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Louis Taylor speaking to reporters in 2013, less than a day after he was released after spending 42 years behind bars.

The 9th Circuit heard arguments Thursday in a nine-year-old case seeking to expunge the conviction of Louis Taylor, accused of starting the 1970 Pioneer Hotel Fire and sentenced to life in prison, after 29 people died in one of the most devastating fires in Tucson’s history. Read more»

TUSD wades into fight to redirect deseg money for post-coronavirus academic recovery.

The Governing Board of Tucson's largest school district got a briefing about redeploying funding from desegregation efforts to academic intervention. The federal COVID relief money that's paid for those instructors runs out in September. Read more»