Mother, grandmother, and lifelong educator Julie Stockwell bleeds public schools. She also cares deeply about ensuring that schoolchildren are prepared for academic and career success in their K-12 education. That is why she is running again for the Deer Valley School Unified School District Governing Board. Believing “school board members should be champions of the … Read more
2026 is shaping up to be another year where just a few seats will determine which political party will control the Arizona State Legislature in 2027. Arizona Legislative District 13 in Chandler in the East Valley of Maricopa County is one of them. In this campaign, human and voting rights legal advocate Kristie O’Brien is … Read more
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs was not mincing words with her promise to veto the Republican Tax Measure SB1106, which passed with only Republican votes in the first week of the 2026 legislative session. Yesterday, January 16, she did just that, sending a letter to Senate President Warren Peterson, advising him of her veto of that … Read more
In its first endorsement of 2026, the Democrats of Greater Tucson (TheDGT.org) proudly endorses TreDavon Rhodes for election to the TUSD Governing Board. A former member of the DGT Board, Tre is running to bring a fresh perspective to TUSD and ensure that, like him, all students have the opportunity to succeed in our district. Today, he studies Political Science … Read more
Arizona billionaires and corporations did not need more tax cuts in the federal Big Billionaires First Bill. They definitely did not need the one, JD Mesnard’s Trump-mimicking SB1106, that Arizona Legislative Republicans rammed through the State Capitol earlier today. The state’s oligarchs, plutocrats, and corporate greedsters have already reaped the benefits of budgetary ill-advised state … Read more