Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County,Arizona,United States,and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix,with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census,while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area. Both Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (100 km) north of the United States–Mexico border.
Oro Valley,incorporated in 1974,is a suburban town located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Tucson,Arizona,United States,in Pima County. According to the 2020 census,the population of the town is 47,070,an increase from 29,700 in 2000. Dubbed the "Upscale Tech Mecca" of Southern Arizona by the Arizona Daily Star newspaper,Oro Valley is home to over 10 high tech firms and has a median household income nearly 50% higher than the U.S. median. The town is located approximately 110 miles (180 km) southeast of the state capital of Phoenix.
Pima Community College (PCC) is a public community college in Pima County,Arizona. It serves the Tucson metropolitan area with a community college district consisting of five campuses,four education centers,and several adult education learning centers. It provides traditional and online instruction for over 144 programs. The college also offers workforce training,non-credit personal interest classes and post-baccalaureate certificates. PCC is one of the largest multi-campus community colleges in the United States,with relative ranking varying between fourth and tenth largest. PCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
James Nielson Corbett Jr. was an Arizona politician. He was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1956 to 1958,the Tucson City Council from 1963 to 1967,and then Tucson City Mayor from 1967 to 1971. In 1979 Corbett was elected clerk of the Pima County Superior Court,a position he held for twenty years.
The Huachuca Mountains are part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona,approximately 70 miles (110 km) south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista. Included in this area is the highest peak in the Huachucas,Miller Peak,and the region of the Huachucas known as Canelo Hills in eastern Santa Cruz County. The mountains range in elevation from 3,934 feet (1,199 m) at the base to 9,466 feet (2,885 m) at the top of Miller Peak. The second highest peak in this range is Carr Peak,elevation 9,200 feet (2,804 m). The Huachuca Mountain area is managed principally by the United States Forest Service (41%) and the U.S. Army (20%),with much of the rest being private land (32%). Sierra Vista is the main population center.
Pima County Courthouse is the former main county courthouse building in downtown Tucson,Arizona It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Roy Place in 1928 in Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture.
Daniel Hernández Jr. is an American politician and former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. A member of the Arizona Democratic Party,he served alongside Rosanna Gabaldón in Legislative District 2. Hernández interned for U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords and was present when she was shot during a 2011 constituent meeting. He has been credited with helping to save Giffords's life after the incident.
Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and politician who served as the 23rd governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Ducey was CEO of the ice cream parlor chain Cold Stone Creamery from 1995 to 2007 and was Arizona State Treasurer from 2011 to 2015.
Janson Theodore "Ted" Vogt is a former Arizona State Representative and director of the Arizona Department of Gaming. Prior to his appointment as Gaming director by Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey in 2019,Vogt served as the executive director of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Before that,he served as Governor Doug Ducey's chief of operations,and later as the director of legislative and regulatory affairs for Traversant Group. Vogt briefly served as interim director of Arizona State Parks and Trails in 2018.
Charlene Fernandez is an American politician who was the Democratic leader of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. She was first elected to the state House in 2014 and represents Southwestern Arizona,specifically,the majority of Yuma County,western Pima County,southwestern Maricopa County and southwestern Pinal County. She resigned on November 15,2021 to take a position at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her son Brian Fernandez was appointed by the Yuma County,Arizona Board of Supervisors to succeed her in the Arizona House of Representatives.
The 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Arizona,concurrently with the election of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Venden "Vince" Leach is an American politician from Arizona. A Republican,he was a member of the Arizona State Senate from 2019 to 2023,representing District 11. From 2015 to 2019,he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11.
Mark Killian is an American politician and the director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture. Killian is a former Republican state representative and speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives.
Lea Marquez Peterson is an American politician serving on the Arizona Corporation Commission since 2019. Peterson was appointed by Governor Doug Ducey to replace Andy Tobin following his appointment as Director of the Arizona Department of Administration. Peterson was also the 2018 Republican nominee for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House.
Regina Romero is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson,Arizona since 2019.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Arizona in January 2020. As of June 3,2021 Arizona public health authorities reported 322 new cases of COVID-19 and five deaths,bringing the cumulative totals since the start of the pandemic to 882,691 cases and 17,653 deaths. 12.3% of the state's population has been positively diagnosed with COVID-19 since the first case was reported on January 26,2020.
Tucson Indian school was founded in 1888 with the purpose of facilitating the assimilation of native children of the Pima and Papago tribes from the area around what is now Tucson,Arizona. The school was created under federal acts with the goal of indoctrinating native American children into western colonial society by separating them from their communities' culture and reeducating them in boarding schools. The school closed in the 1950s.
Juan Guadalupe Ciscomani III is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district since 2023.
Consuelo Hernandez is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 21 in 2022. She is president of the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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