Politics

The Tucson Police Department plans to implement an aerial emergency response year-long pilot program.

Brian Johnson, a Democrat, won the Pima County Treasurer’s race in 2024. His resignation is effective June 15.

The new Office of Community and Economic Impact will better align with the city's economic development efforts, officials say.

Tucson leaders have approved more than $2 million in transit safety spending, including funding for transit ambassadors, police patrols, security upgrades and bus stop improvements. The move comes as Sun Tran workers consider a possible strike and renewed concerns emerge about safety across the city’s public transportation system.

The Office of Community and Economic Impact would allow better coordination between the city’s action plans on major policy goals, city leaders say.

A half-dozen Cabinet-level officials have visited the Tucson-area congressman in two months, as his opponent geras up for the general. Plus, more on the job shuffle in Tucson politics.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday focuses on a new set of rules that impose new regulations for accessing healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Tribal leaders and Arizona lawmakers are demanding that the Indian Health Service halt plans to close its Tucson facility, a move that will force patients from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Tohono O'odham Nation to travel more than 100 miles to the Phoenix Indian Health Center to access ser…

South Tucson will eliminate its grocery tax starting July 1, a move city leaders say will help residents struggling with rising costs and encourage a new supermarket to open in the city. The decision comes even as officials grapple with a projected budget deficit and concerns about funding essential services.

The lawsuit will make Pima County the first in the country to challenge ACA rule changes, officials say.

Water bills, trash services and several development costs are set to increase this summer amidst an increasingly expensive utility landscape in Southern Arizona.