Get Out to the Pima County Fair!
This is the final weekend for the Pima County Fair, but there’s plenty of fun still to be had, from carnival rides to face painting, from fried foods to art displays, from champion livestock to model trains and planes. You can even come home with a free birdhouse from the friendly folks at the Audubon…
The Daily Agenda: But It Grows on Trees, Right?
Fines are fine … Debates are debatable … And COVID-19 is pleased to meet you. Editor’s note: The Arizona Agenda is a Substack newsletter about Arizona government and politics run by Rachel Leingang and Hank Stephenson. You can find their archives and subscribe at arizonaagenda.com. The world is facing a global paper shortage right now…
Arizona’s growing Latino population is underrepresented among teachers
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States, feds weigh next steps amid ‘profound concerns’ over dam levels
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Ducey will decide fate of GOP bill to make it easier for parents to sue teachers
A bill to allow parents to sue Arizona teachers for “usurping the fundamental right” of a parent in raising their children won approval is now one signature from becoming law. The state House of Representatives approved the measure on a party-line vote Monday, sending the legislation to Gov. Doug Ducey, who is expected to sign…
Group plans appeal in effort to keep Biggs, Gosar, Finchem off ballot
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The Daily Agenda: Flip-flopping like a governor
You can change your mind, that’s just the way it goes … Save the Bill & Ted Circle K … And this newsletter is NOT dedicated to all of our haters. Editor’s note: The Arizona Agenda is a Substack newsletter about Arizona government and politics run by Rachel Leingang and Hank Stephenson. You can find…
Building the “Big Lie”: Inside the Creation of Trump’s Stolen Election Myth
By the time Leamsy Salazar sat down in front of a video recorder in a lawyer’s office in Dallas, he had grown accustomed to divulging state secrets. After swearing to tell nothing but the truth so help him God, he recounted that he was born in Venezuela in 1974, enlisted in the army and rose…
The Daily Agenda: If you don’t like it, sue us
These lawsuits all start to sound the same … Some of you have too much money to throw around … And there’s plenty of hypocrisy to go around, too. Editor’s note: The Arizona Agenda is a Substack newsletter about Arizona government and politics run by Rachel Leingang and Hank Stephenson. You can find their archives…
Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act signed into law, expanding program
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Border numbers hit highest level in 20 years, as end of Title 42 looms
WASHINGTON – Border officials apprehended the most migrants at the southern border in at least 22 years last month, presenting a new challenge for the Biden administration’s plan to end enforcement of Title 42 just weeks from now. The 221,303 migrants stopped in March brought the total for the first half of fiscal 2022 to more…
Tunnel Fire northeast of Flagstaff 0% contained, Ducey declares state of emergency
Gov. Doug Ducey has declared a state of emergency in response to the Tunnel Fire in Coconino County that has currently burned more than 20,000 acres and has 0% containment. “Our team is on the ground working with first responders to monitor the Tunnel Fire in Coconino County,” Ducey said in a press release. “As…
Voters can’t decide fate of massive tax cuts, Supreme Court rules
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that voters cannot determine the fate of a flat tax proposal that Republican lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey championed last year. Arizona’s constitution broadly lets voters refer new laws to the ballot, and that’s what happened to the $1.3 billion tax cut package that legislators approved in 2021. However,…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Pima County Fair. The fair is here, and there is so much to do. Watch a pig race! Eat a deep-fried oreo! See concerts and ride stomach-churning rides and watch culinary competitions! There’s nothing like the delightful sensory overload of the fair, and we can’t wait to experience it all. We’ll see you there. Let…
GET YOUR LIFE BACK. I DID.
Tucson man overcomes drug use and now helps others recover. By Brendan What started out as having “a little fun” smoking weed and drinking with my friends escalated to complete addiction to pain pills and oxycontin in high school. Things got bad when I started smoking heroin. My life became chaotic. I would lie to…
Reel Arizona: Arizona International Film Festival celebrates 30 years with a larger focus on border collaboration
The Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky once said, “The artist exists because the world is not perfect.” In turn, the Arizona International Film Festival returns this year with a renewed effort on connection and collaboration, perhaps making the world a bit better through art. Over its three decades, the Arizona International Film Festival has balanced its…
Keeping Time: Southern Arizona celebrates jazz legend Charles Mingus’ 100th birthday
The Century Room, Hotel Congress’ new jazz club, is making noise with its upcoming grand opening doubling as the 100th birthday celebration for Nogales native and famed jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. “We always had this date on the calendar as a target date because Mingus, we treat him as the patron saint for…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Mark your calendars… Thursday, April 21 “Big Red Arthur,” the anchor track from Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die! (2015), “voids a rock-opera bombast that is reminiscent of Radiohead sodomizing David Bowie.” Be forewarned, Electric Six bring their unctuous, bravado-laden trickery in the form of Streets of Gold (2021), an album of cover songs. At Club…
Smoke Signals: Medical marijuana sales continue to decline while recreational sales bounce back
Medical cannabis sales dropped by about $4 million from January to February this year, while adult-use recreational gained a little more than $1 million, as sales statewide continue to lag behind a robust end-of-year surge in recreational sales in 2021. Overall, sales for both programs totaled $121.2 million for the month of February. While medical…
Peacock’s Tale
Conservationist Doug Peacock has covered a lot of miles in his efforts to save wild spaces and wild creatures. Peacock recounts a lot of these journeys in his new book, Was It Worth It? A Wilderness Warrior’s Long Trail Home. Within its pages, he recalls his retreat to the Yellowstone wilderness to live with grizzlies…
Danehy: Esports are not sports, hospitals are not bread police and Hitler is not a good example for the homeless
The five dumbest things I read this past week: • The University of Arizona now has a million-dollar venue called the Esports Arena. Yes, it’s dumb that anybody would spend a million dollars on a place to play video games. It’s even dumber to use the word “Arena” to describe what is basically an extended…
Dollar Dance: Arizona Senate race nets $61.5 million; Kelly one of top U.S. fundraisers
Arizona Senate hopefuls had raised more than $61.5 million by March 31, led by Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., whose almost $39 million in campaign contributions was the second-highest in the nation among Senate candidates this cycle. The latest reports from the Federal Election Commission show that Kelly had raised and spent more than his…
Sheepherder Stew for Abbey
On March 14, 1989, desert anarchist and writer Edward Abbey died. I attended his death, administering medicine, injections, and other hopeless remedies that last night. Two days later, three friends and I buried him in a desert grave. Ed’s passing was a significant landmark in my life, a winter count. Abbey’s death was no surprise,…
Happy Earth Day!
If you’re a longtime Tucson Weekly reader, you might recognize the image on this week’s cover: The photo of Ed Abbey graced our front page way back in 1989, for a tribute issue shortly after the legendary environmental writer’s death. As far as I know, it’s the first time we’ve used the same image twice…
