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On a blistering Tuesday evening, over 100 city officials, community members and skateboarders huddled in chairs under Highway Interstate 10. On the southside of Cushing Street below the underpasses, the community sat across the construction of Arizona’s first shaded skate park. Mariachi music and skateboarding echoed in the underpass before city officials spoke. VIEW LARGER A mariachi band plays at the groundbreaking on Cushing Street on June 30, 2026.

Several Pima County employees accused former county treasurer Brian Johnson of sexual misconduct before his resignation in mid-June. According to complaints sent to HR and published by the Tucson Sentinel and , Johnson and his girlfriend allegedly had a relationship with a female employee and he sent texts with explicit material.

Featured on the June 2nd, 2026 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore: Hear about “Connect 250”, a new StoryCorps initiative, straight from StoryCorps' president and founder Dave Isay.

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While enrollment drops and alternatives to public school become more popular, the Tucson Unified School District is asking parents what they think of a four-day or year-round schedule for the 2027-2028 school year. In a survey sent out in June and open until August, families are asked to rank those choices alongside two other options: a schedule with no changes and one that adds a day to Thanksgiving break.

Some University of Arizona faculty members are preparing to pack up for global research. The UA announced seven researchers are joining the ranks of Fulbright Scholars. It’s a program that gives people a chance to study, teach, or conduct graduate research in another country. Optical Science professor Travis Sawyer is slated to collaborate with fellow researchers at Utsunomiya University in Japan. They’ll focus on using endoscopic technology to find gastrointestinal cancers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.

Christine Waller is a Marana resident who says she is concerned about her property value. “I just feel like Marana is not doing proper, like grabbing up proper businesses for tax revenue at the expense of citizens like myself, who you know, I’m for the people, I’m not for money,” Waller said. Over the weekend, Waller attended an information session about data centers that was hosted by candidates challenging the sitting Mayor and Council.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a Republican push to enforce strict Arizona voting laws passed in the swing state after the 2020 election. The high court has allowed some similar rules to take effect temporarily before, including Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirement for state and local elections and a Virginia purge of voter rolls that the state said was aimed at keeping noncitizens from voting.

A new study shows parents use media, like their phones and tablets, more than their children during mealtime. The latest data published in JAMA Pediatrics shows how such device usage may potentially affect socialization among family members. The study gathered information from over 350 parents with children ages 4 to 10 years old. Researchers measured mealtime media usage by having parents report whether they or their children used specific devices.