Katya Mendoza
Multimedia Journalist at Arizona Public Media
MMJ @azpublicmedia // formerly @tucsonweekly // you may have seen me in @TucsonStar & @AZLuminaria // @uajschool M.A. ‘22.
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1 week ago |
news.azpm.org | Katya Mendoza
Tucson Electric Power is proposing a 14% rate increase for residential customers. The announcement came hours after the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved a $3.6 billion data center, with promises not to affect customer rates. If approved, the increase would add about $16 per month for households that would see the most impact during the summer months.
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1 week ago |
news.azpm.org | Katya Mendoza
The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson. In a 3-2 vote, the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved a Purchase-Sale Agreement for Project Blue, a data center project that will be located north of the county fairgrounds during Tuesday’s meeting. The 290.31-acre site will be built at the Southeast Employment and Logistics Center on South Houghton– a site that was appraised at $20.8 million.
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1 week ago |
news.azpm.org | Katya Mendoza
Saguaro cactus amid mid-afternoon sun. An informal, virtual public hearing process has begun for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule to establish a federal heat standard in the workplace. The Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings would apply to all employers to protect indoor and outdoor workers across sectors where OSHA has jurisdiction, such as general industry, construction, agriculture, and maritime, with some exceptions.
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1 week ago |
news.azpm.org | Katya Mendoza
Walking down the road near the Bear Canyon Trail in the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, February 2018. About 14,000,000 acres of public land in Arizona are eligible for sale if a sell-off provision is included in the Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, according to a map compiled by the Wilderness Society.
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2 weeks ago |
azpm.org | Katya Mendoza
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva sits for an interview at Arizona Public Media in November 2019. Representatives Greg Stanton, Paul Gosar, Yassamin Ansari and Juan Ciscomani, introduced legislation that would rename the downtown Tucson Federal Building as the “Raúl M. Grijalva Federal Building”, after the late congressman.
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I did a spot for @NPR Weekend Edition today about VA healthcare staff resignations. Check it out: https://t.co/7IndJqhtCM
VA Secretary Collins says he is taking care of veterans by hopefully cutting 15% of the department. About 80,000 people “if you do the math.” Read all about it: VA job cuts loom but deadline moves - AZPM https://t.co/I1GhwGGwZf
Protest is dwindling down, people eating nachos, taking turns speaking about human rights. After speaking with organizers and protestors, estimated headcount is at least 500 up to 2 thousand. https://t.co/nMiR2lw2O7