Happy Halloween! Today’s windy conditions should start to settle down tomorrow. Expect a high of 80° on Wednesday and 82° on Thursday.
🌵 Cartel violence in Sasabe, Sonora is driving a surge of migrants across the border.
More than 2,500 migrants have been apprehended since Saturday near San Miguel, a remote Tohono O’odham border crossing used to access ancestral lands in Mexico. The migrants are apparently fleeing west from Sasabe, a border town an hour and a half from Tucson.
🌵 New Arizona school letter grade rankings are out.
The rankings, released annually by the Arizona Department of Education, cover the 2022-2023 school year. No Pima County schools received a failing grade. You can see how your school did by downloading this spreadsheet.
- Arizona Daily Star: Arizona gives 83 Pima County schools A’s, no F’s
- Arizona Department of Education: A-F School Letter Grades
🌵 Abortions in Arizona are down 80% following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The court’s 2022 ruling left the legality of abortion up to individual states. Current Arizona law bans abortions beyond 15 weeks, except in life-threatening cases. Since June 2022, the number of abortions in Arizona have declined by 80%.
🌵 A battery manufacturing company broke ground on Tucson’s southside.
American Battery Factory says their new plant will bring 1,000 new jobs and $3.1 billion in economic impact. Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz pledged to work with the company to ensure the jobs are within reach of local residents.
🌵 Finally, the next F-16 you see flying over Tucson might have a Ukrainian fighter pilot on board.
Ukrainian pilots are now in Tucson training on F-16s with the Air National Guard. The countries of Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark have all donated F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to assist with its counteroffensive against Russia.