tom jenney
Posted Jan 18, 2018, 2:49 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Supervisor Ally Miller was named a Local Hero by the Koch brothers-connected Americans for Prosperity this week, receiving a taxidermied specimen of the mythical creature of the Southwest deserts, the jackalope. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 19, 2017, 7:29 pm
Dustin Quiroz
/Cronkite News
The Trump administration’s call to eliminate the NEA and NEH in next year’s budget would mean the loss of just over $1.5 million in federal funds for Arizona. While that number may appear small in a budget that’s in the trillions, arts advocates called it short-sighted — taxpayers “get a lot of bang for their buck with the small amount of funding they get from the NEA.”... Read more»
Posted Feb 11, 2014, 3:54 pm
Rachel Leingang
/Cronkite News Service
"Pima County can run its own fiscal affairs without being told how to do it by big daddy state government," said Tucson Democrat Bruce Wheeler, explaining his vote against a measure proceeding through the Legislature that Pima library staffers say would mean cutting staff and hours, and perhaps shuttering libraries.... Read more»
Posted Oct 11, 2011, 1:51 am
Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente
/Cronkite News Service
Most Arizona seniors rely heavily on Social Security for their income, an AARP report found.... Read more»
Posted Oct 14, 2010, 7:59 am
Rebecca L. McClay
/Cronkite News Service
The fate of a ballot measure that would require secret ballots to form unions may hinge on whether voters think unions or employers are bigger bullies to workers.... Read more»