PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. district judge on Friday temporarily halted the federal government’s plans to transfer land in eastern Arizona for a massive copper mining project amid protest by […]
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The caps and gowns are everywhere, as it’s graduation time. The Tucson Unified School District will celebrate next week with 15 schools over two nights. All times 7 p.m. unless noted. On Wednesday, May 21: Mary Meredith K-12, 1 p.m., 755 N. Magnolia Ave.; Teenage Parent High School, 6 p.m., (at Project More campus 440 S. Park. Ave.); Catalina, 3645 E. Pima St.; Palo Verde, 1302 S. Avenida Vega; Sabino, 5000 N. Bowes Road; Tucson High, 400 N. Second Ave.; University High, Kino Stadium 2500 E. Ajo Way; On Thursday, May 22: Project More, 6 p.m. 440 S. Park. Ave.; Cholla, 2001 W. Starr Pass Blvd.; Innovation Tech High School, (at Kino North Stadium 2817 E. Ajo Way; Pueblo, 2500 S. 12th Ave.; Rincon, 421 N. Arcadia; Sahuaro, 545 N. Camino Seco; Santa Rita High School, 3951 S. Pantano Road; Tucson Unified Virtual Academy University of Arizona Student Union ballroom, 1303 E. University Blvd.
Celebrate World Bee Day at the Tucson Botanical Gardens with a class on May 17 from 1-2 p.m. Register here for instruction on various bee species and beekeeping. Class is $5 for non-members and free for members. World Bee Day is May 20 and acknowledges the role of bees in our economy and ecosystems.
Keep your kid reading this summer with the Arizona Educational Foundation’s summer reading programs. Register here.
Pueblo Vida Brewing is hosting a Summer Essentials Drive with Community Care Tucson and ALMA on Friday, May 30. Donate reusable water bottles, summer clothing, hats, socks, travel size sunscreen, cooling towels, hygiene products and toilet paper/body wipes. Details.
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