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Fireworks in Marana, AZ

Looking back at 2021

Dec 31, 2021 The Buzz looks back at some of the staff’s favorite stories of the last year.

'Fearless' student podcasters explore big issues

Dec 17, 2021 Meet some of the students and the teacher behind Tucson's City High Radio.
These endangered jaguars are part of a breeding population located near in Sonora, Mexico .

Wildlife of Southern Arizona

Dec 10, 2021 This week The Buzz talks with experts studying bats, Gila Topminnows and jaguars, and others who focus on how animals move from place-to-place.
Housing units going in near First and Fort Lowell in Tucson, July 2018.

The rising cost and need for housing in Arizona

Dec 3, 2021 This week, The Buzz examines some of the factors behind the continued rise in housing costs.
Flowers and Bullets is a grassroots movement that uses art and food to talk about larger issues, like gentrification or pollution, affecting Barrio Centro. This mural welcomes people visiting their Midtown Farm housed at the former Julia Keen Elementary School.

The economics and community of food

Nov 19, 2021 The Buzz examines how food moves through the economy and how it brings people together.
U.S. Army Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, arrive at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Nov. 2, 2018, as part of Operation Faithful Patriot.

Veterans facing deportation, veterans starting businesses, and digitizing the military’s most common aircraft

Nov 12, 2021 This week on The Buzz, stories from the armed forces.

Tucson election ends with a sweep for Democrats and a higher minimum wage

Nov 5, 2021 The Buzz examines the results of the city’s election and what the process could mean for the future of the city’s politics.
Jorge Rios is a student in Craig Bal’s class. He studies a construction textbook at the training center next to his high school on October 26th, 2021.

How is Arizona’s economy recovering amid the pandemic?

Oct 29, 2021 While the state has recovered most of the jobs it lost during the onset of the pandemic, the labor market has changed.
A health care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine on a man at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Tucson. March 2021.

It’s been nearly a year. Why aren’t more Arizonans vaccinated?

Oct 22, 2021 This week, The Buzz revisits the rollout of vaccinations in Arizona, boosters and the barriers that stand between the state's residents and getting the shot — or the second and third.
A draft map of congressional districts from the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.

How redistricting could reshape Arizona's political landscape

Oct 15, 2021 This week, The Buzz examines the state's redistricting process and how it could change politics in Southern Arizona.
Aerial view of Arizona Football stadium

College athletes and the business of sports

Oct 8, 2021 The Buzz examines the NCAA's new policy allowing college athletes to get paid for the use of their name, image or likeness.
Canada del Oro wash looking east from the bridge on La Cholla during Monsoon 2021.

How the monsoon season impacted life in Southern Arizona, from wildfires to bugs

Oct 1, 2021 The National Weather Service said the monsoon season was the third-wettest that Tucson has seen since 1895, and it followed an exceptionally dry year.
Postal bins with tags for ballots in the 2020 general election.

Tucson voters to decide on minimum wage, council seats and pay raise for city leaders

Sep 24, 2021 Ballots will go out to Tucson voters in early October. This week, The Buzz takes a closer look at the questions on those ballots.
A dispensary employee weighing and portioning marijuana.

How is Proposition 207 impacting Arizona?

Sep 17, 2021 The Buzz examines marijuana legalization, from the criminal justice system to tax revenue.
A Tucson Police car on patrol.

The intersection of mental health and crime

Sep 10, 2021 A recent shooting raises questions about missed warning signs and the mental health safety net in Pima County.
A school bus.

How students are responding after a school year of remote learning

Sep 3, 2021 The Buzz talks with educators about the work that remains to keep kids learning, and emotionally and physically healthy.

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