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Posted May 19, 2022, 5:03 am
Morgan Fischer
/Cronkite News
Arizona traffic fatalities hit their highest level in 15 years in 2021, when the state saw a 6.5% increase in highway deaths that experts blame in part on bad driving habits made worse during the pandemic. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 22, 2022, 6:51 am
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
Arizona traffic deaths rose 18.4% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the year before, far outpacing the national 12% increase in the same period, according to the latest numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 24, 2021, 12:05 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
The Pima County Sheriff's Department will step up enforcement of Arizona's drunk-driving laws this weekend.... Read more»
Posted Oct 12, 2020, 3:19 pm
B. Poole
/TucsonSentinel.com
Starting with early voting Oct. 7, Arizonans began casting ballots on Proposition 207, a voter initiative that would legalize cannabis, launch a retail market, designate where taxes would go and revamp penalties for possession.
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Posted Jan 24, 2020, 12:29 pm
Joshua Gerard Gargiulo
/Cronkite News
Arizona enacted a ban on texting while driving last year, after 10 years of trying, but it still wasn’t enough to pull the state from the bottom of a national report card on traffic safety laws.
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Posted Jul 7, 2017, 12:59 pm
Joe Gilmore
/Cronkite News
Motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities continued their steady six-year rise in Arizona in 2016, according to the most recent data from the state’s Department of Transportation.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 17, 2016, 12:52 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A man died after he was struck outside a crosswalk by a car driven by a suspected drunk driver on Thursday night, authorities said.... Read more»
Posted Jan 29, 2016, 12:08 pm
Madison Alder
/Cronkite News
Arizona continues to fall short in its adoption of key traffic and vehicle safety laws, according to a national report that ranked states Thursday. Although a texting-while-driving bill has garnered bipartisan support in past years, it has not passed — and a Tucson Democrat backing the measure says it's too important to let go.... Read more»
Posted Jan 23, 2016, 2:23 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
One man died and another man arrested following a fatal collision involving a truck and a motorcycle on the South Side on Friday night, authorities said.... Read more»
Posted Jan 7, 2016, 2:02 pm
Sarah Breitenbach
/Stateline
As more states make medical and recreational marijuana use legal, they increasingly are grappling with what constitutes DUID, or driving under the influence of drugs, and how to detect and prosecute it. And they’re finding it is more difficult than identifying and convicting drunken drivers.... Read more»
Updated Dec 22, 2015, 4:08 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Pima County Attorney's Office is backing a promo by ride-booking service Uber that offers first-time riders $20 off their trip. Barbara LaWall said that she hopes “people will enjoy their holiday celebrations and also be responsible and take a free ride.”... Read more»
Posted Dec 31, 2014, 4:16 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
If you are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve and have a few too many, AAA will give you and your car a free ride home. ... Read more»
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Posted Jan 23, 2014, 5:12 pm
Whitney Ogden
/Cronkite News Service
Arizona continues to fall “dangerously behind” in its adoption of key traffic and vehicle safety laws, according to a national report that ranked states Wednesday. Although a texting-while-driving bill has garnered bipartisan support in past years, it has not passed — and a Tucson Democrat backing the measure says this year will be another tough fight.... Read more»
Posted Oct 24, 2013, 5:11 pm
John C. Scott Show
Tucson Weekly Editor Dan Gibson, DUI defense attorney Jim Nesci, Republican CD2 candidate Ed Martin, Ward 6 Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik... Read more»
Posted Sep 25, 2013, 6:08 pm
John C. Scott Show
Downtown Tucson Partnership CEO Michael Keith, Founder of the Bus Riders Union Brian Flagg, President and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Lea Marquez-Peterson, Financial Adviser Shelly Fishman, DUI Defense Attorney Jim Nesci... Read more»
Posted Aug 8, 2013, 8:48 pm
John C. Scott Show
Remembering oft-fired and always admired reporter and columnist Jeff Smith, who wrote at various times for the Tucson Citizen (twice), Tucson Weekly, Daily Star and New Times. The legendary newsman died this week at 67.... Read more»