Posted Jun 19, 2013, 5:34 pm
John C. Scott Show
Interviews with Democratic state Sen. Steve Farley, Arizona League of Cities and Towns head Ken Strobeck, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, TUSD Boardmember Mark Stegeman, plus Larry Hecker, chairman of the Pima County Bond Advisory Committee, and Sunnyside Governing Board member Buck Crouch.... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2013, 4:56 pm
Brooks Jackson
/Factcheck.org
A TV ad opposing the Senate immigration bill uses inflated numbers in an oversimplified, one-sided appeal to fears about job security.... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2013, 3:34 pm
Buckmaster Show
Interviews with Victoria Maizes, M.D., executive director of the University of Arizona-based Center for Integrative Medicine. Also, Dr. Heather Connally of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson and Tucson-based writer John Krygelski talks about his new suspense-thriller “The Mutatus Procedure.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2013, 11:30 am
Ryan Revock
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Sunnyside school board voted 3-2 Tuesday to extend the contract of Superintendent Manuel Isquierdo by two years. The move was controversial, with two Board members — Buck Crouch and Daniel Hernandez — outspoken in their opposition to the extension. The Board’s refusal to hold a call to the audience was met with calls of “shame” and “we are going to recall you.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 5:00 pm
John C. Scott Show
Bankruptcy attorney Jesse R. Callahan, Middle East expert Prof. Stephen Zunes, documentary filmmaker Daniel Buckley, and Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry head Glenn Hamer... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 1:38 pm
Buckmaster Show
An interview with state Sen. Steve Farley of Tucson, who gave his take on this year’s session of the Legislature. Next, financial planner Shelly Fishman had our Tuesday Money Maker Report, and the monthly Blogger Beat with David Safier of www.BlogForArizona.com.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 11:19 am
Angeline Carbajal
/TucsonSentinel.com
Possible restrictions on the number of yard sales allowed per household, along with limits on parking large vehicles such as motor homes, are the subject of a survey being conducted by the city Housing and Community Development Department. The online survey closes Friday.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 9:48 am
Xi Chen
/Cronkite News Service
Environmental groups are expressing concerns about the preferred route for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, a proposed power line that would run from New Mexico to Southeastern Arizona.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2013, 6:16 pm
Justin Cohen & D'Angelo Gore/FactCheck
An ad calling for the abolishment of the IRS incorrectly claimed that the federal agency’s budget increased by $2 billion. In fact, it’s down by nearly $1 billion during President Barack Obama’s first term.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2013, 5:59 pm
Mike Alberti
/Remapping Debate
If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, what corresponding obligations to the nation do these corporations have?... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2013, 5:00 pm
John C. Scott Show
Tucsoncitizen.com’s Mark B. Evans, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred DuVal on producing the play “8,” plus Sunnyside Governing School Board member Buck Crouch, and developer Richard Studwell.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2013, 3:48 pm
Justin Elliott
/ProPublica
In the months following the October 2001, passage of the Patriot Act, there was a heated public debate about the very provision of the law that we now know the government is using to vacuum up phone records of American citizens on a massive scale. Instead, the debate centered on something else: library records.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2013, 10:00 am
Arkadi Gerney & Chelsea Parsons/Center for American Progress
Most of the attention in the current gun debate has been focused on congressional action (or inaction) on legislation designed to protect public safety by preventing dangerous individuals from having easy access to guns. There is much that can be done outside of Congress, however, to help strengthen oversight of the gun industry, enhance law-enforcement investigations of gun-related crime, and make it more difficult for criminals to get guns.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2013, 5:36 pm
Paul Kiel
/ProPublica
Bank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure, according to sworn statements by former bank employees.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2013, 4:29 pm
Kaitlin Funaro
/Global Post
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said on Sunday that 95 percent of the comprehensive immigration reform bill is “ready to go” but he is still pushing for more border security measures. Rubio dismissed concerns from conservative critics that he’s been too soft on immigration and was manipulated by Democrats in the group steering the legislation.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2013, 4:13 pm
Simeon Tegel
/Global Post
United and integrated, the region would be a force to reckon with on the world stage. But does Latin America’s unification reality match up to the rhetoric?... Read more»