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Updated Aug 16, 2021, 1:57 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County employees who get their COVID shots will be paid a $300 bonus, and the Board of Supervisors agreed to provide local schools with assistance, but punted a plan to charge higher insurance rates for unvaccinated employees, along with a vaccine mandate for county health-care workers.
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Posted Mar 24, 2021, 1:35 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Ann Kirkpatrick's leaving Congress next year, creating an open seat. But too many moving parts obstruct any clear view into what might pass for a crystal ball that predicts the 2022 midterms that should be a big year for Republicans. Both parties remain their own biggest foils.... Read more»
Posted Dec 29, 2020, 3:25 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Holy Ocasio did voters in Pima County deliver a southpaw’s blow. And in 2021, our new progressive elected leaders take office and begin to govern and God only knows what happens then.... Read more»
Posted Nov 30, 2020, 1:00 pm
Terry Goddard & Bob Worsley/Arizona Mirror
We have both run for office in Arizona multiple times at the local and state levels. We have both been in close elections and it hasn’t always worked out in our favor. But the vote count was reached with integrity and a commitment that every Arizona ballot was counted. — Terry Goddard & Bob Worsley... Read more»
Posted Aug 14, 2020, 10:02 am
Luke Knipe
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
With retiring Supervisor Ally Miller's endorsement, newcomer Steve Spain scored a solid victory in the August 4 Republican primary for Pima County supervisor in District 1. ... Read more»
Updated Jun 19, 2020, 6:03 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Friday to require wearing face masks in public everywhere in Pima County — an order that supersedes town and city regulations — to slow the spread of COVID-19.... Read more»
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Posted May 14, 2020, 12:19 pm
Jorge Encinas
/Green Valley News
Pima County has adopted temporary measures for the reopening of restaurants, gyms, pools, spas and venues. The county vote established 15 mandatory health guidelines and two recommendations for restaurants, including allowing outdoor expansions.... Read more»
Updated Mar 28, 2020, 9:08 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Richard Elías, a fixture on the Pima County Board of Supervisors for nearly two decades, died Saturday morning at home in bed. The Democrat was "a poet warrior" and "a brother," political colleagues said.... Read more»
Posted Mar 26, 2020, 11:45 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Bars and gyms and other gathering places, including dine-in restaurants, will remain closed in unincorporated Pima County until April 10 after the Board of Supervisors OKed the extension at a special meeting Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2020, 3:19 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Bars and gyms and other gathering places, including dine-in restaurants, will remain closed in unincorporated Pima County until April 10 if the Board of Supervisors OKs the extension at a special meeting Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2020, 11:29 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
On a party-line vote, Pima County supervisors nixed federal immigration enforcement funding for the Sheriff's Department, following a renewed debate in which they could not agree on conditions for the Stonegarden grant.... Read more»
Posted Jan 22, 2020, 4:40 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
How do you know there’s nothing shady going on with Pima County? Make sure the public records law is followed so the county business is done right there for the community to see.... Read more»
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Posted Jan 21, 2020, 11:35 am
TucsonSentinel.com
Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the founding of the local independent nonprofit news site, the Pima County Board of Supervisors declared Wednesday to be "TucsonSentinel.com Day."... Read more»
Posted Jan 14, 2020, 3:08 pm
Dylan Smith, Kchryystjgeyån Gärbøjhé-Phyrr, Hugo O'Conor & A. Nonie Maus/TucsonSentinel.com
The Daily Star newsroom got a little bit sleepier on Tuesday, as longtime political reporter Joe Ferguson became a politician himself, trading his pen for a gun. Despite accusations of "a political favor" and some loud profanity, Pima supervisors appointed him as a constable in JP 9.... Read more»
Posted Dec 31, 2019, 2:22 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County expects to assist about 12,000 asylum-seekers in the coming year, and are seeking more than $1 million in federal funding to "compensate" for the costs of a migrant shelter — which are running about half of July's projection.... Read more»
Updated Dec 28, 2019, 12:45 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Federal officials have rejected a request by Pima County to use part of an Operation Stonegarden grant for humanitarian aid, including funding for a migrant shelter hosted at a section of county's juvenile detention center.... Read more»