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A warning label for opioid addiction on an oxycodone bottle.

Tackling opioid addiction with treatment, not arrest

Jan 16, 2020 Police in Southern Arizona are embracing programs to help people break the cycle of addiction without resorting to the criminal justice system.

Boulder Basin at Lake Mead.

Planning for a future with less Colorado River water

Jan 9, 2020 A new book sheds light on mistakes of the past while Arizona gears up for the next round of negotiations.

Teagan Rasche competing for the University of Arizona track team. Spring 2019

Paying college athletes for their images

Jan 3, 2020 A change to NCAA rules could allow college athletes to profit from promotions.

A TuSimple self-driving truck.

The future automated workplace

Dec 19, 2019 How the "new industrial revolution" will affect jobs and education in Tucson and Pima County.

Scott Warren outside U.S. District Court Nov. 20, 2019, following acquittal in the government's second trial.

Border humanitarian aid work on trial

Dec 12, 2019 A look at how federal immigration policy and religious freedom played out in the trials of a No More Deaths volunteer.

The view of Oppelner Strasse in a multicultural neighborhood in Berlin, Germany.

German Perspectives on Immigration

Dec 5, 2019 In Southern Arizona, the topic of immigration is ever-present. This week, we hear from experts, refugees and reporters from the other side of the Atlantic.

Free lunch and breakfast from the Sunnyside Unified School District fill a need for kids who rely on those meals during the school year.

Pizza, hamburgers and ... local broccoli? School lunch in Tucson

Nov 29, 2019 70 years on, a WWII-era program to combat malnutrition is healthier than ever.

Historic bungalows along Broadway Blvd were moved as part of the preparation for widening of the road.

Broadway widening and the Sunshine Mile

Nov 22, 2019 The new year brings new construction to Tucson.

Deer dancer statue outside of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's administration building.

Yaqui, O'odham history and sovereignty in the borderlands

Nov 15, 2019 Federal recognition can be a complicated subject for Indigenous people whose land spans political borders.

Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

Mayor Rothschild reflects on 8 years in office

Nov 7, 2019 New leadership at the head of Tucson city government could mean new priorities.

A sign warning drivers of high pedestrian traffic on West St. Mary's Road in Tucson on a late October afternoon.

Tucson's pedestrian fatality problem

Nov 1, 2019 The city has seen a steady rise in people struck and killed while walking in recent years. Other cities face the same problem.

Sunlink streetcar 4

Tucson's streetcar turns 5

Oct 25, 2019 Despite some initial opposition, the streetcar started rolling down the tracks for the first time five years ago.

The TUSD Governing Board at its Aug. 8, 2019 meeting.

Changes coming to TUSD board

Oct 17, 2019 Reflections on Southern Arizona's largest school district as the process begins to replace a resigning member.

Tucson City Hall

City Council candidates explain their vision for Tucson

Oct 11, 2019 Candidates from the three parties discuss what direction they would like to take Tucson.

The Buzz host Christopher Conover talking with 2019 Tucson mayoral candidates.

Tucson mayoral candidates discuss economy, climate change, roads

Oct 3, 2019 We invited the three candidates in for a joint conversation on issues facing the city.

High-rise student housing has cropped up around the University of Arizona and downtown Tucson.

Accommodating student housing in Tucson

Sep 27, 2019 A look at some of the impacts from high-rise towers near the university and downtown Tucson.

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