In a news conference on the lawn of the state Senate, Andy Biggs on Tuesday vowed to eliminate tax incentives for data centers, allow Arizona restaurants to serve raw milk and limit the use of food stamps to purchase "junk food.''
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- Gabriela Rico
Bisbee Breakfast Club will open its sixth location next year.
- Hannah Cree
A new county resolution says data centers produce “imminent negative public health impacts,” and a four-month pause is needed to iron out sections of the county’s zoning codes to encourage more sustainable development.
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Daniel Gonzalez
Arizona Republic
The security firm GardaWorld has won a $1.2 billion contract from the U.S. government to expand immigration detention in the town of Florence about 70 miles northwest of Tucson, according to a watchdog group.
- Hannah Cree
The data center plan envisions eight buildings on 160 acres south of Tucson in the town of Sahuarita.
Air Force: Tucson PFAS cleanup 'entirely independent' of golf proposal- Tony Davis
For Star subscribers: The U.S. Air Force is separating its efforts to address PFAS contamination of Tucson groundwater at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from a nonprofit group's bid to get a golf course built on the base in return for financing the cleanup.
- Justin Spears
Noah Fifita broke Arizona’s career passing yards record, but his legacy in Tucson is about far more than the numbers. Fifita’s records and story may never be replicated again.
- Justin Spears
Arizona is last in the Big 12 in rushing offense. Running the football “is an absolute priority” this week against Washington State.
- Justin Spears
Noah Fifita passed Nick Foles for the most career passing yards by an Arizona quarterback. Fifita has other records at Arizona.
- Mac Friday
Desert View is off to a hot 4-0 start in 2026, even without last year's star running back Jaylee Abraham. The Jaguars rolled Mountain View 48-0 to stay undefeated.
- Mac Friday
Salpointe Catholic flag football's Isla Collins took the Southern Arizona gridiron scene by storm last season, earning extensive accolades. She's back for more as a sophomore with the Lancers.
- Isabella Barrón
An orange feathered serpent winds around a pyramid, its body stretching across the center of a mural inside the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
- Sierra Blaser
About 150 people gathered to discuss a Tucson Unified School District plan to close or consolidate up to 10 schools. Common worries included fear over larger class sizes, exceptional education programs, transportation and losing neighborhood schools.
- Shi En Kim Arizona Republic
Up to a million wild black-footed ferrets once bounded in the grasslands from Canada to Mexico, between Arizona and Kansas. By the 1970s, they were thought to be extinct.
- Bruce Pascoe
Miles Simon reflects on the Wildcats' 1997 national championship team, which will be honored Saturday during the Red-Blue Showcase.
- Hannah Cree
The proposed expansion of a microshelter community for the unhoused that is not yet open is drawing mixed reactions from a midtown Tucson neighborhood.
- Tony Davis
For Star subscribers: A non-profit group seeking city approval of a development at Davis-Monthan that includes a gold course might been to 'secure' millions of dollars for PFAS cleanup, a Tucson official says.
- Howard Fischer
The alleged "pay-to-play'' probe against Gov. Katie Hobbs has been refreshed following reports that Sen. Jake Hoffman, the lawmaker previously spearheading the effort, owns an advertising firm that's financially benefiting from $1.2M in advertising to help Republican Andy Biggs beat Hobbs.
- Justin Spears
Arizona’s Big 12 home opener against Cincinnati is a late one.
- Brandon Loomis Arizona Republic
The Southwest’s fish require major human interventions to hang on.
- Justin Spears
Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita received Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors after a record-setting performance against NIU.
- Griffin Salkowski
A new law in Arizona makes lane splitting a misdemeanor.
- Emily Bregel
A Phoenix man was bound and beaten by Equatorial Guinea police after the U.S. deported him to the central African nation, an international human rights group said Friday.
- Paige Moore Arizona Republic
While Arizona has not seen much of a cool down from the intense summer heat yet, the season change is right around the bend.
- Justin Spears
Notable storylines, statistics and quotes from Arizona’s dominant win over NIU, including Noah Fifita making history as the Wildcats’ all-time passing yards leader.
- Rey Covarrubias Jr. Arizona Republic
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is asking the public for information about the disappearance and death of Bee Bee Lewis, an Oro Valley woman who was last seen alive in January 2005 when she headed to work at El Conquistador, authorities say.
- Tony Davis
For the first time, Tucson will be dipping into what amounts to its water "savings account" — the CAP water it has stored underground — in 2027 due to impending shortages in new CAP deliveries from the Colorado River.
- Emily Bregel
Flush with billions from the One Big Beautiful Bill, federal immigration officials are preparing to spend potentially more than $500 million in Arizona alone on planned checkpoint expansions and three new Border Patrol stations, including a new 87-acre station planned in Three Points, just e…
- Henry Brean
Thanks to the efforts of a University of Arizona grad, “Weird Al” Yankovic now has an asteroid named after him. Yankovic is playing a concert here Sunday.
- Michael Lev
Michael Lev column: Breaking down Arizona’s win over Northern Illinois, including Noah Fifita’s record-setting performance; a much more active and productive receiving corps; and lingering areas of concern.