Phoenix breaks March heat record as temperature soars to 99 degrees
It may have been the first day of spring just days ago, but it already feels like summer in Arizona. On Tuesday, the temperature in Phoenix soared to 99 degrees, an increase from Monday's 96 degrees. Had it been just one degree higher, it would have been the earliest triple-digit temperature ever recorded in Phoenix
Bird of the Day — Pyrrhuloxia, Arizona 2025
2 bills would provide nearly $20M for communications, equipment to help battle Az wildfires https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032625_wildfire_funding/2-bills-would-provide-nearly-20m-communications-equipment-help-battle-az-wildfires/
Arizona lawmakers are considering two bills that would enhance fire departments’ ability to communicate with other agencies during a wildfire and pay for engines and water tenders that can travel over rugged terrain.
#Tucson #Arizona
Bird of the Day — Acorn Woodpecker, Arizona 2025
Hobbs displays tribal flags in Az Capitol offices after removal from VA hospital https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032525_tribal_flags/hobbs-displays-tribal-flags-az-capitol-offices-after-removal-from-va-hospital/
Following the abrupt removal of the flags representing Arizona’s 22 tribal nations from the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in central Phoenix, Gov. Katie Hobbs is displaying the flags in the Executive Tower at the State Capitol.
#Tucson #Arizona
Bird of the Day — Gambel's Quail, Arizona 2025
Teachers union, NAACP set to sue over Trump dismantling of Dep't of Education https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032425_education_lawsuit/teachers-union-naacp-set-sue-over-trump-dismantling-dept-education/
A coalition of advocacy and labor groups says it plans to file suit against the Trump administration over its sweeping efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
#Tucson #Arizona
I send thanks to the buyer from Texas who purchased a canvas print of
Evening Light at the Grand Canyon -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/evening-light-at-the-grand-canyon-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
May the artwork take you to a still, silent place full of majesty and grandeur, one that invites you to stop everything you're doing and simply be awestruck by creation.
Ranger Sarah enjoys more interesting rock formation made from welded tuff as the result of a volcanic eruption 25+ million years ago.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
Bird of the Day — Arizona Woodpecker, Arizona 2025
Bird of the Day — Cooper's Hawk, Arizona 2025
Ranger Sarah walks past pillars of Welded Tuff as she hikes the Massai Nature trail.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
Ranger Sarah learns how the rock formations here are made from Welded Tuff. Flows of hot volcanic Ash settled and along with the pressure from overlying lays form the welded tuff as the ash cooled and was pressed together.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
Photos: AOC, Sanders barnstorm in Tucson with anti-Trump 'Fighting Oligarchy' message https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032225_aoc_sanders_tucson/photos-aoc-sanders-barnstorm-tucson-with-anti-trump-fighting-oligarchy-message/
Thousands of Tucsonans turned out Saturday to hear from progressive Democrats about pushing back against President Trump as the "Fighting Oligarchy" tour of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a stop at Catalina High School.
#Tucson #Arizona
Report from Florida, any Canadians (snow birds) showing up are coming down to pack up, forever.
Anon says --
"My MIL snowbirds in FL and she said the Canadians who come are getting the fuck out, including selling any property they may have. Good."
The federal Voting Rights Act was gutted. States now want their own versions. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032125_voting_rights/the-federal-voting-rights-act-was-gutted-states-now-want-their-own-versions/
Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states - including Arizona - are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
#Tucson #Arizona
Boost this forever: 90% of the #vouchers recipients WERE ALREADY ENROLLED IN AND COULD AFFORD #privateschool. #Arizona didn’t get a shoutout in this piece, but let me tell ya as a teacher in the #PoorestState we’re shaking our heads at neighboring states who do so little with so much. #charter #privatization #civilrights #education https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-giveaway-trumps-anti-education
I attended a Bernie Sanders rally with AOC at #asu. It was quite underwhelming. Bernie has not shifted his position on the reformism of the Democrats, at least at the event. He'll probably pass the torch down to AOC, but this will fail for a variety of reasons. AOC does have the same populist appeal as Sanders and has capitulated to the right wing of the Democrats repeatedly, so she can only succeed in her deep blue gerrymandered district.
