Susan Barnett is Deputy Editor of Tucson Spotlight and a graduate student at the University of Arizona. She previously worked for La Estrella de Tucson.
Más de 6 millones de pastillas de fentanilo y más de 1,400 libras de metanfetamina, cocaína y heroína han sido incautadas a través de la iniciativa Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic (SAFE, en español Deteniendo la epidemia de fentanilo en Arizona), que se lanzó en junio.
Mentions of the phrase “your body, my choice” increased by more than 4,600% on X in a 24-hour period following the election.
The council's new members pointed to public safety as their top priority, along with making sure the city’s departments are well funded.
More than 6 million fentanyl pills and over 1,400 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin have been seized through the Stopping Arizona's Fentanyl Epidemic initiative, which launched in June.
Opponents have likened Proposition 314 to SB1070, a 2010 state law that empowered local law enforcement to ask for immigration papers from anyone they suspected of being undocumented.
Los opositores han comparado la Proposición 314 con la SB1070, una ley estatal de 2010 que facultaba a las autoridades locales a solicitar documentos de inmigración a cualquier persona que sospecharan que era indocumentada.
Adelita Grijalva, the daughter of longtime U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva, was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020, breaking barriers as the first Latina elected to the position in Pima County.
El sheriff Chris Nanos no respondió a nuestras solicitudes de entrevista, pero su rival republicana, Heather Lappin, estuvo feliz de aclarar sus puntos de vista.
This isn’t Romero’s first leap into the world of politics. He’s serving his first term on the Tucson Unified School District governing board and ran and lost for a seat on the Tucson City Council in 2021.
