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A sea turtle heads back to the ocean after the tortugueros have finished gathering data on it.

Providing a future for sea turtles in Kino Bay.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A roundtable with Young Muslims about maintaining their faith in a secular culture; and the difficult reality of living with aphasia.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Arizona AG will ask court to lift injunction on state abortion ban

Brnovich says law banning abortion is back in effect following Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
New homes going up in a development in northwest Tucson, February 2018.

Real estate, rents continue to climb as housing crunch continues

Prices around Tucson continue to go up, leaving some unable to buy or going through eviction.
The Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower in Phoenix. January 2021.

Ducey OKs $18B budget upping school, infrastructure spending

The governor on Tuesday gave his blessing to an $18 billion spending plan that uses a record surplus to invest in education and infrastructure.
Former Congressman Matt Salmon used a video to announce his entrance in the Republican gubernatorial primary in Arizona. June 16, 2021

Salmon drops out of GOP primary race for Arizona governor

The former congressman says it became clear he couldn't win.
Protesters lined Congress St. after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade on June 24th, 2022.

Tucson greets Roe reversal with protests

The crowd blocked Congress St and several intersections downtown.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Court allows Resolution Copper Mine to continue

Apache Stronghold did not prove its religious concerns were enough to stop the mine.
A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Planned Parenthood stops abortions in Arizona after Supreme Court decision

Arizona's abortion laws could end up in a legal limbo.
Part of the Contreras Fire burning near the Kitt Peak Nationla Observatory on June 16, 2022.

Contreras Fire listed as 100% contained

Local management team will hand over control Saturday.
The west facade of United States Supreme Court Building at dusk in Washington, D.C., USA. From October 2011.

Arizona after Roe v. Wade

Barbara Atwood, professor of law emerita at the University of Arizona, spoke with AZPM about the past and future of the state's abortion laws.
File image of a row of lockers in a school.

Making college credits easier to access in Cochise County

Buena High School introduces new dual enrollment program
A collage of images representing 50+ years of "Star Trek" on television.

Has "Star Trek" changed the world? Author Ryan Britt examines a legacy lasting 50 years... and beyond.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How A Tucson woman made a life-changing transformation through art.
File image of the Winged Victory weather vane atop the copper dome at the historic Capitol Building in Phoenix.

Arizona lawmakers approve bipartisan $18 billion budget

More than half a billion goes to K-12 schools, and a proposal to expand private school subsidies was dropped.

Former foundation president sentenced for embezzlement

Over two years she stole tens of thousands of dollars from a group helping the National Guard.

Arizona House GOP backs universal school voucher expansion

They vote Wednesday advances a bill that would allow all 1.1 million public school students to use public money to attend a private schools.
A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Republican lawmakers propose expanding state court of appeals

Democrats accuse GOP of court packing.

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