Ascensus Announces Plans for New Tech Park Office Location in Tucson, Arizona Ascensus, the nation’s largest independent retirement and college savings services provider, is pleased to announce that it plans to open a new office location in Tucson by mid-2017. The new office will be located in the UA Tech Park at Rita Road, a research park owned...
Author - Lucretia Free
Dear Editor, “We the People” are so close to taking back our health care. There are no more excuses it’s time to repeal Obamacare! Since 2010, Republicans have promised a full repeal of Obamacare. This provides the opportunity to undo Obamacare created mishaps; such as cancellation errors, increased premiums, and the lack of...
by Trent Thomas Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a non-profit organization that was founded to help children around the world that have the most severe food shortages. Countries such as Ukraine, Indonesia, Syria, Mexico, and Chile make up 70 of the distribution recipients. The charity identifies areas where malnutrition is so serious, that...
“ To run is not necessarily to arrive”Swahili Proverb. It is easy to get caught up in the increased tempo of the holidays and find oneself rushing to and fro. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, things seem to speed up and don’t really slow down until after the New Year. Often, this can bring increased frustration. There are more cars on the...
by Anne Gibson The making of New Year’s Resolutions is nothing new. It dates back to the days when Babylonians promised their gods to return borrowed objects and to pay their debts. Each year the Romans began by making promises to Janus, the god for whom the month of January was named. In Medieval times, the knights reaffirmed their commitment to...
by Elizabeth Smith Now is the time to prepare for colder weather in your garden. Many trees (and plants too) will benefit from protection but rather than creating an exhaustive list of all frost sensitive trees, ask yourself 3 questions: “Is this a native or non-native tree?” “Do I really, really like it?” “Is it forecasted to be unusually cold?”...
Water is life. But how much thought do you give to the water that comes out of your faucet at home? In Pima County, our tap water is very hard so to pass government regulation it has a lot of chlorine added to it. It may be safe, but it’s not the most pleasant to drink or bathe in. Many of us turn to bottled water as a solution. But is it better...
by Stacy Winstryg We all know by now that Arizona needs to invest more money into our public schools, but how that will be done is in question. The Classrooms First Initiative Council, which was formed by the governor in May of 2015, has been looking at this very issue. Governor Ducey formed the council in hopes that they would make a...
by Stacy Winstryg of the Vail Parent Network Have you ever played Dodgeball? Thinking about it now brings back images of my 12-year-old self, fleeing rubber balls like they were hand grenades. You are supposed to grab a ball and throw it back but I was totally focused on survival. There I am, knot in my stomach, anxiety ridden, doing my...
by Tom Howard Road Construction Update Houghton at Union Pacific Railroad, This project was advertised by the City of Tucson back in October. