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A nationwide shutdown was organized to protest ICE activities on Friday, January 30. AZPM is following the story with live updates and video throughout the day.
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Pima County Attorney Laura Conover is joining a national coalition of locally-elected prosecutors to hold federal officials accountable, in the wake of two shooting-deaths by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
Canyon Del Oro students organized an innovative teddy bear clinic for preschoolers, which aimed to ease fears of doctor visits while giving teens classroom experience for the medical field.
Three months after a fire blazed through the Ignite Sign Art Museum, owner Jude Cook plans to redesign the museum.
Tucson Electric Power is planning for a new transmission line that would connect a proposed Sahuarita substation to Tucson’s North Alvernon Substation.
Several schools in the Tucson Unified District will be closed today due to a high number of absent staff participating in a national shutdown effort against immigration enforcement.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was rushed by a man during a town hall event Tuesday night and sprayed with a liquid via a syringe. Footage shows a man approaching Omar as she is delivering remarks and spraying an unknown substance in her direction.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/g-s1-107625/ilhan-omar-sprayed-town-hall
Pima County health officials are urging parents to stay current on their children’s vaccinations after confirming two measles cases in recent weeks.
The University of Arizona hosts its annual College of Science free lecture series starting next week.
Tucson nurses and a resident from Minnesota share frustrations and grief at a vigil held by religious leaders honoring those killed by federal agents this month.
A lawsuit over a potential aluminum plant in Benson is still alive after the first court hearing in the case.
Top-ranked Arizona withstands late rally by No. 13 BYU to remain unbeaten.
1989 Bake House will be the newest addition to 4th Avenue, taking over the former Cafe Maggie location.
Recorded violent crime was down in the Tucson area last year. Part of that was a drop in homicides.
https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/1/26/228130-homicides-dropped-in-tucson-in-2025/
Demonstrators gathered in downtown Tucson on Saturday, January 24, as officials disputed accounts of a deadly encounter involving federal agents in Minnesota.
The 2026 Fall Fest, organized by alternative musician Christian Perez, will kick off at the MSA Annex on Friday, Jan. 23.
Attorney General Kris Mayes says her office is preparing to appeal the Arizona Corporation Commission’s approval of an energy supply agreement between Tucson Electric Power and the developers of the Project Blue data center.
National Democrats have their sights on flipping Arizona’s state legislature, describing the state as one of their top priorities for the 2026 midterm elections. So far, campaign finance numbers tell a different story.
Hundreds of protestors walked through downtown Tucson as part of nationwide “Free America Walkout” protests on Jan. 20.
https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/1/21/228075-tucsons-take-on-the-free-america-walkout/
The Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne defended the state’s voucher system and programs promoting academic excellence in his State of Education speech Tuesday afternoon.