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Episode 7: Tucson Streetcar Opens to Public

A look at final preparations leading up to inauguration, including a stop dedicated to Congressman Grijalva.

METRO WEEK: $200M Tucson Streetcar Opens For Service

3,600 trips/day projected ridership, credited as economic stimulus

METRO WEEK: City Manager Miranda Leaves a Stable Admin

Tucson continues to search for successor, candidate specifics still being defined.

Episode 6: City Manager Miranda Leaves a Stable Administration

Tucson continues to search for successor, candidate specifics still being defined.

Episode 5: Reid Park Zoo Gets Accreditation, 'Animals' Lives, Deaths Are Educational'

In last five years, 96 animals have been born or hatched there, 175 have died.

Metro Week: 'Zoo Animals' Lives, Deaths Are Educational'

Reid Park meets national accreditation standards, teaches conservation.

Metro Week: Fire Season Underway, Prep Began Months Ago

lookouts watch for smoke, districts help residents create "defensible space."

Episode 4: Fire Season Underway, Preparations Began Months Ago

Lookouts watch for smoke, districts help residents create "defensible space."

Metro Week: Pima College Works to End Probation

What's changed one year after probationary status? Interview with Chancellor Lee Lambert, on job since 2013.

Episode 3: Pima Community College Strives to End Probation

What's changed one year after probationary status? Interview with Chancellor Lee Lambert, on job since 2013.

Pima County Approves $1.2B Budget on Party Line Vote

Fiscal year begins in July, property tax rate goes up, spending reduced.

Metro Week: Pima County Property Taxes Likely Going Up

Supervisors to decide between budget cuts, raising tax.

Episode 2: Pima County Property Taxes Likely Going Up

Supervisors to decide between budget cuts, raising taxes.

Episode 1: Tucson Budget Stability Long-Term Problem, No Easy Answer

Council wrestles with yearly deficits, short-term fixes; they this week approved a $1.26B budget after making more than $30M in cuts.

Metro Week: Tucson Budget Stability Long-Term Problem, No Easy Answers

Council wrestles with yearly deficits, short-term fixes; they this week approved a $1.26B budget after making more than $30M in cuts.

Metro Week: Tucson Budget Stability Long-Term Problem, No Easy Answers

Council wrestles with yearly deficits, short-term fixes; they this week approved a $1.26B budget after making more than $30M in cuts.

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