Pima County will get a new Supervisor for District 5 to replace resigning Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, who is running for Congress in Congressional District 7, where her late father served. The Board of Supervisors will make the appointment of their new colleague from the list of applicants. The 6 applicants appeared at a forum by … Read more
At the moment, there are no confirmed measles cases in Arizona. But that may not last as the Texas measles outbreak — only 600 miles away from Tucson — explodes out of control. Measles is the most contagious pathogen — 7 times more infectious than Covid. It is so contagious that in 1991, a single athlete … Read more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and the organization she is the chair of, Climate Mayors, is pushing back against Musk/Trump/Vance’s efforts to cut off funding for FEMA operations and the program designed to aid low-income families in getting monies to pay for their summer air conditioning. On the drive to cut off FEMA funding to National … Read more
MAGA Republicans at the State Capitol are willing to appropriate a supplemental funding request to assist children with disabilities. For a price. These same MAGA legislators, led by David Livingston, who want Governor Katie Hobbs to sign supplemental funding legislation with no strings attached for their precious welfare for the wealthy program, the Empowerment Scholarship … Read more
Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that her office is launching a new webpage to collect reports of Social Security issues. “I am highly concerned that Elon Musk and the Trump Administration will take a wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration,” said Attorney General Mayes. “We need any Arizonan who experiences any disruption to … Read more