Your daily guide to Tucson’s politics, policies and power players.
South Tucson residents are circulating a petition to fire the housing authority director. And another one to support her. And it’s all spilling out ahead of November’s election.

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Your daily guide to Tucson’s politics, policies and power players.
South Tucson residents are circulating a petition to fire the housing authority director. And another one to support her. And it’s all spilling out ahead of November’s election.
Tonight, I've been told, is the penultimate legislative debate for the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
It's been fun to partner with them as a moderator.
Tonight will be #LD17, where I'll be hosting.
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qeu...
The fun starts soon!
Tucson's budget is tight. Fees are up. And the city manager just got a ~$50,000 raise. Apparently, some belts tighten differently. Inside the council's split vote — and the Project Blue critics who still have a few things to get off their chests.
Tucson’s water, by the numbers Just how guilty is your lawn? Homeowner, heal thyself
Contractors for the Border Patrol kill the grandmother cottonwood in Lochiel, arrest protesters on Monday as they start work on a second border wall.
You're gonna want today's edition when that ballot hits your mailbox.
City assures Tucsonans: Everything is fine!
More deleted tweets, House Speaker Mike Johnson is coming to stump for Ciscomani, and dear God, more ads.
Here is the latest off the #AZ06 campaign trail.
TEP spent how much on Proposition 421? Check out what $1.5 million buys you in a local election.
Eventually it was closed. The assets and its name I am sure are still part of USA Today’s assets.
The good news for Tucsonans is you don’t have to worry about an individual billionaire controlling your daily newspaper anymore, at least for the time being.
How the heck are you supposed to know which Pima County judges to keep on the bench? It’s a weird, difficult task, that’s for sure. Good thing you can hear what lawyers, juries and witnesses have to say about them.
Kicking the water can Tucson’s too-large water use ordinance? How much water is too much?
Pima County hit pause on new data centers for 120 days — but the only two projects on the table, Project Blue and Project Gravel, are exempt. So what is the moratorium actually stopping?
Pima Community College can't keep patching things with band-aids and one-time funding forever. Now they're asking voters to approve a $250M bond. Here's what's inside Prop. 430.
Congressman Juan Ciscomani’s voting record is 100% aligned with Trump. His campaign website? Not so much. We counted just four mentions — all buried in press releases from 2022.
We’ve got the receipts on Project Gravel, the other proposed data center in Pima County. (No, not in the one in Sahuarita.) We’re talking about it, since we never signed the NDA.
Everything you wanted to know about water in the Southwest, but were too afraid to ask.
Tucson was poised to rename a city park for Chicano civil-rights leader Sal Baldenegro. Then 50-year-old newspaper reports alleging domestic violence resurfaced. Now the vote — and possibly the city’s broader park-renaming process — is on hold.
With Election Day near, some of the Tucsonans who filled the streets this year are trading protest signs for canvassing clipboards. Here's where all that #NoKings energy went.
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