Featured Stories
TUSD at a Breaking Point: Candidates Warn Public Education Is Under Attack
June 7, 2026
Three candidates seeking to shape the future of public education in Southern Arizona spoke at a Tucson education town hall yesterday to warn that declining enrollment, chronic underfunding, and Arizona’s runaway voucher program are pushing Tucson Unified School District toward difficult decisions, including possible school closures. Key Takeaways 1. TUSD leaders say Arizona’s ESA voucher
There is No There, There
June 6, 2026
Design and composition by Charlie Grantham, rendered by chatGPT 5.2 There is No There, There Gertrude Stein – my apologies to Oakland, CA This blog began as an inquiry into the polical motivations of Rep. Juan Ciscomani CD6. Then a funny thing happened. People began to ask me if there wasn’t a larger issue here
Donald and Juan’s Wretched Economy, in Five Charts
June 6, 2026
(Economic recession graph from TuftsDaily.com, via Advantus Media Inc.) Dear Readers, you may be getting weary of these periodic looks at what we fear is the pending disaster of the Trump-Ciscomani economy. The first named has made bad times happen; the latter has tagged along like a good little puppy. We’re a little tired, too,
Governor Hobbs: Andy Biggs Is a Threat to Arizona’s Future
June 4, 2026
Gov. Katie Hobbs delivered a warning that Democrats—and every voter who cares about democracy—should take seriously: electing Andy Biggs governor would put an election denier, abortion opponent, and MAGA extremist in charge of one of the nation’s most important swing states. Speaking at the Udall Dinner on May 30, she framed the 2026 governor’s race
Great News for Karla Toldeo, but Many Innocent Arizona Residents, Including Children, Still Suffering in Trump’s Concentration Camps
June 4, 2026
As Blog for Arizona Editor Larry Bodine reported yesterday, DACA recipient Karla Toldeo, who was wrongly detained for almost a week by Trump’s Gestapo-ICE agents last month, received a favorable ruling from the courts, where the immigration judge presiding over her case dismissed the deportation case against her. Reacting happily to the ruling, Arizona Representative
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Celebrates First Quarter Job Numbers
June 4, 2026
Two Arizona Jobs Reports has Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs beaming. The first is a quarterly report by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), prepared by Rounds Consulting Group, which showed the Grand Canyon State ranking third in the nation in job growth percentage. Another report by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity showed the
I Just Showed Up With a Sign and Wound Up Running for Marana Town Council
June 3, 2026
*By Jackie McGuire, Candidate for Marana Town Council. Jackie is a data scientist, former financial advisor, co-host of Enterprise Security Weekly, and a candidate for Marana Town Council. Learn more at voteforjackie.com On December 10, 2025, I walked into the Marana Town Hall holding a homemade sign. I did not have an agenda, I did not
In His Rebuilding the Middle Class Plan, Senator Ruben Gallego Proposes a $20 an Hour Minimum Wage
June 3, 2026
A day after introducing a bill called the Robin Hood Act, a measure designed to tax “an individual that has either $100 million or more in income or a billion dollars or more in assets, whenever you take out one of these loans, it’s going to be counted as if you cashed in that capital
