13+ hour, 8+ min ago   (97+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. Marana High School mourns loss of Corey Roper, 15 Tucson real estate brokerage drops agent after viral flight video Opinion: I spent two years living in an ancient tree to save…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (694+ words) A bronze statue of Charlie Kirk was vandalized just days after it was unveiled at Turning Point USA's headquarters in the Ahwatukee Foothills. Artist Quintin McCann designed the statue that depicted Kirk tossing baseball caps in his “FREEDOM” T-shirt, a…...

10+ hour, 36+ min ago   (829+ words) A grand jury transcript from a criminal case against a 2020 Superior Court candidate could show that the state's lead investigator in the prosecution of Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby is a "liar,'' according to Crosby's attorneys. In a new filing,…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (904+ words) Arizona school districts could be required to spend at least 60% of their operating budgets on classroom instruction under Proposition 320. Most districts in Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties, which would all be impacted by the new measure, don't meet the necessary…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1511+ words) PHOENIX — An 80-cent-a-pack tax on cigarettes approved by voters in 2006 to fund early childhood development programs is coming up short as people are smoking less. So now, First Things First, which distributes the money, is asking lawmakers to create an…...

17+ hour, 12+ min ago   (432+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans would "try" to implement President Donald Trump's $5,000 dividend checks, but he didn't confirm the move during a tense interview Sunday with NBC's "Meet the Press." The Louisiana lawmaker was asked by host Kristen Welker…...

18+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1038+ words) Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rallied Tucson Democrats this weekend in hopes of swaying a race many say will help decide control of the House for the remainder of the second Trump Administration. In a 25-minute speech Saturday night at…...

19+ hour, 6+ min ago   (626+ words) I have resigned from Congressman Ciscomani's Veterans Advisory Council. I did not make that decision lightly or because of a disagreement over political party or policy. I made it because I no longer have confidence in his leadership and willingness…...

19+ hour, 6+ min ago   (612+ words) Colonialism is alive and, well, not healthy for Southern Arizona’s original people. Despite what has most often ended in futility for Indigenous people, the Tohono O’odham Nation and its people are resisting further federal efforts at colonization. Foremost in the…...