By Dr. Francisco Garcia Last month, local food retail establishments and community members joined together with the Pima County Health Department to elevate food handling practices through the adoption of the 2013 US Food and Drug Administration Food Codes. This community is blessed to have a

Tucson Parks and recreation, in partnership with the american red cross, to offer $2 swim lessons to those Who qualify The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with the American Red Cross Aquatics Centennial Program, will offer $2 summer swim lessons for children ages 6 months to 17 years. Participants must be […]

TUCSON – U.S. Representative Martha McSally today led a bipartisan group of 33 lawmakers to inquire about the United States Postal Service’s progress on revisiting plans to potentially consolidate mail processing centers around the country, including the Cherrybell Postal Processing Center in Tucson. Rep. McSally has led ongoing advocacy efforts for the continued operation

Policy Gives Employees Six Weeks of Leave to Bond with Children Today, Pima County became the first county in Arizona to provide its employees with paid parental leave for mothers and fathers of newborns or newly adopted babies. The policy, adopted on a 3-2 vote of the Board of Supervisors, gives employees who are new […]

Getting a required business license to open a business in Tucson (and paying ensuing taxes) can be done online through the City of Tucson’s Finance Department. One thing to remember if you are buying an existing business is that you are liable for any unpaid taxes of the seller. Before purchasing any business, you should […]

County incubator aids biotech company’s growth from 20 jobs to 120 in 3 years PIMA COUNTY– Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry sent the Board of Supervisors a memorandum Jan. 21 highlighting the success of the county’s biotech incubator at Abrams Public Health Center, which has helped Accelerate Diagnostics grow from 20 employees to 120 in […]

[quote]By Steve Kozachik CM Ward 6[/quote] We are facing a real, and severe budget struggle down at City Hall. If we do nothing, our projected deficits in the coming years will exceed $40M. Our options include more reductions in staffing to reduce our costs, and finding ways to increase our revenues. Both of those will […]

[quote]By Ramon Valadez Pima County Supervisor District 2[/quote] Few communities in the country were hit as hard as Pima County in the Great Recession a few years ago. Not so much by the number of people who ended up out of work here, but in how long it has taken us to get the jobs […]

[quote]From Jonathan Rothschild Mayor of Tucson, AZ.[/quote] In December, the City of Tucson became the first and only city in the United States to be designated a World City of Gastronomy by UNESCO, the educational, scientific and cultural agency of the United Nations – quite an honor, and yet, well deserved. The designation looks at […]