Paola Rodriguez

Tucson

General Assignment Reporter at Arizona Public Media

Journalist. 🇵🇷. Lover of reggaeton. #mizzoumade Now: @azpublicmedia Previously: @CoMissourian @AHCJ @KOMUnews @STLpublicradio

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Articles

Tucson City Council approves ban on camping in washes and parks

1 week ago | azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

Items scattered about at a homeless encampment near Golf Links Road in Tucson. The Tucson City Council has approved new ordinance changes that prohibit camping in city washes and parks, adding to existing restrictions on where unhoused residents can sleep. The changes update the city’s definition of “camping” to align with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld similar language used in a Grants Pass, Oregon ordinance.
Judge denies halt to Oak Flat transfer, Grants 60-day delay

2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol. A federal judge has denied the San Carlos Apache Tribe’s and environmental groups’ efforts to block the transfer of sacred Apache land to a foreign-owned copper mining venture. The fight over Oak Flat began after Congress tucked the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act into a national defense funding bill in 2014.
State Treasurer Kimberly Yee to run for schools post

1 month ago | news.azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee speaking with attendees at the 2024 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Republican State Treasurer Kimberly Yee is setting her sights on a new role–superintendent of public instruction. Yee is challenging incumbent Tom Horne, a fellow republican. She announced her bid this morning through a video posted on social media.
SCOTUS declines to hear Oak Flat tribal religious rights case, making way for copper mining

1 month ago | news.azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

Oak Flat, near where a copper mine is proposed, is dotted with rugged boulders and desert vegetation. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by the nonprofit Apache Stronghold, allowing a controversial land swap to transfer the sacred Western Apache site of Oak Flat near Phoenix to a foreign-owned copper mining company. In an order released Tuesday, the Court denied the group’s petition without comment, leaving in place a lower court’s starkly divided ruling.
Paid parking in Tucson will be extended beginning June

1 month ago | azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

A covered parking meter displaying the Park Tucson logo and information in Downtown Tucson, off 4th Avenue. Starting in June, parking meter hours will be extended in Downtown Tucson, the Mercado, and Main Gate Square/University districts. The new paid parking hours will be 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Before, it was only until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
University of Arizona unveils preliminary “balanced” budget amid ongoing recovery from $140M deficit

1 month ago | news.azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

White flowers are planted around the historic fountain in front of the Old Main building on the University of Arizona campus. The University of Arizona has released what it claims to be the framework of a preliminary “balanced” budget for this upcoming fiscal year.
Federal judge pauses Oak Flat land swap until a SCOTUS decision

1 month ago | news.azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

A scene from the Oak Flat campground, a site sacred to Apache peoples and the epicenter of lawsuits trying to block the development of a large copper mine. A federal court has issued a temporary injunction preventing the transfer of Oak Flat, a sacred site for Western Apache tribes, to a copper mining company. “There is no close question in this matter,” U.S. District Judge Steven Logan wrote.
Tucson eyes early childhood education cuts amid budget strain

1 month ago | news.azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

The Pima Early Education Program Scholarships (PEEPs) is at risk of losing funding from the City of Tucson, but some residents are putting pressure on the Mayor and Council to continue funding it. On Tuesday, families and early childhood education advocates filled the city council meeting, where council members heard public comment on the fiscal year 2026 budget.
Apache Stronghold asks court to temporarily halt Oak Flat land swap

1 month ago | news.azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol. The Apache Stronghold, a Native grassroots organization, has asked a federal district court to temporarily block a controversial land swap between the U.S. government and Resolution Copper until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to take up a related appeal.
Tucson eyes early childhood education cuts amid budget strain

1 month ago | azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

The Pima Early Education Program Scholarships (PEEPs) is at risk of losing funding from the City of Tucson, but some residents are putting pressure on the Mayor and Council to continue funding it. On Tuesday, families and early childhood education advocates filled the city council meeting, where council members heard public comment on the fiscal year 2026 budget.