Tucson Politics

  Temperatures have already surpassed 110 degrees in Arizona this summer and for yet another season, most workers have few legal safeguards to protect them from the sweltering heat.

  Tucson Education Association President Jim Byrne is supporting Adelita Grijalva in her CD 7 race because she has always stood up for Arizona students and public schools during her 20 years of work in the trenches of public education.

  This moment demands more than political insiders or social media influencers. It demands leaders like Adelita Grijalva, with deep roots in our communities and a bold, progressive vision for the future.

  A pair of Tucson-area school districts will set their budgets for the 2025-26 fiscal year and they come with teeny, tiny tax cuts. Plus more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

  Newly minted citizens were encouraged to explore the United States, exercise their rights and retain their pride in their heritage during a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony at Saguaro National Park.

  Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appointed democratic Judge Kristin Schriner to the Pima County Superior Court on Thursday.

  Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appointed democratic Judge Kristin Schriner to the Pima County Superior Court on Thursday.

  The big bad bill that U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted for will drastically ramp up ICE efforts, deplete funds to provide Arizona workers with health care, and risks higher local taxes. Other than that, great work coddling the rich!

  In Arizona, a divided state government means elected leaders spend a lot of their time blocking one another’s policy proposals instead of creating bipartisan compromise.

  As you celebrate Independence Day, please support the free press that is the bedrock of our democracy, and help underwrite your local nonprofit news organization: the independent Tucson Sentinel.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted in favor of the Republican Party’s budget bill, which passed the House of Representatives on a 218-214 vote and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

  Amphitheater Public Schools is accepting applicants to fill a vacant school board seat left by the death of Boardmember Patricia Harris on June 17.

  In 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has environmental advocates and doctors worried about the years to come as climate change continues to make the world and Arizona hotter.

  Dozens of concerned citizens gathered to hear the speakers, including Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, to give updates and information on the Oak Ridge Fire that began on Saturday, June 28.

  New laws across the country aim to accelerate the spread of projects that embrace advanced nuclear technology, and half the states in the past two years  have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans.

  A profile of Patrick Harris, who is running in the Democratic primary for the Congressional District 7 special election.

  A profile of Daniel Hernandez, who is running in the special Congressional District 7 Democratic primary.

  A profile of Jose Malvido, one of five Democrats in the July 15 primary in the special Congressional District 7 race.

  A Tucson man faces multiple federal charges for allegedly selling 15 devices used to allow semi-automatic Glock pistol to fire fully-automatically, officials said.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani remains opposed to elements of the Senate budget plan as House leaders whip support for President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. Arizona healthcare advocates warn it will cost the state billions of dollars and result in shuttered hospitals.

  Berkeley Public Library Director Tess Mayer will become Pima County’s 16th library director in September, replacing Amber Mathewson, who retired in June after eight years in the role.

  "We can’t afford to rely on the same old playbook. Our democracy, in this moment, needs younger, bolder and more creative voices - that’s why I’m proud to support Daniel Hernandez for Congress." — Sharon Bronson

  A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, finding President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 proclamation of an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border did not grant him the authority to “adopt an alternative immigration system.”

  Candidates for the Ward 6 seat on the Tucson City Council talked about homelessness, crime and Project Blue at a Tuesday forum.

  Congress is poised to revive a federal program that compensates uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear bomb tests, more than a year after it expired, though the House version of the “Big Beautiful Bill” doesn’t include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.