Palo Verde High’s new 4-day week, city clash with Project Blue, Rio Nuevo & more

This week on Arizona Public Media’s Press Room: Host Tony Perkins talks with Tucson Sentinel reporter Paul Ingram, Arizona Luminaria reporter Shannon Connor and AZPM reporter Nick Rommel about TUSD’s decision to move to a four-day school week at Palo Verde High School, a GOP budget proposal to eliminate Tucson’s Rio Nuevo downtown revitalization agency, Tucson City Manager Tim Thomure’s concerns about Project Blue contractors using city water for the construction of a data center near the Pima County Fairgrounds, the Sentinel’s launch of a series on the region’s housing crisis and more.

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Fridays at 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. on NPR affiliate KUAZ-FM, 89.1 FM, and 8:30 p.m. on PBS 6. It streams on the AZPM YouTube channel and can heard as a podcast here.