Having a huge TikTok following won’t guarantee you’ll get released from immigration detention.  But it doesn’t hurt to have hundreds of thousands of people following your case, as Tucson’s Karla Toledo found out last week.

A top Arizona lawmaker is suggesting foreign-funded groups are helping drive local opposition to data centers. Meanwhile, Tucson is preparing its first-ever regulations aimed specifically at large-scale data centers.

The political ads are coming to Tucson airwaves.  Republican and Democratic Super PACs have already booked more than 6,300 commercials as they gear up for a congressional race both parties consider a must-win - #AZ06.

For one glorious month, we didn't have to choose between covering Tucson City Council and Pima County supervisors. Now we're headed right back into local government traffic jams.

You know it's going to be a good government story when one elected official writes a 27-page memo explaining why another elected official is wrong. Welcome to Pima County's latest multi-million dispute.

The interviews that made local politics feel personal.

Southern Arizona officials are on a 7,200-mile trip to Taiwan hoping Tucson can cash in on the semiconductor boom orbiting TSMC’s giant Phoenix operation. Taxpayers are footing much of the bill. We’re still trying to figure out exactly how much.

“What kind of protest is acceptable to you?” That was the question Project Blue activist Vivek Bharathan asked Pima County supervisors Tuesday night while sitting barefoot on top of a table during a peaceful act of civil disobedience.

The Democratic primary in LD21 has officially entered “everyone is running against everyone” territory. Here’s your guide to the four candidates battling for two House seats in Arizona’s salamander-shaped border district.

The Pima County Supervisors spent months fighting over whether they could remove Sheriff Chris Nanos from office.  Now the fight has shifted to Phoenix — where a supervisor wants Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to investigate Nanos for perjury.

Tucson approved 20 more years of the RTA. Now the question: can the city build roads faster without becoming one big orange-cone obstacle course? 🚧

South Tucson officials initially argued they had little power to investigate federal agents. On Tuesday night, their own City Council unanimously voted to re-open the case anyway. The fight over a viral ICE pepper-spray video is far from over.

You've seen the signs at every Tucson intersection. But do you actually know who's on them? Here's your guide to the GOP candidates battling for Arizona's top offices. 

Most people are going to focus on whether TEP gets 14% or something smaller. But the bigger fight might be over something called “formula rates.”

A city budget isn’t just a boring list of numbers. It’s actually kind of fun to think about, if you do it the right way.

The newspaper business is a serious profession. So why are these silly people always in charge of it?

The same Arizona elections rulebook that sparked lawsuits from the RNC, GOP lawmakers and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club is facing yet another legal challenge — this time from the Pima County GOP and The Oversight Project.

In LD20, the Democratic primary is the election — and this year’s contest has everything: incumbents, lawsuits, political dynasties, education fights, housing policy, Project Blue fallout, and a candidate who moved to Arizona just a few years ago.

Tonight is the Pima County Board of Supervisors’ first attempt at nighttime meetings.

At this point, the question may no longer be whether Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is politically wounded. It’s whether the Board of Supervisors is actually willing to remove him — knowing a courtroom fight would likely start the same day.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s new redistricting ruling could reshape how congressional maps are drawn across the country — and reopen old questions here in Arizona.

Tucson’s police chief says the city is shifting to an “intelligence-led” crackdown on street racing—using patrols, targeted operations and license plate readers. Families of victims say it’s still not enough.

A contractor for Project Blue illegally used a swimming pool’s worth of water at the upcoming data center’s construction site.  And the City of Tucson is pissed. 

Tucson’s water future? Behind closed doors. Street racers? More have been arrested. Parking downtown? Going to be more expensive. Resolutions? Still thriving.

Marana voters won’t get a say on a massive data center project — after a judge ruled the petitions weren’t legally precise enough.

Want to see what Southern Arizona would look like with a Republican governor? It’s easy. All you have to do is dip into the GOP budget plan.  

Winning Southern Arizona’s LD17 is critical to Democrats’ plans to flip control of the state Legislature this year.   But first, two Republicans are duking it out for the chance to represent their party on the November ballot.

