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Upcoming stops on the AZPM News Road Trip June 27 Gentle Ben’s 865 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85719 12–2PM. about.azpm.org/p/about-pres...
Your Voice Matters: Join the AZPM News Road Trip for a series of community listening sessions
AZPM News is hosting listening sessions across Tucson focused on connection, conversation, and strengthening public media reporting in Southern Arizona.
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AZPM is screening "Never Too Late?," a powerful documentary that follows the journey of Stephanie Haskins, who became one of the oldest people in the United States to undergo gender confirmation surgery at age 76. Tue, June 30, 2026 @ 6:30PM and for more: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/...
For complete coverage of the 2026 election in Arizona, visit the AZPM Election Center. The deadline to register to vote in Arizona’s primary election is Monday, June 22. Here is a list of your most frequently asked questions with answers: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Key dates and essential information for Arizona’s Primary Election
Here is a list of your most frequently asked questions with answers.
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AZPM is partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson to host a Back-to-School Supply Drive from June 22 through August 4, helping local youth start the school year prepared for success. For the full list of supplies: about.azpm.org/p/about-pres...
Join Arizona Public Media and host Mark McLemore for a special Arizona Spotlight live at the Baker Center for Public Media. Don't miss this opportunity to experience Arizona Spotlight LIVE for an engaging evening of community and culture. FREE RSVP: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/...
The Tucson nonprofit Derechos Humanos is hosting its second installment of a monthly legal clinic for immigrants and mixed-status families. The next Barrio Legal Clinic — slated for June 24 — will offer free legal advice on immigration cases. buff.ly/uy5elhx
The Fox Theatre and Hughes Federal Credit Union have entered a 10-year $5 million naming rights agreement as part of the theater's $26.6 million expansion project. For more: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Hughes teams with Fox Theatre in $5M naming rights partnership
Historic Tucson Fox Theatre and Hughes Federal Credit Union announced Tucson's first-ever corporate naming partnership for a performing arts venue.
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Cochise County iris scanners: Every police agency will adopt the same biometric tech ICE uses in deportations. For more: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Every Cochise County police agency will soon use the same iris scanners ICE deploys
Cochise County iris scanners: Every police agency will adopt the same biometric tech ICE uses in deportations.
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U.S. employers added jobs for the third month in a row in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%. But wage gains softened and likely failed to keep pace with rising prices. www.npr.org/2026/06/05/n...
The U.S. adds 172,000 jobs. Many are in restaurants, bars and hotels
U.S. employers added jobs for the third month in a row in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%. But wage gains softened and likely failed to keep pace with rising prices.
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In March, following pushback from members of the public and affected customers, Tucson Electric Power quietly lowered its proposed rate increase from 14% to 12.6%...while the AG’s office argues that residential customers will still be impacted by 14%. For more: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
TEP quietly amends rate change, AG’s office disagrees
AG’s office argues that residential customers will still be impacted by 14%.
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Parents and childcare professionals are advocating for more government funding to dig the state out of “the Grand Canyon” of childcare access. For more: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
AZ childcare landscape ‘in crisis’ as assistance waitlist approaches 12,800 kids
Parents and childcare professionals are advocating for more government funding to dig the state out of “the Grand Canyon” of childcare access.
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As Project Blue continues to break ground near the Pima County Fairgrounds, the city of Tucson has been working on regulations to manage future large-scale data centers. news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Tucson Planning Commission has more questions about proposed data center regulations
City officials prepare standards for Mayor and Council review slated for this summer
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Join AZPM for a daily news podcast, featuring the latest headlines, issues and in depth stories impacting us all across Arizona. New episodes each weekday afternoon. Listen Monday-Friday: originals.azpm.org/azpmnews/
AZPM News Daily podcast
A daily news podcast from AZPM, featuring the latest headlines, issues and in depth stories impacting us all across Arizona.
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A major gun control group is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Justice Department over the agencies' refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are. www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...
President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Niskanen Center. www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...
National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force…
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The vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed. buff.ly/XZl4aMu
President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
WATCH: Trump announces $700m investment in coal plants, exports
President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal…
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Changes have been made to plans for a new University of Arizona residence hall. The university originally planned for a 19-story building on the northwest corner of Speedway and Campbell Boulevards, that will now stand nine stories tall. More: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Watch live as Democratic candidates for Congressional District 5 Brian Hualde, Chris James, and Elizabeth Lee will debate live on June 4, 2026 beginning at 6pm. Watch: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
PRIMARY DEBATE: Arizona Congressional District 5 (D)
Watch live as Democratic candidates Brian Hualde, Chris James, and Elizabeth Lee debate the issues facing Arizonans.
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ICE detained the DACA recipient last month, drawing sharp community backlash. Then, the agency changed course. This week, another major development unfurled: An immigration judge dismissed the case against Toledo altogether. More: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Researchers at the University of Arizona are exploring a new vision of what cognitive aging looks like. For more: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Study shows older adults recall memories more vividly
UA reseachers note that the conclusion contradicts general assumptions about cognitive aging.
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Finding a Voice: Fostering Indigenous Composers, telling the story of the Native American Composer Apprentice Project, including full length compositions by both students of the program and their instructors. Listen to Arizona Encore: radio.azpm.org/p/classicaln...
A partnership with Saguaro City Music Theatre will keep the Berger Performing Arts Center operating after Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind leaves its Tucson campus. news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Preparations underway for final Berger performance before new Saguaro City agreement
A partnership with Saguaro City Music Theatre will keep the Berger Performing Arts Center operating after Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind leaves its Tucson campus.
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The University of Arizona has announced a new but familiar name for the Cesar Chavez Building. President Suresh Garimella announced that the Chavez Building will now be called the Economics Building. That’s the name it originally donned until 2003. news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Come and experience a storytime like only a theatre can do it! Take a wonderful children’s book, put its pages up on the Fox’s movie screen, throw in a dash of the theatrical and a bit of popcorn, and voila– you get a storytime fit for a historic theatre! 📆 : June 4 @10:30AM Free Registration:
Storytime at the Fox! June '26
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Come and experience a storytime like only a theatre can do it! Take a wonderful children’s book, put its pages up on the Fox’s movie screen, throw in a dash of the theatrical and a bit of popcorn, and voila– you get a storytime fit for a historic theatre! 📆 : June 4 @10:30AM Free Registration:
Storytime at the Fox! June '26
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Local elected officials are criticizing the planned closure of the Indian Health Service’s Tucson Area Office as part of an agency-wide restructuring. Tucson’s area office would be folded into Phoenix’s under an agency-wide overhaul. More: buff.ly/CK96zFq
New tech, mining and exploration are just some of the drivers behind the growing economy of space. Dani DellaGiustina, Ph. D., breaks down the different ways sectors are investing toward space exploration. Listen: originals.azpm.org/p/navigating...
The Economics of Space Exploration
New tech, mining and exploration are just some of the drivers behind the growing economy of space.
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Tucson opened five cooling centers around the city today to help people get out of the heat. The city will keep them open through September 30 this year. For more: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...
Tucson cooling centers offer escape from the heat
City will keep them open through September 30 this year.
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Come and experience a storytime like only a theatre can do it! Take a wonderful children’s book, put its pages up on the Fox’s movie screen, throw in a dash of the theatrical and voila a fantastic storytime! 📆 : June 4 @10:30AM Free Registration here: foxtucson.com/event/storyt...