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🌊 Tucson’s City Council unanimously passed new rules requiring large water users to apply for service and show conservation plans — a move spurred by the fight over the secretive Project Blue data center. Get the full story.
🎨 “Border as Network” transforma la frontera en un mapa de identidad y arte colectivo en Tucson y Hermosillo. Lee más aquĂ.
🍎 Teachers can end up spending hundreds of dollars — sometimes thousands — on classroom supplies. Adrienne Ledford’s Tucson nonprofit is like a thrift store for teachers. Read it.
⚒️ Just hours before the deal was set to go through, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a land transfer in Arizona on Monday that would ultimately lead to the destruction of a site sacred to Western Apache people. Read the story from Inside Climate News.
🗳️ With just a 19-votes margin, Sadie Shaw is challenging the Ward 3 primary results, arguing ballot errors disenfranchised voters and warrant a new election. Read more here.
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After Project Blue outcry, Tucson adopts rules for large water users
Until Tuesday, a company with zoning approval in Tucson could have relatively unlimited access to Tucson’s water system, even if it was going to use millions of gallons of water. […]
De Tucson a Hermosillo,“Border as Network” transforma la frontera en un mapa de identidad, arte y experiencias
Bajo la mirada de una decena de estudiantes de arte, la frontera sur se despliega como un ejercicio colectivo y creativo. La exposición Border as Network, invita a cuestionar identidades, […]
Teacher thrifting: From toilet paper rolls to golf tees, classroom supplies are repurposed
To bring the ocean to special education students at Ironwood Ridge High School, Adrienne Ledford asked her brother in Maryland to send seashells. Then, she asked for shark teeth. Feeling […]
Court blocks transfer of Western Apache sacred land at Oak Flat to copper mine
Just hours before the deal was set to go through, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a land transfer in Arizona on Monday that would ultimately lead to the destruction […]
Shaw says wrong ballots disenfranchised voters, requests primary election do-over
A data error at the county recorder’s office could have impacted the tight margin between the two candidates vying for Ward 3 in the Democratic primary, argues a lawsuit filed […]
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At an event at Arizona State University, U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs commented about data centers. He said Arizonans should want the tax revenue and economic growth that come from building data centers. He also addressed small modular reactors as a possible solution for the energy demands from data centers. Biggs is a Republican who represents Arizona’s District 5. Read more.
Pima County has moved to purchase the Spanish Trail Motel, which has dealt with asbestos and multiple fires. An adjacent building has also been the target of housing organizers complaints of unlivable conditions. That move may also end the city of South Tucson’s lawsuit against the motel’s owner Brian Bowers, Tucson Spotlight reported.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to initiate a process to potentially add zoning restrictions on large-scale industrial users, with a specific intent to add guardrails to any data center that wants to build in the region. If implemented, the new process would require additional public engagement and official review. Supervisor Jen Allen, of District 3, who introduced the measure, said it was important to work in tandem with the city of Tucson as they begin their own process of establishing a more thorough review process for proposed data centers. Allen also said that other jurisdictions in Arizona and across the country have already imposed similar guidelines. Allen said “30 or more” data centers have their sights on Pima County. More on new ordinances.
Dates to know for the special election in Congressional District 7: Aug. 25 — Voter registration deadline; Aug. 26 — Debate: watch live or replay at azluminaria.org; Aug. 27 — Early voting begins; Sept. 23 — Election Day
Be creative with an Adventure 3 printer and free 3D printing at Pima County Library branches this semester on Thursdays starting Aug, 21 from 2-4 p.m. at Wheeler Taft Abbott Sr. branch, 7800 N. Schisler Dr. and Saturdays at Kirk-Bear Canyon branch beginning Aug. 30 from noon to 3 p.m., 959 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
Care 4 the Caregivers is hosting a Back-to-School Bonanza at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at Children’s Museum Tucson. This free indoor event is designed for families raising children with disabilities and their non-disabled siblings and peers. Details.
Nominate a nurse for the Nurses Who Inspire contest from BlueCross BlueShield Arizona. Nominate by Aug. 25.
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