We don’t know who will be on the November ballot yet — but we’re starting to know what you’ll be voting on.  Today, we’ve got an early rundown of the bonds, taxes and ballot fights taking shape in Pima County.

We don’t know who will be on the November ballot yet — but we’re starting to know what you’ll be voting on.  Today, we’ve got an early rundown of the bonds, taxes and ballot fights taking shape in Pima County.

Tucson City council members insist last week’s vote wasn’t about bringing back bus fares.  But it sure looked like the opening move in that fight.

The most memorable moment from Tuesday’s 10-hour budget meeting didn’t come from the dais. It came from a 13-year-old talking about what he’s seen in Tucson’s parks.

A fight over groundwater is now a full-blown political standoff at the Capitol. Gov. Katie Hobbs is vetoing water bills — and everything else — until lawmakers show her their version of next year’s budget. 

Sheriff Chris Nanos’ lawyer called the county’s inquiry an “inquisition” and pushed back hard on key questions. Now all eyes are on the supervisors to see if they escalate — or stand down.

Tucson’s free bus fares aren’t officially on the chopping block — but they’re getting awfully close. Council could reopen the debate today.

Arizona law says candidates can’t run if they owe more than $1,000 in campaign fines. Reality: it’s basically unenforceable. That gap is now at the center of a legal fight involving the Hernandez sisters — and it’s not over yet.

The money race in CD6 is tightening fast. JoAnna Mendoza outraised Juan Ciscomani last quarter — as national Democrats zero in on Southern Arizona.

Tucson’s proposed budget for next year pulls off a neat trick: keep free bus fares, avoid fire station closures and plug an $18M hole.  But look under the hood and you’ll find fee hikes, hiring freezes and a quieter erosion of services.

The political future of Tucson Democratic Rep. Alma Hernandez may hinge on whether her $100K+ in campaign fines count as “judgments” or “fines.”

Rep. Rachel Keshel is suing the pseudonymous Twitter personality known as William Coffin for raising questions about whether she lives in the district she represents. A judge has already granted an injunction. But how are they going to serve Coffin? www.tucsonagenda.com/p/keshel-v-c...

Thousands of Marana residents signed petitions to stop a pair of data centers from hitting their town. Now, a lawmaker from Chandler with a strike-everything amendment could decide whether Marana voters ever get a say on a 600-acre data center project. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/marana-s-m...

The City of Tucson is barreling toward new rules for data centers, and the water those tech behemoths would use. But have you ever thought about how much water your local brewery uses? www.tucsonagenda.com/p/tucson-s-d...

Democratic Rep. Alma Hernandez’s opponent argues she shouldn’t be able to run due to old fines. Campaign finance rules are on the book for a reason. So why doesn’t the Arizona Secretary of State enforce them? www.tucsonagenda.com/p/old-filing...

How Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos answers four questions posed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors will define his political future. The real question is — will he want to answer them or choose to retire? www.tucsonagenda.com/p/the-board-...

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is in the fight of his political life — and his own party is divided on what to do next. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/dems-deadl...

Tucson’s latest budget “menu” is here — and it’s light on easy decisions. City leaders are weighing bus fares, park cuts and even fire station closures as they try to close a $17 million gap. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/tucson-s-b...

ICMI: We just dropped our first interactive quiz on the new platform — part trivia, part “In Other News,” with real reporting baked in. Click through, learn something, leave your hot take… and tell us how we did. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/it-s-quiz-...

John Brakey is Pima County’s OG Democratic election denier. This week, he filed a new lawsuit going back to the well that made him famous. He’s once again challenging the RTA election. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/the-ghost-...

Wanna play hooky for Jesus? You might get to before you know it. A religious group is trying to convince Arizona lawmakers to force every public school in the state to let students skip class for Bible studies. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/a-lifeline...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing to save a cornerstone climate rule — just as Tucson hits 100 degrees nearly a month early. But here’s the catch: A 2010 state law means Arizona mostly follows whatever the feds decide. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/mayes-vs-g...

10,000 Southern Arizonans turned out Saturday for what the NRCC calls a "Hate America Rally." Democratic congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza brought her kid, who held a "No Faux Kings" sign. More in today's Tucson Agenda. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/nokings-pa...