Dr. Terry Ruiz, a Democratic Candidate for Arizona State Superintendent, promised to halt the automatic approval of destructive ESA school vouchers on day one. Speaking to LD18 Democrats, the 35‑year educator and former Glendale Community College president blasted Superintendent Tom Horne for refusing to rein in out‑of‑control voucher spending. She pledged to immediately stop the … Read more
The race to become the next House Representative from Arizona’s battleground Congressional District One has generated a lot of interest from prospective Democratic and Green Candidates, who see a golden opportunity, with Donald Trump’s Arizona approval numbers currently at minus 14 and David Schweikert leaving the position to run for Governor, to win the vital … Read more
How would you feel if MAGA Republican Legislators somehow secured legislation to allow Trump’s ICE-Gestapo goons to patrol polling locations outside voting rooms on election day? Well, last week, these same MAGA Republican Legislators in the State Senate attempted, despite a legion of protestors at the Capitol, including those allowed in the building, conveying their … Read more
Chalk up another victory for the agents of modern innovation and clean energy sustainability in the Metro Phoenix area. Last week, 12 electric public passenger buses, thanks in part to funding from the Biden/Harris Era Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, debuted on the streets of Phoenix, marking the continuation of Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City … Read more
How do we get the news here in Southern Arizona? There’s the print (and online) AZ Daily Star, and the alternative Tucson Weekly (Thursdays in print, also online). When we first arrived in Tucson back in 1987, there was also the afternoon paper, The Tucson Citizen, which ceased publication in print in 2009, online in … Read more