The most prevalent ethnic group in the Santa Cruz County student body in the 2021-22 school year was Latino, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
In Maricopa County schools, there were more Latino students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
The City of Tucson recently won a competitive, $5 million urban forestry grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to invest in Tucson neighborhoods on the frontlines of climate change.
Tucson Pima County Collaboration to End Homelessness (TPCH) released its gap analysis that showed an additional 1,367 shelter beds and 4,901 units of supportive housing will be needed to end homelessness in Pima County within the next five years.
The City of Tucson Department of Transportation & Mobility (DTM) is seeking input from the public on the design of the Stone Avenue Complete Street Project.
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced the Protecting Our Kids Act, which incentivizes the hiring and training of school resource officers (SROs) by giving states that will use the funds for such purposes preferential consideration for COPS Grant applications.
In August 2023, the City of Tucson Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) was awarded a $50 million Choice Neighborhood Implementation (CNI) grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Arizona Department of Housing, in partnership with the Arizona Housing Coalition, concluded the 2023 Arizona Housing Forum on Friday, August 25, in Tucson by naming two of its Housing Heroes: Bread and Roses youth transitional housing and Habitat for Humanity's homebuilding construction.
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack, requesting an update on the Canine Valley Fever Vaccine currently under review with the USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Tucson radio show host Garret Lewis took to the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) to criticize Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' choice to declare a state of emergency due to escalating temperatures in the state. Hobbs made this declaration on Aug. 11, along with issuing an executive order outlining future heat response measures.