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UA president: ‘Overspending’ calls for new controls as deadline looms for budget cuts
While the University of Arizona community awaits a final proposal to address budget mismanagement amid a financial crisis, the school’s president has moved to allay fears over furloughs and slashing financial scholarships and retiree benefits. President Robert Robbins said the university will not reduce need-based financial aid and any potential changes to merit-based financial aid…
In a reversal, Tucson city council will ask state for advice on recount of Prop 413
In a sweeping reversal, the Tucson City Council responded Tuesday to community concerns about the municipality’s decision not to seek a recount for Proposition 413 — the pay raise measure that was passing by a slim 289 votes. The initial decision not to pursue a recount came after Tucson City Attorney Mike Rankin reviewed the…
Tucson says state law doesn’t require recount for Prop 413. State official disagrees.
Arizona’s top Legislative Council official says that Tucson’s decision not to pursue a recount for Proposition 413 – despite the measure to increase city council pay passing by only 289 votes – clashes with new state automatic recount laws. Tucson officials announced late Friday in a news release that the measure “was approved by the…
Ruling in federal lawsuit over teen’s death at Pima County jail could show how drugs got inside
A court ruling last week in a federal lawsuit over a teenager’s death in the Pima County jail may open the door to an illuminating probe about how deadly drugs have illegally gotten into the incarceration facility. A judge ruled that a lawsuit about the death of 18-year-old Sylvestre Inzunza, who overdosed on fentanyl after…
Native teachers build nations: More Indigenous people are training to be teachers in Arizona
Jara Colelay grew up playing teacher. Colelay, her three younger sisters and their cousins used to gather at Grandma’s house and file the chairs and tables into rows of desks. She stood at the front, notepad in hand, asking the class questions like “What is five plus two?” Students would come and go to lunch…
