In Depth

Standalone features on the issues that matter most across Southern Arizona — reported from TDB’s own archive of meetings, filings, and records, with the wider context layered in. Human-reviewed, every one.

Oct 1, 2026 The 2026 Monsoon, by the Numbers
The official rain gauge at the airport finished the season almost exactly at normal, but the rain came in the wrong order. Across southern Arizona, the weath...
Sep 30, 2026 Fourth Avenue Chef Maria Mazon: 'Let's Literally Get Together and Just Fix It'
Chef Maria Mazon asked on Instagram what's keeping people away from Fourth Avenue. She told us parking and safety are her biggest worries. We took her concer...
Sep 23, 2026 What's the Deal With All the Butterflies on Tucson's Roads?
Have you noticed a ton of butterflies while driving on Oracle Road lately? We have too, so we did some digging. You're not imagining it: they're American Sno...
Sep 17, 2026 One in Four Green Valley Homebuyers Lives Out of State. On Tucson's South Side, One in a Hundred.
Pima County's own sales records say more than a third of home sales involve an out-of-state address. Follow the new owners' mail instead, and the real share ...
Sep 17, 2026 A new section: Who They Are
Tucson Daily Brief now publishes six org charts: one for each of the four governments it covers, Pima County, Tucson, Oro Valley and Marana, plus the area's ...
Sep 9, 2026 Two new sections: Life in the Desert, and What Sold
Tucson Daily Brief now publishes two records built entirely from official files: a daily measure of heat, water, sky, and power across the Tucson area, and a...
Jul 22, 2026 Marana split over its data center. The slate that fought it still came up short.
Voters nearly divided down the middle on the $5 billion Luckett Road project — proof of how contentious it has become — but the mayor and the council members...
Jun 19, 2026 Southern Arizona's Year of Fighting Over License-Plate Cameras
One small city pulled its cameras out. Oro Valley and the University of Arizona doubled down. And in meeting after meeting, residents kept pressing the same ...

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