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Study finds public power in Tucson is feasible; TEP disagrees. Utility says draft report on potential of city-owned power company is 'profoundly flawed'; Advocates push for municipal takeover amid increasing heat & rising bills Click the link below to read...

Tucson may hold a special election in November in which voters can decide on a franchise agreement between the city and Tucson Electric Power, but progressive advocates are pushing for a publicly owned utility option. Click the link below to...

Community Care Tucson organizers oppose sales tax increase going before voters. As organizers with the local mutual aid collective Community Care Tucson, we are devoted to ensuring that Tucsonans have basic human needs met, which includes providing the unhoused and...

Tucson city officials and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials signed an agreement Wednesday to build a $86.7 million water-purification facility to turn wastewater into drinking water. Click the link below to read the full article. >View Article

Nearly 1 in 8 people in Tucson experiences food insecurity — meaning someone has limited or uncertain access to food — and approximately 1 in 6 Tucsonans live in food deserts without access to healthy food. Click the link below...

Arizona’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate spiked up significantly in April, reaching 12.6%. That was below the national rate of 14.7%, but was the highest reading since the beginning of the current series in 1976. Arizona’s unemployment rate fell just behind Texas...

Amid closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Arizona’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate spiked up significantly reaching 12.6% in April. That was below the national rate of 14.7% but was the highest reading since the beginning of the current series in 1976...

The spread of COVID-19 has created adverse economic impacts for the nation, as well as, Tucson. One sector that has been hit hard by the pandemic is the leisure and hospitality industry. This sector includes hotels, motels, restaurants and bars...

In 2018, the percentage of people living in a household with broadband internet access was 86.9% in the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), placing it seventh among 12 comparable MSAs and just ahead of the national rate. Technology is an...

In 2018, the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) posted a four-year educational attainment rate of 31.9%. Tucson ranked seventh when compared to the 12 MSAs explored on the MAP Dashboard. Tucson’s educational attainment rate increased by 5.2 percentage points since...