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Barriers around development taking place near Mercado San Agustin, January 2019. Surrounding areas are experiencing a rise in the cost of housing.

Addressing Tucson's housing challenges

Jun 28, 2019 Three local housing groups discuss today's housing challenges and ideas to help solve them.
Tables at an event organized by the Southwest Fair Housing Council, October 2018.

Roots of housing discrimination in Tucson

Jun 20, 2019 In the first of three shows on housing, we look at the origin of discriminatory practices and the Fair Housing Act.
Democratic candidates for mayor of Tucson Randi Dorman, Steve Farley and Regina Romero, from the candidates' Facebook pages.

Three Democrats, one independent in the running to be mayor of Tucson

Jun 13, 2019 The race for Tucson mayor is heating up. This week The Buzz talked with the candidates vying to lead the city.
Students at Desert View High School getting a summer meal offered by the Sunnyside School District, June 2019.

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

Jun 6, 2019 70 years on, a WWII-era program to combat malnutrition is healthier than ever.
The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper mining project is in the Santa Rita Mountains in Southern Arizona.

Support and opposition for two mines in Southern Arizona

May 30, 2019 As the Rosemont Copper mine plans to start construction, we talk with those for and against the project.
Hands of a scientist, under a sterile hood, preparing a vaccine.

Vaccines and public health in Pima County

May 23, 2019 A historic outbreak of measles is bringing the debate over childhood immunizations back to top of the news.
The San Pedro riparian area, containing about 40 miles of the upper San Pedro River, was designated by Congress as a National Conservation Area on November 18, 1988.

Sustaining the San Pedro River

May 16, 2019 A panel in Bisbee discusses the present and future of Southern Arizona's last large, free-flowing river.
Nearly 400 Tucsonans have volunteered their time to help at the monastery.

Tucson Community Prepares for Monastery Shelter Closure

May 9, 2019 The Benedictine Monastery has become the largest city shelter, but will close in July.

Local Water Utilities Fight Unregulated Contaminants

May 3, 2019 While the EPA weighs regulating the chemicals, Tucson and Marana Water are moving ahead with treatment.
Protesters make their way to Old Main at the University of Arizona on April 10, 2019. They were demonstrating in support of three students cited for protesting a presentation given in a classroom by Border Patrol agents in March.

Debating Free Speech

Apr 25, 2019 A protest and arrest on the University of Arizona campus has raised questions about free speech.
A student in the Vail School District works in class.

Arizona Schools Struggle to Find Footing With National Testing Standards

Apr 18, 2019 The U.S. Department of Education says the state is out of compliance.
Early-ballot stickers for voters in Pima County.

Previewing the 2020 Election

Apr 11, 2019 A look at how Arizona's political parties are already strategizing and planning for the next election.
The Buzz staff rides the April 2019 Cyclovia route with Kylie Walzak of the Living Streets Alliance. April 2019

Making Tucson's Streets Safer for Everyone

Apr 5, 2019 A preview of Cyclovia this weekend and the city of Tucson's recently approved "complete streets" plan.
A market in Bulej, in the western highlands of Guatemala. Bulej is among communities that have seen a new pattern of migration: parents traveling with younger children.

U.S. Immigration: The View From Mexico and Guatemala

Mar 29, 2019 In search of perspectives from outside the U.S. on the current state of immigration at our southern border.
Children's toys.

Supporting Early Childhood Education

Mar 22, 2019 Groups in Pima County push to increase access to high-quality early childhood education.
Two P-51 Mustangs, an F-35 Lightning II and a P-38 Lightning fly in formation during the 2016 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 5, 2016.

Changes at Davis-Monthan; Youth ROTC

Mar 14, 2019 A look at changes at Davis-Monthan AFB and a program to recruit the next generation of airmen.

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