On Thursday, Oct. 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., the nonpartisan Arizona Democracy Resilience Network — in partnership with the Arizona Daily Star, the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, and Tucson Unified School District — is holding a public forum at the Catalina High School Auditorium, 3645 E. Pima St., Tucson. Voters can also view the forum on Zoom: https://emory.zoom.us/j/95312636141 The forum, entitled “Trusting Our Election System with the Accuracy and Security of Your Vote,” will provide information about the practices and requirements that are in place to ensure that our elections are trustworthy. Pima County Recorder, Gabriella Cázares-Kelly, Pima Elections Director, Constance Hargrove, and an election security expert from the Office of [...]

Public education in Arizona has been crippled. The Republican state legislature took $1 billion away from K-12 public schools and used it to expand school vouchers to benefit religious schools and home-schooling. Arizona public schools are the worst in the nation in terms of per-pupil funding, teacher salaries and graduation rate. Republicans even enacted a new book ban to stop teachers from instructing about authors of color and LDGTQ topics. Catherine Ripley is the Chair of the Pima County Community College governing board. She is working to adapt to the fast-changing direction of higher education and investigating how community colleges [...]