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Green Party Tucson mayoral candidate Mike Cease during an interview with Arizona 360 at the Historic Y on September 9, 2019.

Green Party's Mike Cease on his priorities in Tucson's mayoral race

Cease is the only candidate to support the sanctuary city initiative.
An archeologist sifts dirt for artifacts and an excavation site off West El Camino Del Cerro and Interstate 10 on August 20, 2019.

What an archaeological dig near the Santa Cruz River may unearth about the past

The site was discovered during preliminary work on a new interchange near I-10 and Ruthrauff Road.
Downtown Tucson viewed from South Stone Avenue.

What's on the horizon for Rio Nuevo in Tucson

Chair Fletcher McCusker reflects on the multipurpose district's 20-year history in the city.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol Chief Roy Villareal sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera at Arizona Public Media on September 11, 2019.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol chief on trends along southern border

Topics include a drop in apprehensions, new wall construction and Tucson's sanctuary city initiative.
File image of a Border Patrol agent using binoculars to surveil an area just north of Arizona's border with Mexico.

Border trends, Rio Nuevo’s development, Mike Cease

Plus, what archaeological digs reveal about ancient agriculture in Pima County.
Students listen to instructions in an honors English class at Nogales High School on August 21, 2019.

Higher graduation rates uplift Nogales Unified School District

Lorraine Rivera gets an inside look at the district's approach.
File image of a row of lockers in a school.

Ongoing funding challenges in Pima County schools

A discussion with Superintendent of Schools Dustin Williams.
Independent, Tucson mayoral candidate Ed Ackerley sits for an interview with Arizona 360 on September 3, 2019.

Ed Ackerley on why he believes an independent can be Tucson’s next mayor

The advertising executive explains his campaign's strategy and message to voters.
Pima County Democratic chair Alison Jones and Pima County Republican chair David Eppihimer sit for an interview at Arizona Public Media on September 3, 2019.

Roundtable: Pima Dems & GOP chairs on Tucson's election

Their views on the sanctuary city initiative and candidates for mayor.
File image of children's shoes as they line up outside during school.

Pima County Dems and GOP, Ed Ackerley, education funding shortfalls

Plus, Nogales Unified School District's approach to higher graduation rates.
Demonstrators staged a protest outside of Old Main at the University of Arizona on April 10, 2019 in support of three students who were cited for disrupting a presentation given by Border Patrol on campus weeks earlier.

How the UA plans to continue 'campus conversations' this fall

The events stem from protests last spring concerning the presence of Border Patrol on campus.
Tucson city councilwoman and the Democratic party nominee for mayor Regina Romero sits for an interview with Arizona 360 at her campaign's headquarters on August 28, 2019.

Regina Romero reflects on primary victory and strategies for general

Romero handily won the Democratic primary race for Tucson mayor.
Surrounded by her supporters, Tucson city councilwoman and Democratic mayoral candidate Regina Romero reacts to the results from Tucson's primary election at American Eat Company on August 27, 2019.

Journalists roundtable: primary night results and looking to the general

Plus, discussing growing opposition to the sanctuary city initiative.
Democratic Tucson mayoral candidate and city councilwoman Regina Romero delivers a victory speech the night of the primary election at American Eat Company on August 27, 2019.

Journalists roundtable, Regina Romero, free speech at the UA

Analyzing the results of the Tucson primary election and looking ahead to the general election.
World War II veteran Walter Ram is presented with a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster by Sen. Martha McSally during a ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on August 20, 2019.

World War II veteran receives Purple Heart 76 years later

Sen. Martha McSally presented the medal to 95-year-old Walter Ram.
A Border Patrol agent begins processing a group of immigrants apprehended in Yuma in December 2018.

How 1970s neoliberalism factors into today's mass migration from Central America

A discussion with UA cultural anthropologist Megan Carney.

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