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đź“‘ Tucson is creating new rules for NDAs after Project Blue raised questions about transparency in economic development. Read more here.
🛼 “It was the first space where no one questioned that I was a woman.” How roller derby in Tucson is giving trans, queer, nonbinary and intersex athletes a place to belong. Read more.
📣 Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday. He was the c0-founder of Arizona-based organization, Turning Point USA, which ventured onto liberal-leaning college campuses where many GOP activists were nervous to tread — his organization has had a frequent presence at the University of Arizona. Read the AP story here.
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Amid anti-trans sports bans, Tucson Roller Derby builds safe space for LGBTQIA+ athletes
Bunny Beatdown darts through a tight wall of blockers, her skates barely staying inside the flat track line as she maneuvers past the last blocker of the pack. The whistle […]
Following Pima County, Tucson moves to create new policy for NDAs
Following Pima County’s lead, Tucson officials instructed city administrators to create new transparency rules for non-disclosure agreements tied to economic development projects, part of a broader shift in policy following […]
Arizona conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at an event in Utah
Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances […]
Trump’s Medicaid cuts were aimed at “able-bodied adults.” Phoenix Children’s Hospital says kids will be hurt.
KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — an independent source of health policy […]
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After 21 years in the job, Tuesday was Tucson City Attorney Mike Rankin’s last city council meeting as Tucson’s top lawyer. Rankin, who has been city attorney since 2004, is retiring. Roi Lusk, the chief deputy city attorney, will step into the role on an interim basis until a new city attorney is appointed by mayor and council.
The Latinos in Heritage Conservation has named Tucson’s much loved Anita Street Market on the first national list of Endangered Latinx Landmarks. Anita Street Market, located in Barrio Anita, was nominated by Los Descendiententes Co-Director Rikki Riojas. The market, which opened in 1901, was originally owned and operated by the Wong family and another unnamed Chinese family. “It is not only about the preservation of the building itself, but of the families and community members who have served as its stewards for over 100 years,” Riojas wrote about the market.
Attorney General Kris Mayes has continued to hold manufactured home park owners accountable for electricity failures amid deadline heat waves, making Mayes’ office the best chance for residents who have faced power outages to address the issue. On Sep. 4, Mayes increased her legal pressure on the Redwood mobile home park in Tucson. Park residents have continued to deal with multiple electricity outages daily despite Mayes’ lawsuit in August – now she has requested a restraining order and preliminary injunction to push park owners to address the electricity failures. And on Tuesday, Mayes announced her office is suing the landlord of an RV and mobile home park in Apache Junction for weeks-long power outages during extreme heat this summer.
If you want to vote by mail, Friday, Sept. 12 is the last day to request a mail-in ballot from your county recorder for the special election to fill a seat in Congress in District 7.
Sample whiskey while learning about the history of water rights in the American West at “Whiskey is for Drinking, Water is for Fighting Over,” an event by the Arizona State Museum, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Whiskey del Bac, 2106 N Forbes Blvd. in Tucson. Details and RSVP.
Join AZPM for a screening of excerpts from “The American Revolution,” an upcoming documentary from directors Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. In addition to the screening, there will be a panel discussion moderated by Arizona Illustrated host Tom McNamara and with Arizona Luminaria co-founder Irene Fischler McKisson on Speaking Up for Change: 1776 vs. 2025 on Sept. 20 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the ENR2 building on the University of Arizona campus. Register for that screening or two others here.
Sign up to volunteer at Cyclovia Tucson, on Sunday, Oct. 26. Bike, skate, walk, run and just hang out in the neighborhoods of Dunbar Spring, Bronx Park, Barrio Blue Moon, Old Pascua and Pima Community College Downtown Campus. As part of the global “open streets” movement, Cyclovia Tucson is a free event for all humans.
Condors can do. You can watch condors take their first flights in the wild during a celebration on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 27. Five California Condors — bred in captivity and hatched at the Oregon Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park — will be released at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument and the events will be live streamed on The Peregrine Fund’s YouTube Channel. This once nearly extinct species has made a tremendous comeback, said Tim Hauck, The Peregrine Fund’s California Condor program director. Details.
Can you recycle a milk carton, old nail polish or a cereal box liner? Get clear on what to recycle when Pima County’s Green Geek answers your questions. Email fyinewsletter@pima.gov or go here to check things out.
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