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U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego (D - left) and Kari Lake (R - right) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 9, 2024. The two candidates are battling for a U.S. Senate seat.

Arizona Debates: U.S. Senate - Kari Lake and U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego

Oct 10, 2024 U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego (D) and Kari Lake (R) discuss the issues during their only debate. Watch now.
Looking west across the University of Arizona mall. The Student Union Memorial Center and Old Main can both been seen.

UofA Election roundtables for young voters try to cut through misinformation

Oct 10, 2024 Panels throughout October will explore threats to democracy.
Molly McKasson and Susan Claassen performed comedy and improv skits as “Mols and Suz” throughout the mid 1970’s and 1980’s. Now they are reviving their sketch comedy for one night at Invisible Theater on Oct. 15.

Political satire that has aged like wine: Mols and Suz - Together Again One Night Only!

Oct 10, 2024 Also on Arizona Spotlight: The 3rd Annual Chinese Chorizo Festival celebrates culture, community and food; and Tucson native Jeff Biggers on co-writing "Disturbing the Bones".
Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz at a campaign event in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

Walz hits reproductive rights, economic opportunity during stump speech at local Tucson high school

Oct 9, 2024 The Vice Presidential candidate held a rally on the first day of early voting in Arizona.
U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., left, and Republican challenger Kari Lake participate in their debate, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Phoenix.

Lake blames Gallego for border woes, he vows to protect abortion rights in Arizona Senate debate

Oct 9, 2024 The hourlong forum Wednesday highlighted big differences on immigration, border security, abortion and taxes.
Republican Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, AZ on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

JD Vance rallies Arizona voters, promises deportations and lower living costs

Oct 9, 2024 At a rally in Arizona, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance urged voters to secure the border, lower living costs, and submit their ballots early for Donald Trump.
Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (right) speaks at a voting information session on May 3, 2024 in Tucson, Ariz.

Pima County sees record voter registration ahead of election, shift toward unaffiliated voters grows

Oct 8, 2024 There were 4,500 registrations in the week leading up to the Oct. 7 deadline.
Governor Tim Walz speaking at a campaign rally in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2024.

Walz, Vance to campaign in Tucson on first day of early voting

Oct 7, 2024 Governor Walz and Senator JD Vance will speak Wednesday afternoon.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Why don’t we just fix the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East?

Oct 7, 2024 The answer is complicated.
Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Tom Perez (right) and Pima County Board of Supervisors Chair Adelita Grijalva (left) at a White House event in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

Top White House official talks border, rural internet access with Pima County Officials

Oct 4, 2024 Tom Perez called Pima County a “leader” in migrant aid.
Former Arizona Attorney General and Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard speaks surrounded by boxes of sheets with signatures that Make Elections Fair Arizona need to get their measure to qualify for the ballot at the state Capitol on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

The Buzz: Weighing propositions that will change our primary elections

Oct 4, 2024 Will Arizona switch to open primaries or codify its current system in the state constitution?
An electric transmission line.

Fact Check Arizona: Utility rates, the Corporation Commission and green energy

Oct 3, 2024 As Arizonans prepare to elect new utility regulators, we look at how those offices work and what candidates have said about its work.
Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol.

San Carlos Apache asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Oak Flat case

Oct 3, 2024 The tribe is appealing the ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court.
A vote here sign outside of a polling place in Tucson. November 2020.

Grijalva faces Republican challenger Butierez in hopes of 12th and final term in Congress

Oct 2, 2024 District 7 Rep. Raul Grijalva has announced this will be his last election, as the Republican candidate says it's time for something new.
The Pinyon Plain Mine shaft in Coconino County, on Wednesday, Aug. 30. In 2016, the mine shaft punctured a perched aquifer that contained natural levels of uranium, requiring the mining company Energy Fuels to pump water to the surface to an impoundment for treatment.

Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region: Tribal Sovereignty vs. Nuclear Energy in the Climate Crisis

Oct 2, 2024 Uranium mining and nuclear energy may be affecting Arizona's tribal nations, posing threats to the region's water resources and the environmental and cultural heritage connected to them.

Harris talks border security in campaign stop in Douglas

Sep 27, 2024 VP pledges tougher penalties for undocumented border crossers.

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