AZ Luminaria

1 day ago | azluminaria.org | Shondiin Silversmith

Two days after he ignored a subpoena demanding he appear before the Navajo Nation Council as it kicked off its spring legislative session, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren will deliver his State of the Navajo Nation address on Wednesday. It will be the first time that Nygren has appeared in the council chambers since January, when he cut his short and left before completing his quarterly State of the Navajo Nation address amid questions from delegates that he thought were disrespectful.

1 day ago | azluminaria.org | Yana Kunichoff

Tucson is considering ending financial support for a low-income preschool program amid a dire budget crunch. The cut was put forward in a presentation on the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget at Tuesday’s city council study session. The scholarships were created by the Pima County Board of Supervisors in the spring of 2021 to help low-income families access early childhood education. The county provided most of the funding but local cities including Tucson, Marana and Oro Valley also contribute.

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | Chelsea Curtis

A proposed state law named for 14-year-old Emily Pike — a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe who went missing and was later found dead — would not have applied to her disappearance. That’s because the bill, now known as Emily’s Law, would only cover missing people from 18 to 65 years old. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Teresa Martinez, a Republican from Casa Grande, responded to questions from Arizona Luminaria Thursday about whether the bill would have covered Emily.

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | Yana Kunichoff |Carolina Cuellar

La ex candidata republicana a alguacil del condado de Pima, la teniente Heather Lappin, presentó una notificación de reclamo por 2 millones de dólares, el primer paso antes de una posible demanda, alegando que el sheriff Chris Nanos tomó “medidas disciplinarias injustificadas” y abusó de las propias políticas del departamento “con el propósito específico de influir en las elecciones”.

1 week ago | azluminaria.org | John Washington

New Jersey’s Democratic Senator Cory Booker hits Tucson for a town hall on Sunday, April 13 at 6 p.m. The precise location is yet to be announced. Find more info and register here. Booker, a third term Democrat and former mayor of Newark, also ran for president in 2020. In late March, he spoke for 25 hours in the Senate chamber’s, the longest speech in the body’s history without eating or breaking to go to the bathroom.