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🗄️ Tucson City Council approved new regulations on large-scale data centers Wednesday night, making them one of the most regulated land uses in the city — but community members packed the meeting to say anything short of a ban isn’t enough. Read more

🚌 Twenty new teachers hopped on a school bus for an 11-school tour of the Flowing Wells Unified School District, a tradition meant to show incoming educators the culture — and the neighborhoods — behind their new classrooms. Read in English | lee en español

📬 In case you missed it: Arizona youth are pressing state and local lawmakers on climate policy, telling Rep. Adelita Grijalva and Council member Selina Barajas that extreme heat is already shaping their lives. Tucson’s homelessness outreach workers have replaced a decade-old national survey with a locally built questionnaire aimed at identifying who is most likely to die outside. And in Peach Springs, a youth radio club is helping keep Walapai 100.9 — and the Hualapai language — on the air.

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Tucson City Council approves regulations on large-scale data centers

The Tucson City Council approved new regulations on large-scale data centers Wednesday, making them one of the most regulated land uses in the city. The mayor and council also directed […]

On a yellow school bus, new teachers meet Flowing Wells

The speaker crackles as the new yellow school bus grazes bumps, shuffling Superintendent Kevin Stoltzfus in his seat. Nonetheless, he continues with Flowing Wells Unified School District trivia. “And that is […]

En un autobús escolar amarillo, los nuevos maestros conocen el distrito de Flowing Wells

El altavoz cruje mientras el nuevo autobús escolar amarillo pasa sobre los baches, haciendo que el superintendente Kevin Stoltzfus se acomode en su asiento. Aun así, continúa con una serie […]

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The Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider two measures at its Tuesday meeting that could change the dynamics around future large development projects like data centers. One measure, put forward by Chair Jen Allen, is a request to direct the county administrator to review board policies to enhance due diligence for Pima County economic development projects and the use of NDAs in economic development projects. The second is to direct the county administrator to draft a 120-day moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Pima County until the county has completed a series of zoning code amendments to reflect the unique needs of data centers. The measures will be considered at the Aug. 11 meeting, set to take place at 5 p.m. It can be watched in person at the Pima County Administration Building at 130 W. Congress St. on the 1st Floor, or online here.

A San Francisco woman was sentenced to time served and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine in Phoenix federal court for selling counterfeit Native American jewelry. Molly Breivis, 57, pleaded guilty to misrepresenting Indigenous-made goods after admitting she sold more than $92,000 worth of jewelry imported from Asia on eBay, falsely claiming it was made by Apache, Laguna, Navajo or Zuni artists. As part of her plea deal, Breivis must publish a public apology to the Native American community on the Indian Arts and Crafts Board’s website.

The Nature Conservancy acquired a 218-acre property near the headwaters of Sonoita Creek, permanently protecting a rare year-round water source that supports wildlife moving between the Patagonia and Santa Rita mountains. The acquisition expands the organization’s Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve and protects habitat for species including the jaguar, ocelot and Gila topminnow.

Arizona Western College has been awarded $5 million in federal funding to train small manufacturers across Yuma County and southwestern Arizona, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced. The grant, part of the SBA’s Empower to Grow program, will fund an initiative at AWC’s manufacturing training facility in Wellton offering hands-on instruction and business advising to small manufacturers and startups. AWC was one of 11 institutions nationwide to receive a combined $50 million in the program’s latest round.

The EPA proposed a consent decree to resolve a lawsuit from the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity alleging the agency missed deadlines for acting on Clean Air Act plans, including one covering sulfur dioxide pollution in Hayden, Arizona. Under the deal, EPA would take final action on Arizona’s plan by Aug. 28. The public can comment on the proposal through Aug. 17.