Tre Rhodes Brings Fresh Urgency to TUSD School Board Race

Tre’Davon Rhodes knows what public schools can do for students whose futures are anything but guaranteed. Raised by a single mother with an incarcerated father, he worked throughout high school and wasn’t certain college was his next step. A Sabino High School counselor helped him find direction. His grandmother supplied another reason: Before she died, … Read more

Solving Affordability and Water Security: Harder Will Make it Easier

Ashley Harder is a Phoenix business owner, community leader, and historic preservation advocate whose 20 years of work revitalizing neighborhoods, supporting small businesses, and expanding housing opportunities have delivered lasting results throughout the city. She is a candidate for Phoenix City Council District 4.  Our city is growing, and that’s a good thing. But two … Read more

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Reacts to Trump/Kennedy Jr. Proposed Gutting of Head Start Standards

In Phoenix, the Head Start-Preschool Program served 2710 children from some of the city’s poorest families in the 2024/25 school year. 2566 families were supported. 284 of the children were special needs. 52 were foster kids. 42 had suffered through homelessness. In addition to providing quality preschool options for Phoenix’s poorest families, the Head Start … Read more

Crimefighter A.G. Mayes Will Protect Voters from ICE, Cut Rising Costs and Stop Data Centers

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes promised to pursue ICE agents who may show up at vote centers and violate Arizona law, and to protect voting facilities from interference. Mayes spoke at a Democrats of Oro Valley town hall in Marana on Oct. 9 with Jo Mendoza, a congressional candidate in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. Accountability … Read more