New ADLCC Chairs Jennifer Pawlik and Priya Sundareshan Discuss Turning the Arizona Legislature Blue in 2024

2024 may be a good year for Democrats across the electoral board in Arizona.  That includes the solid possibility of taking, for the first time in decades, control of the State Legislature.  Why? Because they are on the side of the issues people most care about. Those include economic opportunity, fiscal responsibility, improved and well-funded … Read more

Independent Clint Smith wants to Protect Democracy from Andy Biggs

On his worst day, attorney Clint Smith would be a better representative for Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Five than current incumbent Andy Biggs. Running again as an Independent candidate in the Maricopa County East Valley District, Mr. Smith promises to serve three two-year terms as a Citizen Leader who would work to protect Democracy, … Read more

Helpless Daddy and kid watch in horror as books are burned

UPDATED: Scholastic’s Slippery Slide into Censorship: Time to Rally

UPDATE 10/25/23: Scholastic Backs Down! Read the Letter! The Scholastic Book Fair will return its books on race and gender to its broader collection, in response to protests and criticism that separating these titles supports right-wing censorship across the U.S. “I want to apologize on behalf of Scholastic,” Ellie Berger, president of Scholastic Trade Publishing, … Read more

As a State Representative from LD 2, Stephanie Simacek Promises to Represent the Interests and Values of the District 

When readers last heard from Stephanie Simacek, she was successfully running for a seat on the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board. Fast forward to today and Ms. Simacek, while able to retain her seat on the Deer Valley Board, has declared her candidacy for one of the State House seats in Arizona Legislative … Read more

What’s New with the News? 4 Part community classroom at UA

University ofArizona School of Journalism is starting up a new 4 part community classroom entitled “What’s New with the News? on October 26, 5 to 7p.m. The next 3 class sessions are Nov. 2, Nov. 9 and Nov. 16, same time. “Session 1 of 4: Bilingual Journalism: Where, When, How, Why? Instructor: Jessica Retis, Professor … Read more