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Rio Nuevo avanza con la reapertura de Gibson's Shopping Market en el centro de Tucson, pero el distrito se enfrenta a una nueva batalla legislativa sobre su financiación a medida que se acerca la fecha límite del presupuesto, el 30 de junio.
The University of Arizona is eliminating roughly 28 positions in its Health Sciences Department as part of a sweeping reorganization that will fold its programs into university operations by Aug. 7.
Arizona lawmakers dropped a plan to redirect $19 million from Tucson's Rio Nuevo district, instead adding accountability language requiring 80% of district spending to go toward sales-tax-generating projects.
Aggressive 2020 social media posts by Arizona Senate candidate Rocque Perez have resurfaced ahead of the July 21 Democratic primary in Legislative District 20, drawing responses from both Perez and his opponent, state Rep. Alma Hernandez.
Los votantes de los distritos legislativos 17 y 20 tuvieron una oportunidad única de conversar personalmente con los candidatos en un foro informal organizado conjuntamente por Tucson Spotlight/ El Foco de Tucson, Arizona Luminaria y Press Forward Southern Arizona.
Voters in Legislative Districts 17 and 20 got a rare chance to speak one-on-one with candidates at an informal forum co-hosted by Tucson Spotlight, Arizona Luminaria and Press Forward Southern Arizona.
El exconcejal de la ciudad de Tucson, Rocque Perez, se enfrenta a la representante estatal Alma Hernandez por el escaño vacante en el Senado del LD20, argumentando que el sur de Arizona necesita líderes dispuestos a decir no a los intereses corporativos y sí a la educación pública.
La representante estatal Alma Hernández se postula para el Senado de Arizona en el Distrito Legislativo 20, enfrentando un desafío en las primarias demócratas por parte de Rocque Pérez de cara a las elecciones primarias del 21 de julio.
The Legislative District 20 Democratic Committee voted to issue a formal statement of concern against state Rep. Alma Hernandez, citing more than 150 votes she cast with Republicans ahead of a July primary against former Tucson council member Rocque Perez.
