Tim Steller

2 days ago | tucson.com | Tim Steller

If you've paid attention to the Democrats' race in Congressional District 7, you probably know the stories Deja Foxx tells. She tells them well - and often. That's the way you get people to remember. She grew up in a poor family in Tucson, moved out to live with her boyfriend's family as a teen, worked in a gas station and got involved in politics. As a 16-year-old University High School student, she worked to get a new sex education curriculum passed in Tucson Unified School District.

4 days ago | tucson.com | Tim Steller

When the stories come out, they may feel isolated. There were cuts to group meals for the elderly around Pima County and some meals-on-wheels services. The Americorps program lost positions for people working at Arizona food pantries and summer camps. Most recently, the Fred Acosta Job Corps Center, which has trained low-income youth in Tucson for 46 years, was suddenly scheduled to close this month.

1 week ago | tucson.com | Tim Steller

Repeatedly last week, migrants in Tucson's immigration court said the key words that likely kept them out of handcuffs. "Me opongo," they said — "I oppose" in Spanish. They were opposing government motions to dismiss their immigration cases. Across the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been using a tricky tactic, in an apparent effort to increase deportations to meet Trump administration goals.

1 week ago | tucson.com | Tim Steller

Debate moderator Ted Simons of Arizona PBS in Phoenix broke new ground Tuesday when he questioned the Democratic candidates for Congressional District 7 about mining. Daniel Hernandez Jr. distinguished himself as the only candidate among the five who supports mine projects in the Santa Rita Mountains and near Patagonia, as well as outside the district at Oak Flat, a place many Apache people consider sacred. "Right now Democrats are out of touch with working class Americans," Hernandez said.

1 week ago | tucson.com | Tim Steller

You don't have to ride the bus to know the stops can be trouble spots. All you have to do is move around town. You'll see the occasional crowd of drug users or shopping-cart pushers under the slim shade of a Sun Tran shelter. Or lately, all you have to do is watch the news. You probably know about the killing of Jacob Couch at a streetcar stop downtown. He was attacked by a man wielding a hatchet April 5 and died 12 days later.