Tucson Politics

  The city of Tucson is seeking input on extending the enforcement period for parking meters starting in early 2025.

  Candidates running for the Pima County Board of Supervisors disagree on whether the county should support efforts to maintain water barrels in the deadly Sonoran Desert.

  As climate change continues to wreak havoc, companies in Arizona are developing technologies intended to pull greenhouse gas from the air.

  Two Arizona residents and wine enthusiasts argued before the Ninth Circuit that Arizona’s complicated wine distribution system discriminates against out-of-state retailers and violates the U.S. Constitution.

  Over the past four years, Arizona has become a poster child for water scarcity in the United States, and while voters know they’re deciding the country’s future, it’s unclear if they know that they’re voting on an existential threat in their own backyards.

  Arizona’s election system has been thrown into turmoil over the past four years by false claims of fraud - and some real instances of mistakes - in running elections. Now, Republican candidates for county recorder are playing up those false claims and errors as they try to get elected.

  “In just two weeks, Arizona is going to send Kamala Harris a message: go back to San Francisco where you belong,” Vance told a crowd of around 400 at the Pima County Fairgrounds, flanked onstage by members of the National Border Patrol Council.

  Recently retired City Manager Mike Ortega proved the trick isn't to shatter the deep state of bureaucrats, it's to lead a staff full of professional civil servants. Show futility no quarter — through leadership and not micromanagement.

  With only two weeks until the election, voting advocates, candidates, parties and community organizers are making last-ditch efforts to rally people to vote across Arizona, but those whose goal is turning out Indigenous voters living in Arizona’s urban centers face unique challenges.

  Worries about the health and environmental impacts of processed foods are pervasive among younger voters, as bloggers and activists promote sustainable lifestyles by putting a spotlight on the origin and effects of the food we eat, as do some food producers.

  Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd has entered into a plea deal to avoid a felony after she and another supervisor delayed certifying the 2022 election over fears of non-existent voter fraud in Maricopa County.

  Tucson City Councilmember Karin Uhlich wants umpteenth discussion about the city's involvement in the Regional Transportation Authority, plus new rules for ADU's, school systems and more from government meetings around Tucson this week.

  Ride-sharing companies drivers have become a critical part of the medical transportation system in several states, including Arizona, and though some insurance and Medicare and Medicaid plans pay for such ride-hailing services, many ailing patients are still left without a ride.

  Federal funding expires at the end of the year for a program that has reduced diabetes among Native Americans, but Congress has yet to act, leaving providers and patients worried.

  Medical marijuana dispensaries can operate in close proximity to preschools, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled, reasoning that the voter-approved law legalizing medical cannabis differentiated between “schools” and “preschools.”

  As early ballots are received across Arizona, voters are faced with giving up their voice in the makeup of the state judiciary — a voice that most often goes unused.

  The infusion of outside money has created a slight overall advantage for Democrats in the most competitive of Arizona’s legislative districts, and with millions in outside spending already shaping these races, voters can expect an onslaught of messaging in the coming weeks.

  If you don’t want to wait until Election Day on Nov. 5 to cast your ballot but you prefer to do it in person rather than through the mail, you can vote at three new locations in the Tucson area starting this week.

  Vice President Kamala Harris is “as prepared for the job as any nominee for president has ever been,” former President Barack Obama told a crowd of more than 7,000 at the University of Arizona on Friday.

  "I am still advocating for Pima County to adopt an integrated data system for all property-related functions, which I now realize includes elections as well as property tax." — Brian Johnson, Democratic candidate for treasurer

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani recently told the Sentinel he won't support the Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2023, which would help veterans who have been deported after a run-in with the law return to the United States

  El representante estadounidense Juan Ciscomani le dijo recientemente al Sentinel que no apoyará la Ley de Reconocimiento del Servicio de Veteranos de 2023, cuya ayudaría a los veteranos que han sido deportados después de un enfrentamiento con la ley al regresar a los Estados Unidos.

  Rhetoric about immigration is the same every election year, and it ignores the positive contributions of many of the immigrants who left their home countries to seek a better future - but there are also many misconceptions and lies about immigrants and the citizenship process.

  Just weeks before the November election, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona appointed a district election officer to oversee complaints of voter rights violations, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and claims of election fraud.

  The federal government promised billions to a Taiwanese semiconductor giant to bring thousands of high-paying jobs to Phoenix. Former President Donald Trump is critical of the funding, and if elected, he could claw back the subsidies – putting those jobs at risk.