Lots of citizens have filed statements of interest to run for various School Governing Boards in Pima County. Here’s the current list from the Pima County School Superintendent’s website: 2022 Statement of Interests – Pima County Schools – Tucson, AZ UPDATE: Filing period from June 11 to July 11, 2022 and some candidates have already … Read more
A record number of homicides in Tucson last year. Increases from 2009 to 2018 in the amount of gun deaths in Arizona, including Phoenix, Tucson, and Mesa. Seventy one percent of these gun deaths were caused by suicide. Eighty seven percent of violent deaths toward Arizona women were caused by gunshot wounds inflicted by an … Read more
LD 10 State Senator Kirsten Engel recently resigned her seat to run for CD 2 House. She had been elected to that seat in Nov. 2020, after serving 2 terms in the State House. The LD 10 Democrats precinct committeepersons met online on Sept. 26, and nominated 3 persons to be considered for appointment by … Read more
A week after announcing an initiative to transition Tucson public busing to all-electric vehicles, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, along with Pima District Five County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, American Lung Association Advocacy Senior Director JoAnnna Strother, and Tucson Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo, announced support for a similar effort to transition all diesel school … Read more
Three seats are up for grabs on the nonpartisan, volunteer Tucson Unified School District Governing Board. 2 term board member Kristel Foster is stepping down, as is one term member Rachael Sedgwick-Gordon, and recently appointed member Bruce Burke (filling a vacancy after resignation in October 2019 of long term member Mark Stegeman). Attorney Burke formerly … Read more