U of A develops 'smart bandages' as AI transforms health careThe University of Arizona is developing “smart bandages” to detect infections after surgeries — technology that could also help Southern Arizona’s high rates of diabetes patients. It’s part of a UA priority to combine AI with health care.
- Tony Davis
For generations, the presence of Hoover Dam and its massive power plant routinely translated into cheap electricity for cities, farmers, irrigation districts and other major electrical energy users in Arizona and the Southwest.
- Tim Steller
For Star subscribers: If the University of Arizona renames the Cesar Chavez building, it should also rename the Kemper Marley building, due to his alleged link to the killing of reporter Don Bolles.
- Tim Steller
For Star subscribers: Sen. Ruben Gallego is not accused of any sexual misconduct of the sort that caused his friend Rep. Eric Swalwell to resign. But his association with Swalwell fits his politics.
- Gabriela Rico
For Star Subscribers: Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center is set to open next year on North Campbell Avenue, the group's first location outside of Maricopa County.
Leaders of the Tohono O'odham Nation are looking at legal options to fight U.S. Customs and Border Protection's plans for not just one, but two 30-foot steel-bollard barriers along the Nation's southern boundary with Mexico, despite the tribe's decades of work with CBP on alternatives to a wall.
- Tim Steller
For Star subscribers: Tucson Police Chief Monica Prieto is working to stabilize a department that was shaken for a few years, while advancing its treatment of employees and use of technology.
For Star subscribers: Sen. Mark Kelly, a Tucson Democrat, voted for the first time to block the sale of arms to Israel, in a sign of shifting public opinion. Also, Gallego is under the gun, and more.
A map published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reveals plans to add a second border wall along much of the U.S.-Mexico border, includng nearly all of Arizona's southern boundary.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was among two cabinet secretaries to visit the Tucson area this week. Plus: Ciscomani does a light interview, and more.
Tucson Water violated state requirements for two straight years, limiting how much of its drinking water is lost or not properly accounted for after all of its deliveries were totaled and analyzed.
Changes to the admissions process haven’t been made clear within the University of Arizona, nor to the public, and the revised system puts non-traditional students at a disadvantage, critics say.
For Subscribers: BirdieVee Coffee is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of the tower at 5151 E. Broadway.
For Star subscribers: The planned new immigration detention center in Marana demands an active response from town officials. It's indefensible to go along and ignore the abuses at these ICE centers.
For Star subscribers: Cielo Sonora, within the master planned The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Dove Mountain, in the Tortolita Mountain foothills, will break ground this summer.
For Star subscribers: A leak cost Tucson maybe a million gallons of potable water as it dragged for nearly a week. It's a reminder the city has yet to embody a Democratic model of excellent governance.
Out in the Avra Valley, about 30 miles northwest of Tucson, a wide swath of water pours down a fenced-off canal about 80 feet wide.
For Star subscribers: The Democrat-dominated Pima County Board of Supervisors may not try to oust Dem Sheriff Chris Nanos, though some want to. Plus, more on Oro Valley elections and Turning Point USA.
For Subscribers: 4everBound is expanding its business in the Tucson market.
For Star subscribers: At times, public safety feels like a crisis in Tucson. The city government often treats it as a problem with social-service solutions. A new survey zeroes in on unreported crime.
For Star subscribers: Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos's flaws have glared under the spotlight on the investigation of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. Voters deserve a chance to reconsider their choice.
For Star subscribers: The old debates at the Arizona Corporation Commission are over whether utilities should make a 9% or 10.5% profit. Now an expert says that's way too high and costly to customers.
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