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🎓ASDB updates: Officials say blind students will be mainstreamed into local schools as part of the transition plan — and the board’s only Tucson member has resigned after the campus closure vote. Read the story.
🏫 Pima Community College is asking voters to approve a $250 million bond for facility upgrades, workforce training centers and debt refinancing — warning the outlook could be “kind of dark” without it. Read more.
🏛️ Arizona lawmakers have introduced a wave of immigration-related bills this session — here’s a quick guide to what’s advancing, stalling or failing at the Capitol.
🌅 The newly lit “Three Suns” dome near Grant and I-10 is more than a landmark — leaders say it represents prosperity, resilience and Old Pascua community. Read more.
Featured stories
ASDB outlines relocation plan in new letter to families as Tucson board member resigns
The Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind laid out a more detailed plan to close its dorms, mainstream visually impaired students at local schools and relocate its […]
Pima Community College seeks $250M bond for facility upgrades, workforce training
Pima Community College is preparing to ask voters to approve a $250 million general obligation bond this November — its first bond election in more than 30 years — to […]
A breakdown of anti-immigration bills moving through the Arizona Legislature in 2026
Arizona’s 2026 legislative session is set to break records for the most bills introduced in the state’s history and it comes as no surprise that immigration has been one of […]
Three suns: What the new Casino Del Sol dome means to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Gloria Alvarez Gomez grew up in this neighborhood, playing down on Calle Sur at her grandmother’s house, and she remembers when this place used to be a movie theater. She […]
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Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva told reporters Wednesday that she would not be attending the State of the Union address, scheduled for Feb. 24 in Washington. Grijalva won a special election to replace her late father in Congress last year but was sworn in after a weeks-long delay. She said her absence at President Trump’s address would not make a difference. She would instead give her guest spots to Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar for family members of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by immigration officers in early January during a federal deportation crackdown in Minneapolis.
Pima County will implement a sliding scale fee for families at the upper end of the Pima Early Education Program (PEEPs) starting next school year. That effort will enable the county to expand the early education support classes amid a moment of scarce state and federal funding but without increasing county funding, a memo from County Administrator Jan Lesher said. Last fall, county supervisors shifted $10.6 million in future funding for PEEPs into the library district’s budget.
Tucson will work towards a new city code to govern the land use of large data centers. There will be four public meetings on the proposed code changes, both virtual and in-person, with the first one set to take place at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19 at Pueblo High School, located at 3500 S 12th Ave. Register here.
Apply for the Dolores Huerta scholarship to earn the chance to win $2,500. This scholarship is available for Tempe Union School District High School seniors or Tempe residents who are high school seniors, winners will be honored at Tempe’s 2026 Neighborhood celebration. Submit your application by Feb. 19, additional details here.
Catch the University of Arizona’s Student Success Scholarship Series dance performances Feb. 19-22 at the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, featuring student and faculty works plus Broadway performer D. Jerome. Tickets and details here.
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