The Arizona Daily Star is suing Tucson Unified School District for failing to disclose the names of the finalists for district superintendent. Although the TUSD Governing Board interviewed four finalists, only the name of the sole remaining candidate, H.T. Sanchez, was released by the district.... Read more»
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Edward Snowden’s decision to come forward as the über-leaker behind the latest government abuse scandal has made him into a modern antihero. He and Bradley Manning are shattering traditional concepts of patriotism, loyalty, even legality. A TV series can’t be far behind.... Read more»
Terry Bracy, Buckmaster contributor on Washington and governmental affairs, kicked off the show with an update on intelligence gathering. The, financial planner Shelly Fishman gave the Money Maker report, followed by Pam Crim of Cox Busines, and Margaret Regan, arts editor of the Tucson Weekly, with a look at the local arts scene.... Read more»
Since 9/11, the government has been collecting enormous amounts of information on citizens. But most of the data grabbing is done in secret. What do we know about what the government knows? Here’s our reading guide to the government’s growing surveillance.... Read more»
The Board of the Local Independent Online News Publishers group, chaired by Sentinel Editor Dylan Smith, called attention to a vote by Wisconsin legislators to to evict the nonprofit, nonpartisan Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from the UW-Madison campus.... Read more»
Interviews with Pima County Democratic Party Chairman Don Jorgensen, Arizona Capitol Times Editor Jim Small, Middle East expert Prof. Stephen Zunes, Southern Arizona News Examiner Editor Emil Franzi, and state Rep. Ethan Orr, R-LD9... Read more»
The German language isn’t for the faint of heart, with words that can seem infinitely long. In what may be considered a major win for the diction-impaired, Germans have officially removed their longest word from the national lexicon.... Read more»
An interview with Don Jorgensen, chairman of the Pima County Democratic Party, along with the Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com, and Linda Valdez, editorial writer and columnist at the Arizona Republic. And Matt Russell checks in with Weekend Watch.... Read more»
Interviews with Vince Rabago and Cathy Arnold about Rosemont Mine, Councilmen Paul Cunningham and Steve Kozachik about Tucson’s new gun laws, incoming PCC Chancellor Lee Lambert about the future of Pima College, and Sentinel reporter Ted Prezelski with TC Tucson’s Chris Keeney.... Read more»1
Interviewss with Tucson City Councilman Paul Cunningham, Democrat state Sen. Linda Lopez of Tucson, and activist John Kromko described his effort to ban red light cameras in Tucson.... Read more»
Interviews with state Sen. Steve Pierce, Tucsoncitizen.com’s Mark B. Evans, Steve Lynn of the SALC on the PCC Board, and talk show host Emil Franzi.... Read more»
ProPublica’s job is to report the news rather than to make news ourselves, but sometimes we find an article of ours to be itself a subject of public debate. Last week was such a time, when two articles we had published back in December and January became the subject of significant attention in light of the uproar over IRS oversight of the process for granting tax exemption to so-called “social welfare” groups.... Read more»
The Justice Department’s seizure of journalists’ phone records has made sources reluctant to talk, damaging the wire agency’s ability to report the news, said Associated Press chief Gary Pruitt.... Read more»
Interviews with the Tucson Weekly’s Dan Gibson, AEA President Andrew Morrill, Councilman Steve Kozachik, Mark B. Evans of Tucsoncitizen.com, Sentinel Editor Dylan Smith, veteran reporter Daniel Buckley, Rep. Ethan Orr, and Jim DeGrood of the RTA.... Read more»
Interviews with activist Miguel Ortega, TucsonsSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith, DUI defense attorney Jim Nesci, Ward 2 Tucson City Councilman Paul Cunningham, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and Arizona Capitol Times reporter Hank Stephenson.... Read more»
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