It's the most mathematical time of the year. Budget time is when priorities with the force of dollars behind them are set for the next year. Next year's to-do puts a premium on capital investment and hiring talent. Plus more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

TUSD's revisions in code of conduct include advice from district staff and parents about what kinds of consequences should be meted out for certain infractions. So much for the culture war. Parents and staff are largely simpatico. Plus, news about other local government meetings this week. Read more»

The Oro Valley Town Council will hold three special meetings this week, hoping to hire a town manager six months after Mary Jacobs resigned her post. Plus school textbooks and more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

A "faith-based advisory committee" that the Tucson Unified School District has under consideration is unnecessary and unconstitutional. The creation of a committee consisting of religious leaders and organizations raises grave First Amendment concerns. Read more»

Tucson Unified School District will propose a strategy to get 40 percent of enrolled students to take at least some advanced learning by 2027. Plus more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

Oro Valley needs to go to the public and the public needs to involve itself. How and where a community grows is everything. It's traffic, climate, parks, community health, environment, crime, taxes, economic development.... Plus more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

Remember that drop in student test scores during the pandemic that would no doubt take us eons to recover from, leaving an entire generation academically wrecked? It's just taken a year to start getting back on track. Plus more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

The plan for Tucson schools is to use "local norms" to place students in GATE programs. It's grading on a district-wide curve to expand diversity in advanced classes. Plus, Flowing Wells voters may have another school override election in their future, and more in local gov't meetings this week. Read more»

Dozens of PE, arts and music and other teachers across 16 Tucson Unified School District elementary and middle school campuses may be out of jobs at the end of the year, as officials shift spending plans for remaining federal pandemic relief funds. Read more»

Two identical bills have been introduced this year in the Arizona legislature that would remove the sales tax added to feminine hygiene products, infant diapers and incontinence products - proposals supported by Gov. Katie Hobbs. Read more»

The PCC Governing Board will discuss the next in a long line of action steps required to get right with the Higher Learning Commission, which put the college on probation in 2013. Plus, OV wants bigger parks, and more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

Tucson looks like it's coming out OK in a draft RTA Next plan, with 24 of 37 projects slated for the region's urban core. Plus, Pima County dives into initial appearances and Buffalo Soldiers, and more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

Water, trash, space and a big old "I told you so" headline this week's agendas of the Tucson City Council and Pima County Board of Supervisors. Plus more in local government meetings this week. Read more»

The Pima County Board of Supervisors is set to choose its officers next week, and Sup. Adelita Grijalva looks set to be the first to count to three, taking up the gavel from Chair Sharon Bronson. Read more»

The IDEA beat in 2022 reported on Southern Arizona, Pima County and Tucson during a time of shocking violence in the community, the end to COVID-19 measures and funding and an important midterm election. Read more»