By Daniel Young-Miller/Arizona Sonora News –Updated with comment from Greystar The luxury student apartment building Urbane, at the northwest corner of the University of Arizona campus, was without electricity on several floors from last Friday until 10.30 p.m. Tuesday, when a crew from Tucson Electric restored full power to the building. Many residents had to…
By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News Capital Bureau PHOENIX — It’s not soy milk, it’s soy beverage. The Arizona House of Representatives advanced House Bill 2604, with an amendment regarding labeling products as milk. Originally, the bill only limited the use of the word “meat” to describe food derived from harvested livestock, and “poultry” as derived…
Story by Gabrielle Mix/Arizona Sonora News Many women remember their mothers dressing them up in tiny tutus and sending them to ballet class as soon as they could balance on two feet. Over their childhood and teenage years, these young women may replace that tutu with a pair of sports cleats or a violin. But some…
Story and photos by Kirshana Guy/Arizona Sonora News Tucson’s two largest school districts will receive over $4.5 million to purchase new school buses after a 2016 nationwide settlement with Volkswagen over the sale of their “clean diesel” vehicles. The state of Arizona was allocated $53 million after Volkswagen pleaded guilty to three felony counts of…
By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News Capitol Bureau PHOENIX —Is it really meat? Rep. David Cook (R-08) wants to make sure you know what meat is, by law. But others — including proponents of vegetarian meat-free products that use the word “meat” — say the English noun meat does not belong to the industry. Cook introduced House…
