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Advocates saved cuttings from the Lochiel cottonwoods cut down for border wall construction. They’re now growing at Tohono Chul in Tucson. “Wow, they’ve grown so much,” says Maxie Adler, who brought the first cuttings to the garden in July azluminaria.org/2026/11/06/h…

The award letter’s conditions include sharing immigration status information and not operating DEI programs. A resident raised concerns during public comment before the council voted unanimously to accept the money. azluminaria.org/2026/11/05/t…

The Recorder’s Office expects to finish verifying signatures on the last early ballots today and hand them to elections workers for counting azluminaria.org/2026/11/05/p…

It's official, Democrat JoAnna Mendoza takes the Southern Arizona U.S. House seat: azluminaria.org/2026/11/05/c…

The next TUSD board will take on school closures and a state financial-risk label. Incumbent Jennifer Eckstrom led unofficial results early Wednesday, with three candidates within 1.5 points of each other for the second seat as counting continues azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/2…

Pima County is still counting ballots in South Tucson’s City Council race, where the top two vote-getters win the two open seats >> azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/c…

Unofficial early results show 54.23% of voters saying no (again) to a new 25-year franchise agreement between Tucson and TEP azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/a…

JoAnna Mendoza claimed victory Tuesday night with an early lead, but the race had not been called as of 10:30 p.m. Rep. Juan Ciscomani told supporters: “It’s gonna take a few days probably to get this called.” azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/c…

Fewer than 1,500 votes separated second through fourth place in early results for TUSD’s two board seats. Incumbent Jennifer Eckstrom led the five-candidate field with 31% azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/2…

Results for eight statewide propositions, including Prop. 144’s voter ID requirement, plus Tucson’s TEP franchise, the Reid Park Zoo sales tax and a $250 million Pima Community College bond azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/a…

Live results for every race on Pima County ballots: Congress, governor, attorney general, TUSD, Tucson’s TEP and zoo props and more. azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/2…

Arizona Luminaria reporters will be out all day with live updates from Pima County polls and elections HQ. Follow along here >> azluminaria.org/2026/11/03/a…

Mexican green card holders spend an average of 10.9 years as permanent residents before naturalizing, longer than any other group. Three Tucson women who took the oath share what comes next: figuring out how to vote >> azluminaria.org/2026/10/31/a…

Cynthia Williams was the oldest of four, fiercely protective, and graduated at the top of her nursing assistant class. After she was killed near Parker in 2016, her brother says rumors reduced her to her addiction. He’s spent a decade pushing back. azluminaria.org/2026/10/29/c…

Cragin Elementary mom Erica Maske plans to speak at tonight’s TUSD board meeting about her son, who has attended the school since preschool: “You can relocate a classroom. You cannot simply relocate a child’s sense of belonging.” azluminaria.org/2026/10/27/t…

Arizona Luminaria cross-referenced campaign finance filings with park ownership records and found 15 companies, owners or individuals tied to manufactured home parks have given nearly $700,000 to a PAC backing Warren Petersen for attorney general azluminaria.org/2026/10/27/m…

TEP was asking for a 13% increase. The Attorney General’s Office argued 4% would deliver the same reliability. Now it goes back to the ACC. azluminaria.org/2026/10/22/t…

Council member Miranda Schubert says Tucson should move toward “measuring actual reductions in unsheltered homelessness” as a new parks unit prepares to count homeless people using ramadas and restrooms azluminaria.org/2026/10/22/t…

Cragin and Blenman elementary schools were announced today. Find our updating list here >> azluminaria.org/2026/10/20/t…

TUSD began notifying up to 10 of its 88 schools Monday azluminaria.org/2026/10/19/t…