With a new fiscal year budget nowhere near completion and questions remaining on so many outstanding issues like water conservation, Empowerment Scholarship Account reforms and cost controls, funding public schools by extending Proposition 123, and making life in Arizona more affordable, MAGA Republican leadership at the State Capitol thought this was the best time to … Read more
UPDATE: I am very disappointed that Governor Hobbs signed HB2880 rather than vetoing it, as it deserved. Per Tucson Agenda: “Hobbs signed a bill that requires university administrators to order protesters who camp out on campuses to dismantle their tents and leave, Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer reports. If protesters refuse, they could face trespassing charges. The bill was … Read more
Former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva wants to continue working on the progressive legacy of her late father, Representative Raul Grijalva, as his successor in Congress, representing the people of Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District. A person with twenty years of public service in her own right as a school board member for Tucson Unified and … Read more
UPDATE: You can meet and question Council Member Perez on TheDGT.org’s weekly Zoom show on May 26th at Noon! Sorry, this event has been cancelled due to the councilmember’s availability. We will reschedule this event soon. You must register in advance for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/I0oicNYJTa-wts4gqUDQWQ Ward 5 Councilman Richard Fimbres, in his 4th term, retired … Read more
Following a forceful response from Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan to the Republican behind the scenes scheming to “enshrine” their welfare for the rich entitlement program known as the Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Voucher System in the State Constitution, Legislative Democrats gathered with public school activists to call attention to the MAGA ‘hijacking” of … Read more