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“Y las tortillas”: Un negocio en Tucson que cuida la salud sin renunciar al sabor
Mayra Esquivel había preparado una cena especial para celebrar su graduación en arte culinario del Colegio Pima: pollo relleno, puré de papa con salsa de ajo y verduras en reducción de vino. Su padre, Salvador, había viajado desde Monterrey, en México, hasta Tucson para acompañarla. Los platillos, elaborados y sofisticados, ya estaban sobre la mesa…
Your 2026 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction primary voter guide: Where candidates stand on the issues
PHOENIX — Voters will soon decide who will lead the Arizona Department of Education and elect the superintendent of public instruction. Overseeing the Arizona Department of Education has become a different job in the last four years — as the U.S. Department of Education is dismantled, as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts have boomed and as diversity…
Guía de las elecciones primarias 2026 para superintendente de Arizona: qué opinan candidatos sobre temas clave
PHOENIX — Los votantes pronto decidirán quién dirigirá el Departamento de Educación de Arizona y ocupará el cargo de superintendente de instrucción pública. Supervisar el Departamento de Educación de Arizona se ha convertido en una labor muy distinta en los últimos cuatro años, a medida que el Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos ha sido…
Federal government aims to nearly triple Marana ICE detention capacity, new document shows
The federal government aims to nearly triple the capacity of a former prison in Marana slated to become an immigration detention center, moving the building to 1,300-bed capacity from 513 through the use of temporary beds. The facility could also begin housing people even as construction moves ahead, according to a Department of Homeland Security…
GOP candidates pitch themselves as the person to beat Arizona’s Democratic governor
PHOENIX (AP) — The two Republican congressmen running for Arizona governor pitched themselves at a debate Wednesday as the only candidate with broad enough voter appeal to unseat Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs amid the state’s affordability struggles. U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, who is the GOP primary’s front-runner and has the endorsement of President Donald Trump, portrayed himself…
