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Attorneys for Karla Toledo say they’ve secured a $1,500 bond for the 31-year-old DACA recipient’s release. ICE agents detained the 31-year-old woman at her home Monday, prompting swift community backlash.

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https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/5/22/229865-attorneys-bond-secured-for-daca-recipient-karla-toledos-release/

Attorneys: Bond secured for DACA recipient Karla Toledo’s release

Tucson state legislator Alma Hernandez has been dealt a rebuke by the Democratic Party committee in her own district. The committee’s “Statement of Concern and Request for Action” stopped short of a formal censure.

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https://buff.ly/OIewdUE

Rep. Alma Hernandez rebuked by her district’s Democratic Party committee

Teachers, resellers and bargain hunters purchased reused items during the university’s sustainability sale.

https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/5/21/229839-ua-move-out-sale-keeps-dorm-items-out-of-landfills/

UA move-out sale keeps dorm items out of landfills

More than one month after the presumed street racing accident that killed 3-year-old Anna Garcia in Tucson, cracking down on racing is getting more difficult for police. Intelligence unit lieutenant says organizers have retreated from publicly visible social media.

https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/5/21/229843-tpd-street-racing-tips-social-media-leads-have-fallen-since-april/

TPD: street racing tips, social media leads have fallen since April

A new report ranks Arizona toward the bottom in elementary test score improvements. Arizona students are performing more than a half-grade below their 2019 reading levels, making it the 34th out of 35 states assessed for growth in reading test scores.

https://buff.ly/b4h9L73

Tucson educators are fighting an ongoing ‘learning recession’

Pima Community College's 4,500-person class ranged from ages 16 to 80. Many will go on to continue higher education or develop their already-established careers.

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https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/5/21/229858-pima-community-college-graduates-celebrate-personal-and-academic-reinvention/

Pima Community College graduates celebrate personal and academic reinvention

Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.

"American Masters: W.E.B. DuBois - Rebel with a Cause" tonight at 9PM on PBS 6:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/masters/w-e-b-du-bois/

A Chinese family’s multigenerational trauma unfolds across time, place, and identity. Turning the camera inward, filmmaker Vicky Du traces her family’s mental illness back to the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949.

Watch "Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun" tonight at 11PM on PBS 6:
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/light-of-the-setting-sun/

NPR is restructuring its newsroom, including cutting some reporting and editing jobs, as it attempts to keep pace with changing audience habits while adjusting to an era without federal subsidies.
https://buff.ly/hmFytrs

Graduating high school and college students reflect on how a federally funded program helped foster their success.

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https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/5/13/229726-as-graduation-nears-these-first-gen-students-from-tucson-are-upward-bound/

As graduation nears, these first-gen students from Tucson are Upward Bound