Getting inspired by Frida or singing KPop at the top of their lungs. This is what happens when art meets the classroom. https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/14/this-is-showing-me-how-to-be-an-artist-student-field-trips-ignite-creative-dreams/

Is your school an A or F? Check the new state grades 📊 https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/13/database-find-your-schools-new-2025-letter-grade/

He saved his dad’s life — then found his calling in nursing. See how he made the leap. https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/11/coaching-connections-help-tucson-nursing-students-lead-the-way-in-passing-exam/

Preschool costs hit library budget. Will a new policy protect core services? https://ow.ly/HfhI50XqcfR

The city’s proposal would raise parking meter and garage rates starting in 2026 https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/10/to-keep-the-streetcar-free-tucson-proposes-parking-meter-and-garage-hikes/

Beale’s proposal includes funding for schools, job programs and clean energy projects. Supervisors say the next step is turning those pledges into a binding contract

No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona's new missing persons system https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/06/no-turquoise-alert-for-navajo-teen-amplifies-questions-about-arizonas-endangered-children-and-new-missing-person-system/

Mount Lemmon is running short on water. Here’s how locals are adapting. https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/06/five-minute-showers-and-dusty-trucks-mount-lemmon-adapts-to-drought/

Los votantes aprobaron nuevos fondos para escuelas en tres distritos del área de Tucson — beneficiando a casi 70,000 estudiantes y 10,000 empleados escolares

Voters approved new school funding in three Tucson-area districts last night — impacting nearly 70,000 students and 10,000 staff

🚨 BREAKING: TUSD override passes for the first time in 30+ years. Early election results show Tucson voters approved Prop 414, funding teacher raises and school programs in the city’s largest district.

🚨 Election Night Update: Early results show Selina Barajas and Miranda Schubert joining Tucson City Council and Kevin Dahl staying in Ward 3 https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/live-election-results-2025-tucson-city-council-plus-school-bonds-and-overrides/

Families in Southern Arizona are scrambling for food as SNAP is delayed. Local food banks, mutual aid groups and rural communities are stepping up — but will it be enough? https://ow.ly/oWcR50Xmbmu

Colonias in Southern Arizona are facing heat, water shortages and funding cuts. Here’s what residents say needs to change. In collaboration with The Margin https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/31/southern-arizona-colonias-climate-water-crisis/

📺 Part 1 of a new documentary series from AZPM + Arizona Luminaria on Southern Arizona’s mobile home parks premieres this Sunday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. on Arizona Illustrated (PBS 6).

For nearly four decades, Yvette Lanz has shaped Tucson’s bilingual classrooms — now, she and thousands of educators could see long-overdue raises if TUSD voters approve Prop. 414 on Nov. 4 https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/30/teacher-raises-could-pay-off-for-students-tusd-voters-decide-nov-4/

She could be making more money at Target but she stays for the kids who need her. Now TUSD voters will decide on Nov. 4 if teachers like her finally get a raise. Arizona ranks 49th nationally in elementary teacher pay. https://ow.ly/ZAw150XkF0W

Arizona’s Turquoise Alert has been used once since July. DPS says that’s intentional, despite 200+ missing person cases. https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/29/arizonas-turquoise-alert-has-been-triggered-just-once-dps-explains-thats-by-design/

With SNAP benefits set to pause Nov. 1, here’s where to find food assistance, donate, or volunteer in Tucson and Southern Arizona https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/29/hundreds-of-thousands-in-arizona-face-hunger-as-snap-funding-halt-looms/

5 things to know about the proposed ICE detention center in Marana 🚨 A private prison company just bought a facility near Tucson — and could soon turn it into an immigration detention center holding 500 people — all with no public input. https://ow.ly/LKgL50XiH5x

Arizona AG Kris Mayes is suing to force Congress to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying Southern Arizona has gone a month without representation

People stood shoulder to shoulder inside and outside the building — snapping, cheering and holding “Not One Drop” signs as they urged supervisors to reverse course https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/21/hundreds-pack-supervisors-meeting-to-stop-project-blue-but-county-may-have-few-tools-left/

Most Arizona police agencies are steering clear of ICE’s push to let local officers act as immigration agents — including Pima County With ProPublica https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/21/arizona-police-agencies-were-once-at-the-forefront-of-local-immigration-enforcement-now-most-are-avoiding-it/

UA won’t sign the Trump compact — instead it submitted its own principles, saying it shares some federal priorities but won’t compromise academic freedom

Tucson’s “No Kings” rally stood out among 2,700 nationwide, as protesters denounced Congress for blocking Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in

As regents and Garimella met in private session — the UA community demanded the university reject the Trump funding compact

The super nachos are a community staple — but the aging snack bar show how old Sunnyside’s facilities have become

During a state water meeting, Arizona’s top water official spotted a typo: “Hoover Doom.” It might not be wrong 💧

Nine universities received a compact from the Trump administration — here's how each one has responded 👉 https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/16/from-silence-to-rejection-how-9-universities-are-responding-to-trumps-higher-ed-compact/

At a teach-in outside the UA student union Wednesday, a crowd called for leaders to reject the compact as MIT — and now Brown — have

About a year after a proposal to close several branches was rejected, the library is under new leadership and on track to expand hours and increase staffing

“We’re students, we don’t get told anything. I’ve seen only things in news articles, not even from the university," one UA student said as campus concern grows over a Trump administration compact

UA faculty called it "extortion." University leaders say they won't decide on Trump's controversial higher ed compact without faculty input. Our latest on the tensions over federal funding and academic freedom

Arizona AG Kris Mayes is suing a Tucson mobile home park for allegedly hiding dangerous electrical problems that left residents without AC during triple-digit heat. https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/10/as-ag-mayes-sues-another-mobile-home-park-for-deadly-conditions-pressure-mounts-for-change/

UA was offered more federal funds — but only if it signs a pledge backing Trump’s agenda. Faculty call it “extortion.” UA leaders say they’re still reviewing the deal. https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/08/ua-leadership-no-decisions-on-trump-college-compact-without-input-from-faculty/

You'll be getting a ballot in your mailbox soon. Save this helpful voter guide and share it with someone who needs a nudge to vote https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/08/tucson-school-bonds-overrides-2025-prop-414-415-416/

A jaguar was spotted in the San Rafael Valley — the same area where a border wall is going up. Tribal leaders call the jaguar sacred. Conservationists say the wall could cut off its last path north. https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/07/a-jaguar-a-wall-a-sacred-valley-whats-at-stake-in-san-rafael/

3 superintendents from 3 Tucson school districts talk about the 3 greatest needs facing their schools https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/06/in-their-own-words-superintendents-cite-school-districts-biggest-needs/

Amphi schools face tough choices: Up to 5 elementary campuses could close next year amid declining enrollment https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/03/amphitheater-public-schools-to-close-up-to-five-elementary-schools-before-2026-27-school-year/

All future community meetings will be held at the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse and questions will be gathered in advance https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/02/federal-judge-issues-order-restructuring-maricopa-county-sheriff-oversight-meetings-including-new-process-for-community-input/

Valley fever is surging in Arizona. Researchers say climate change — with wetter winters followed by scorching, dusty summers — could be fueling its spread https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/02/tucson-researchers-mapped-a-smarter-way-to-catch-valley-fever-politics-may-unravel-it/

The memo asks the UA and the other colleges to commit to a series of policies to get preferential access to federal funds

📄 Newly released records show Pima County signed a confidentiality deal with Amazon Web Services on Project Blue — keeping its role secret for up to 5 years or until the project was complete

Newly-elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva is still waiting to be sworn in

A Nogales nonprofit makes affordable prosthetics and wheelchairs for cross-border residents — and hires people with disabilities to build them https://azluminaria.org/2025/09/29/sonora-nonprofit-innovates-affordable-prosthetics-wheelchairs/

From choir director to provost 🎶 Ian Roark’s path to PCC leadership is anything but ordinary. Three questions with Roark + more of the week's education notes here: http://azluminaria.org/2025/09/26/from-leading-choirs-to-leading-pima-community-college-ian-roark-hits-a-new-note-as-provost/

🏆 Arizona Luminaria is Community News Outlet of the Year! Plus awards for Journalist of the Year + political reporting and more Nearly 4 years in, and we’re just getting started. Thank you, Southern Arizona. 🕯️ Read more: azluminaria.org/2025/09/24/a...

🏙️ Three big discussions at Tucson City Council this week: public drug use ordinance, housing assistance funding and fighting TEP's rate hike

“She’s always here for us just as she’s always here for Southern Arizona,” her daughter Adelina said, announcing the victory.

Adelita Grijalva has won the special election, becoming the first Arizona Latina in Congress. Read the live story here: azluminaria.org/2025/09/23/a...