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,

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 […]

Tucson Parks and Recreation’s Activity Guide for spring 2016 is available at all Parks and Recreation facilities, including district offices, centers and pools, or can be viewed online at the link below. The Activity Guide contains information on leisure classes, KIDCO, aquatics, sports programs, registration and the Discount Program. View guide and register for classes:

The City of Tucson is no longer processing citations through the Traffic Safety Camera Program in response to the apparent passage of Proposition 201. Current election results show that 65 percent of voters approved the referendum to end the red light cameras and photo enforcement vans. The change became effective on Wednesday, Nov. 4. “The […]

  Tucson Water offers free toilets to qualifying low-to-moderate-income households. The rebate program offers free replacement of older toilets that consume 3.5 or more gallons per flush. Toilets qualifying for replacement typically are manufactured before 1991. The date of manufacture is generally stamped inside the tank or lid of the toilet. You must be a […]

On November 3rd, the voters said ‘no’ to a package of 99 proposed County Bond projects. Some of them were ‘nice to have’s’ and others were key to our long term economic development. The Sonoran Corridor falls into the latter category. The Sonoran Corridor is the connection of I-10 and I-19, out by Raytheon and […]