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More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

Housing costs in Tucson hit bigger share of lowest earners than state, country

Spending no more than 30% of income on housing is tougher for those who make less.

People on the University of Arizona campus take advantage of a lull in a summer rain storm to get to where they're going, Aug. 28, 2019.

Dry monsoon caused by roaming high-pressure system

This year's monsoon in Tucson is almost 3.5 inches behind what the area received last year.

Bicycles for the Tugo city bike-share program near Tumamoc Hill on Tucson's west side, 2017.

Tucson's bike share program adding docking stations

The city says it's bringing Tugo bicycles to more Tucson neighborhoods.

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.

San Xavier del Bac, photographed by Ray Manley.

Ray Manley's Arizona

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "From Grief to Acceptance" with Misty Proffitt-Thompson; HOCO Fest 2019 is the biggest yet; and a visit to the Vegan restaurant Tumerico.

Tucson City Councilwoman Regina Romero claims victory in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for Tucson mayor, Aug. 27, 2019.

Romero claims victory, Farley endorses her in Democratic mayoral primary

Lane Santa Cruz wins Ward 1 primary to replace Romero on the City Council.

Campaign signs for the Democratic candidates running for Tucson mayor seen at a street corner on East Speedway Boulevard near North Wilmot Road.

Top issues for Tucson voters ahead of the primary

A discussion with Arizona Daily Star columnist Tim Steller.

View of the University of Arizona campus.

Arizona universities to continue reduced tuition for some undocumented immigrants

Any student who graduates from an Arizona high school is eligible.

A statue stands in front of the Holocaust History Center in Tucson.

"Never again, para nadie."

Also on Arizona Spotlight: New state law that may provide justice for greater numbers of Indigenous women and girls; A reaction to the Trump administration changing the Endangered Species Act; and a very short story from Aurelie Sheehan.

Basketball at the Pima County Jail.

Using basketball to raise the academic game of Pima County's 'forgotten' students

Students in Pima County's juvenile detention system have to earn the right to play through grades and behavior.

Tucson Police's downtown district on South Stone Avenue.

TPD Chief Magnus on sanctuary city initiative on ballot

The City Council recently approved the initiative appearing on the ballot.

This image distributed by Pima County via social media on Aug. 14, 2019 shows a part of the county's Legal Services Building, where distinctive blue-green bricks have dislodged. Efforts are underway to find and repair loose bricks on the the building, built in 1967.

Twenty-story county building is losing its bricks

Contractors will inspect and repair the 50-year-old tower.

UA graduate student in geosciences Becki Beadling on a research vessel in teh Southern Ocean, deploying robotic floats that gather information for the SOCCOM project.

Ocean & Space

Learn about UA scientists in the Southern Ocean measuring climate change; and celebrating the past and future of space exploration at Spacefest X.

Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo shared his idea to move sixth graders back to elementary schools and house only seventh and eighth grade students in junior high schools at a Governing Board meeting April 30, 2019.

TUSD moves closer toward approving new sex education curriculum

The district's sex ed policies have not been updated since 2006.

Gerry & Darwin Hall, photographed by Jade Beall (detail).

"Wise Bodies, Beautiful Elders" - photographer Jade Beall confronts ageism in the raw.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The facts regarding mental illness and gun violence; and mushroom hunters go on a monsoon quest.

A Tucson Unified School District Bus.

Teacher vacancies hit a new low in Tucson Unified School District

The district says vacancies are now down to fewer than one per school.

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