In early July, the World Health Organization declared that aspartame, a sugar substitute used in products like Diet Coke, was a possible carcinogen. This news naturally raised concerns among many consumers of these products. However, it’s essential to appreciate this information in its
$21.4 million was awarded to the City of Tucson by the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the current diesel-powered buses used in public transit with compressed natural gas ones. This comes as a result of Mayor Regina Romero’s pledge to make Tucson a more environmentally conscious city, striving to reach net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) […]
Storms, wildfires, floods, and power outages are all urgent situations where staying informed is necessary to prevent a catastrophe from happening. For this purpose, Pima County manages its emergency text messaging system sent directly from the Office of Emergency Management. To sign up, visit MyAlerts.pima.gov and click on “Sign Up” at the bottom of the […]
88CRIME is a program under the Pima County Attorney’s Office with the goal of aiding law enforcement agencies in their mission to stop fugitives and bring them to justice. The program is designed to provide citizens with a completely anonymous medium to report and pass on crime information to the authorities, even rewarding significant sums […]
Around 795,000 people die every year or are permanently incapacitated because of incorrect medical diagnoses in public hospitals in the United States, according to a recent study. The alarming figures were revealed by the John Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence. Director David Newman-Toker of the institute stated that “reducing diagnostic errors
Former President Donald Trump finds himself in increasingly hot water over in the case of the mishandling of secret documents inside his residence at Mar-a-lago in Florida. Special Counsel Jack Smith, an attorney from the U.S. Department of Justice appointed to probe into the issue, filed additional charges against the executive for allegedly instructing employees […]
The Teamsters workers’ union reached a preliminary agreement with the company UPS, thus avoiding a strike that could have resulted in million-dollar losses for the company and significant delays across the country. The union, with over 340,000 members from the logistics giant, announced that they had secured a favorable contract for the workers, which includes […]
Una demanda contra el gobierno federal por la construcción del muro fronterizo verá que aperturas en este para permitir el paso de animales endémicos al desierto de Sonora sean añadidas en secciones de la frontera ubicadas en Arizona. Entre las diversas especies que se beneficiarán de la reapertura del muro se encuentra el berrendo sonorense, […]
A lawsuit against the federal government over the construction of the border wall will result in openings being added in sections of the border located in Arizona to allow the passage of endemic animals to the Sonoran Desert. Among the various species that will benefit from the reopening of the wall is the Sonoran pronghorn, […]
On Monday, July 24 – Friday, July 28, Several Tucson Unified middle school girls will be attending and experiencing the ACES 2023 Camp. “Applied Career Exploration” in STEM (ACES) Camp for Girls is a week-long summer camp for middle school girls held every July. This camp will be the second camp hosted for Tucson Unified […]





















