I am not a teacher, I am a mom. I cannot understand what you’re going through, I don’t see your day to day, I don’t carry the weight that you do. Here’s what I do see. This may surprise you because I don’t know if you knew I was watching…. I see you smile at … Read more
Well, it’s back in person at University of Arizona Mall on Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, despite the ongoing pandemic. Masks will be required indoors. Event runs both days, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This popular book festival cancelled in 2020 and went virtually online in 2021. All info here at www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org. Presenting … Read more
Gov. Doug Ducey sold voters a bill of goods with his Prop. 123 in 2018, promising to raise teacher pay by 20% by the 2020-2021 school year, to end the Red For Ed teacher walkouts. Just last month, Arizona has the lowest wages for teachers in the nation, report finds: Teacher pay in Arizona can’t … Read more
Our excellent Dem delegation from Legislative District 10 in Tucson sat down with AZDem Environmental Council Co-Chair Nick Arnold for an hour of discussion about many of the pending issues and events in this 55th session of the AZLeg in this Cross-Over week. Since the drop-dead date for bills (other than appropriations and strikers) has … Read more
Above: Editorial: Trump’s ‘beautiful wall’ is a vanity project and nothing more. Democrats should treat it as such: [T]his debate isn’t, and never has been, about the best way to secure the border. It’s about the symbolism of the wall. To Trump, it’s the embodiment of his Fortress America approach to the rest of the … Read more