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🏛️ At a former Marana prison, new federal records reveal plans to significantly expand the number of people housed there as it is turned into an ICE detention center. Read that story.
🎨 Students and community members gathered to paint new murals in Tucson celebrating Black history, resistance and liberation. See photos from the event marking 100 years of Black History Month.
🏫 ASDB leaders named Pueblo High and Maxwell K-8 as sites for displaced Tucson students and delayed a vote on teacher pay cuts. Read more.
Featured stories
Federal order seeks major capacity increase at proposed Marana ICE detention center
A former prison in Marana slated to become an immigration detention center has a capacity of 513 people, according to state documents. But a procurement order released by the federal […]
Pueblo High, Maxwell K-8 named as ASDB cooperative sites, teacher pay cuts tabled
After a month to reflect since officials voted to close the Tucson campus of the Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind and lay off about 60 employees […]
“People power”: New Tucson mural celebrates Black history and liberation
“Going at it with true people power.” That’s the message behind new murals in Tucson, says Brandon Rogers, president of the University of Arizona Black Student Union. Tucson is long […]
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Stop by to say hi to Arizona Luminaria journalists at our booth at the Tucson Festival of Books, today and Sunday March 14-15. Festival details.
Gov. Katie Hobbs joined Tucson city officials on Tuesday to mark the start of a major renovation project at the historic Tucson House public housing tower. The project, funded in part by a $50 million Choice Neighborhoods grant, will modernize the 1963 building and convert it into 358 updated affordable apartments for residents ages 55 and older. The project is part of Tucson’s Thrive in the 05 initiative aimed at preserving affordable housing and investing in the Oracle Road and Miracle Mile area.
Gather in community to view the first Tucson screening of our new documentary produced with AZPM highlighting resident fights for stability and unity in Tucson’s mobile home parks. The screening will take place April 2, 7 p.m. at the Historic Y. The event is free but please RSVP here.
The Tucson City Council will meet Tuesday, March 17. On the agenda: preliminary budget plans and potential fee increases in city departments including transportation, water and parks. See agendas and meeting details.
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