By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — An audit of Pima County’s Regional Transportation Authority Plan found it falls short by $149 million, putting 11 projects at risk. The plan was enacted in 2006, after voters passed a one half cent sales tax dedicated to a spate of projects to improve roads and public transit….
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Arizonan businesses would be on the hook for half a million dollars in damages if they refuse a religious exemption from an employee who later experiences significant injury as a result of getting vaccinated under a proposal advancing in the GOP-controlled legislature. Employers who both deny…
By Sebastian Janik/El Inde The smell of food hangs in the air during the Tucson Meet Yourself also known as Tucson Eat Yourself festival. The temperature drops below 90 degrees and the breeze carries the delicious smells of cooking from all different parts of the world. Tacos, Roasted Corn, Raspados and Japanese street food. Sebastian…
By Bellah Nelson/El Inde Over 50 years ago, Ann Stewart, a 47-year old teacher from Flowing Wells, Arizona, was fired for allegedly teaching witchcraft to her high school English students. Stewart had long ash-blonde hair and a widow’s peak—a V-shaped hairline that is passed on genetically. Her eyes were blueish-green and her favorite colors to…
By Jacob Mennuti/El Inde Fight For 15 campaign manager, C.J. Boyd, used to bike to work in the treacherous snowstorms of Chicago, working at a bar that paid less than minimum wage with tips. Working minimum wage jobs for almost his whole life while also fueling his aspiring career as a musician, Boyd moved to…
