By law, state lands must be managed for its "highest and best use'' and to maximize financial returns for Arizona's K-12 schools.
- Hannah Cree
The Board of Supervisors approved the tentative $1.8 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1.
- Gary Grado For Arizona Agenda
Legislative District 21, which runs along the border with Mexico in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, favors Democrats.
Tucson, Phoenix create water-sharing plan as Colorado River shrinks- Tony Davis
For Star subscribers: Tucson and Phoenix have a plan in which city with more water than it needs at the moment can share it.
- Hannah Cree
The Project Blue data center will use groundwater from two new wells being drilled on the property.
- Jasmine Creighton
South Tucson seeks probe from other agencies of ICE pepper-spraying incident during traffic stop.
- Hannah Cree
A new section of Interstate 10 in Tucson opened this weekend.
Debates among Tucson's LD20 Democrats ahead of July primary had candidates spar over the proliferation of data centers, raising taxes and affordable housing.
An attorney for embattled Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says news reports describing the circumstances of his clients' resignation from the El Paso Police Department are wrong.
Embattled Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos faces a possible state investigation after supervisors on Tuesday night voted to send claims of alleged perjury to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
AMES Construction, a contractor on the Project Blue project, has until May 17 to respond to the violation notice.
Tucson must take a more active role in shaping the housing market, city leaders said Tuesday during a discussion about housing affordability and homelessness.
A section of West Grant Road near Interstate 10 will be closed through most of the summer beginning later this month.
Police deployments are a part of Tucson's Safe City Initiative, a combination of enforcement and social service efforts to address homelessness.
In Tucson, traffic rarely looks like a problem.
About 20 people protested in the lobby of a Tucson law firm. The firm says protesters made threats. Protesters counter that an employee assaulted one person.
PHOENIX — A Pima County resolution directing employees not to cooperate with immigration officials does not violate state or federal laws, Attorney General Kris Mayes concludes.
Project Blue developer Beale Infrastructure, however, says Tucson issued "a permit for temporary water per the normal course of business."
In a debate sponsored by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, candidates Anthony Dunham and Chris King disagreed on whether they would vote to send voters a proposal for a “clean renewal” of Prop. 123, an education funding source for Arizona's public K-12 schools.
The GOP Senate candidates have been invited to a debate on Thursday, April 30, at 6 p.m.
Legislative District 17 wraps around Tucson's north and east sides, from Rincon Valley and Tanque Verde north through Oro Valley and Marana to SaddleBrooke in southern Pinal County.
Tucson's STAR Village, a year-long pilot program to create a transitional outdoor sleeping space with services for homeless people, is set to be extended one more year if the city council approved a proposed budget for next fiscal year.
A new report says Tucson should focus on roads and highways, not bike lanes or free transit. City officials say those choices reflect community values and accessibility needs.
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An attorney for Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos tells Supervisors their query into his work history as a Texas cop more than four decades ago has nothing to do with his current elected position.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos made a report to the board of supervisors as required this week, but it wasn't a sworn document as state statute dictates.
Tucson bus and street car rides would stay free, no fire stations will be closed and the city will keep pushing to hire more police officers under a $2.5 billion budget proposal from City Manager Tim Thomure.
Sibling Arizona lawmakers, Alma and Consuelo Hernandez, each won a legal challenge to their candidacy.
For Star subscribers: Sen. Mark Kelly, a Tucson Democrat, voted for the first time to block the sale of arms to Israel, in a sign of shifting public opinion. Also, Gallego is under the gun, and more.
A new pedestrian and bicycle signal was activated Thursday at the street crossing near the University of Arizona campus where three students were struck and killed last year.
Rep. Alma Hernandez faces a legal effort by challenger Roque Perez to knock her off the ballot in the Democratic primary.
The bill has cleared both the House and Senate and is now on the desk of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.