Pamela Powers Hannley

A thousand union members and supporters rallied on the lawn of the Arizona State Capitol March 1 to protest a suite of anti-labor bills currently being considered by the state Legislature.

The statewide AFL-CIO called for a Day of Action on March 1, 2012 and bussed hundreds...

With six anti-labor bills winding their way through the Arizona Legislature, union workers are gearing up for a fight.

During a standing room only public forum with a panel of Democratic Party Legislators, workers representing several unions voiced anger and frustration with Republican Governor Jan Brewer and the Republican-controlled Arizona...

As a right-to-work state, Arizona has never been union-friendly, but now the state's lawmakers are considering four anti-labor bills that would strip away the existing rights of public sector unions. On top of the anti-union legislation, Governor Jan Brewer is encouraging the Legislature to weaken the...

When Americans are unhappy in an election year, they often adopt a 'throw-the-bums-out' attitude toward incumbent politicians. In 2008, the Democrats seized control of all three branches of government. In 2010, Americans threw dozens of Democratic 'bums' out, and many Tea Party-leaning Republicans went to Congress for the first time....

Tucson is a community in turmoil. It has been tied in knots for more than a year over the issue of how best to educate its children in a world of shrinking resources and high poverty.

Propagandists -- both pro and con -- have embroiled...

Relaxed and friendly, former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona was right at home--literally--in front of an audience of about 60 Democratic Party faithfuls and elected officials at a recent Tucson event.

In one of his first campaign appearances since he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination,...

Snail mail, as it is derisively called, has been losing ground to e-mail, texting and social media for years. And the financial troubles of the United States Postal Service (USPS), in part due to the coming of the Internet age, are impacting what used to be one of the most...

Like a beater work truck chugging through the desert, Arizona's Independent Redistricting Committee (IRC) has been carefully navigating a road of stumps toward a new set of Congressional and legislative maps for several months.

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Arizona IRC--made up of two Republicans, two Democrats, and...