Heather Lappin, a lieutenant at the Pima County jail and the Republican candidate for sheriff, says she was notified Monday that she was on paid administrative leave after the department accused her of posting a photo on her campaign's Facebook page showing deputies campaigning in uniform.
Some early ballots won't be in Pima County mailboxes until later this week due to a problem assembling ballots that is linked to an addressing issue, officials say.
The city and county are working together to get $7 million in federal funds it says can help the metro Tucson area boost affordable housing and address other housing issues in the region.
Proponents say workers would benefit because the law requires their wage be $2 above minimum. Opponents argue change would unduly impact vulnerable workers.
The former president joins an expanding list of visits to Arizona by both presidential campaigns and their political surrogates.
Minnesota governor, and Kamala Harris' running mate, Tim Walz appeared before a crowd of several hundred for a Democratic Party get out the early vote rally at Palo Verde High School, Tucson, Ariz., October 9, 2024, just 27 days before the election.
Vice Presidential nominee, Senator JD Vance delivers remarks during a rally at Tucson Speedway on Wednesday afternoon. Sen. JD Vance promoted early and in-person voting in Arizona. The rally included words from Pastor Fernando Gonzales, Pima County GOP David Smith, Arizona Republican Party c…
PHOENIX — U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake accused each other Wednesday of trying to conduct extreme makeovers of who they are — at least for voters.
The rival candidates for vice president brought their familiar messages to Tucson Wednesday, with Ohio Sen. JD Vance pledging mass deportations and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz contending “these guys are way more interested in sowing division than solving problems.”
U.S. Sen. JD Vance used much of his rally in Tucson to blame migrants for several social problems and said migrants in the country illegally should "pack your bags."
The Nov. 5 election is a rematch for Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Kirsten Engel, Tucsonans who also ran against each other in 2022 in Arizona's Congressional District 6.
Ciscomani counters: "I will not exploit a family situation for attention and I will not air our personal or political differences in a public forum." But he is sharing more details about his family's migration journey from Mexico than before.
Grijalva, a Democrat, is running for his 12th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, against Tucson Republican Daniel Butierez.
Federal and state lawmakers are urging the U.S. Air Force to take another look at its plans for new low-level training flights — some supersonic — above several large swaths of Arizona.
A draft plan that called for downsizing or closing some of Tucson's library branches, including the main branch downtown, has been pulled back.
While early voting is available at the University of Arizona, there will not be a polling place on campus on Nov. 5, the day of the general election.
Tucson City Council members voted Wednesday to throw their support behind a proposal to create a Santa Cruz River Urban National Wildlife Refuge through Tucson and beyond.
The city council this week launched the process to raise water rates for Tucson Water customers.
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero will join First Lady Jill Biden in the presidential delegation to attend the inauguration of Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
The Tucson City Council is considering an ordinance to limit hookah lounges’ hours of operation and the ages of their patrons.
The town northwest of Tucson says the government should pay for the cleanup of past, present and future water contamination that's linked to chemicals used for years at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
For Star subscribers: Approval of plans for a mine tailings pipeline at the Copper World mining complex in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson was made in violation of Arizona's open meeting law, a judge has ruled.
Second Gentleman of the United States Doug Emhoff delivered remarks during an invite-only Harris/Walz campaign event at One Toole on Thursday night.
As of Sept. 6, Arizona Center for Empowerment says it had registered 15,863 new voters across Arizona.
Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman, told a downtown Tucson crowd during a campaign stop Thursday night that putting Donald Trump back in the White House will further erode reproductive rights for women.
Former President Donald Trump took the stage in Tucson Thursday afternoon for the first time this campaign cycle, vowing if elected to begin the “largest deportation operation” in the history of the United States.
Tucson voters will decide in March whether to raise the city sales tax to pay for things like more police, better equipment and to address various social issues.
Donald Trump's rally Thursday was held at the Tucson Convention Center's Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
The reopening of some westbound lanes Wednesday come as as the project to widen and improve a section of Interstate 10 in Tucson gets closer to its expected 2025 completion.
The Trump campaign paid a $145,222.70 deposit upfront to use the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall for his rally Thursday.
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Tucson Rep. Juan Ciscomani's brother-in-law calls his border politics hypocritical
