President Biden on Friday will create a new office for gun violence prevention, an escalation of the administration’s efforts to tackle the issue, according to the Washington Post. Biden and Vice President Harris are scheduled to announce the new office at an event in the White House Rose Garden on Friday afternoon, the people said. … Read more
Written by Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield. There’s something happening hereBut what it is ain’t exactly clearThere’s a man with a gun over thereTelling me I got to beware I think it’s time we stopChildren, what’s that sound?Everybody look, what’s going down? There’s battle lines being drawnNobody’s right if everybody’s wrongYoung people speaking their mindsGetting … Read more
With the pending retirement of three-term State House Legislative District (LD) 13 Representative Jennifer Pawlik from the Arizona Legislature, former 2022 LD 14 House candidate Brandy Reese, a forensic science chemist, peace officer, mother of two daughters, and public education activist, has declared her run to succeed the well-regarded legislator. Arizona LD 13 encompasses all … Read more
Arizona House Congressional District (CD) One will be one of the most watched political contests on election night in 2024. Why? Because the toss-up district contains a populace that only just supported Joe Biden in 2020 and the Republican incumbent running, ethically challenged David Schweikert has faced increasingly dwindling margins of victory over Democratic challengers … Read more
Following are the remarks of Pima Attorney Laura Conover, who spoke at the July 16, 2023, gun violence prevention rally at Tucson’s Jan. 8 Memorial. Our local story in Tucson has continued. Unfortunately, in 2020 Covid brought so many things, including a terrible increase in gun violence and a homicide spike. By the time I … Read more