Tucson eyes change to partnership registry to allow couples to record contracts they've made

Same-sex couples could receive greater legal recognition if the Tucson City Council approves proposed changes to its domestic-partner registry.

Council approves$1.272B budget

The Tucson City Council voted unanimously on final adoption of next year's $1.272 billion budget. But not before getting an earful from frustrated city employees over disproportionate pay increases.

Buehler-Garcia tries again to take Uhlich's Ward 3 Tucson City Council seat

Ben Buehler-Garcia

Buehler-Garcia tries again to take Uhlich's Ward 3 Tucson City Council seat

Republican Ben Buehler-Garcia is taking another shot at capturing the Ward 3 City Council seat.

Challenger files for Ward 5 council seat

The first challenger to an incumbent Tucson City Council member filed his nominating petition signatures Tuesday.

City pay raises balloon to $11M

Pay raises the City Council thought would total $5.3 million when it approved them last month are now going to cost taxpayers $11 million a year.

Tucson City Council complains it wasn't told full cost of city raises

City budget planners downplayed the actual costs of the city's recent pay raise after the City Council voted to approve it.

All staffers for city to get raise of 55¢/hour

After a heated debate, the Tucson City Council voted 4-2 to include a 55-cent-an-hour raise for all 4,918 employees in the next budget, effective no later than Jan. 1, 2014.

Raises for city employees pitched

The Tucson City human resources director is proposing a 55-cent-an-hour across-the-board pay raise for city employees as part of next year's $1.269 billion budget.

Bisbee puts civil unions on hold to tweak law

A City Council in a southern Arizona community that had been threatened with a lawsuit by the state Attorney General’s office for a civil union ordinance it adopted has voted to rewrite the law to take out parts that apparently run afoul of a state ban on same-sex marriage.

Tucson to consider more changes to Gadsden project

The company most actively involved in the redevelopment of downtown's west side is asking to change the terms of its agreement with the city for a third time.

Jennifer Eckstrom resigns from S. Tucson Council

South Tucson Mayor Jennifer Eckstrom is resigning from the City Council.

Bisbee council OKs same-sex civil unions in divided vote

Bisbee’s City Council voted 5-2 late Tuesday to recognize same-sex civil unions within the community, after hearing three hours of impassioned comments from residents and despite a warning from the state’s attorney general.

Bisbee poised to approve same-sex civil unions

City, Rio Nuevo promise to make nice is official

The City of Tucson and Rio Nuevo District officially buried the hatchet this morning.

Background checks now mandatory at some Tucson gun shows

Gun shows that allow individual sales without background checks are now prohibited at the Tucson Convention Center.

Tucson to consider limiting yard sales to 4 per year

Rummage-sale aficionados, take notice.

Nogales City Councilman Ramon Felix died Sunday

Nogales City Councilman Ramon Felix died at his home early Sunday morning.

Tucson's Fred Enke Golf Course to be shut down

The City Council today voted to close Tucson’s Fred Enke Golf Course.

Solutions sought on 'sidewalk' parking

After 16 neighborhood representatives said they want to be able to park in front of their own homes, ParkWise spent an hour Tuesday talking about why they shouldn't.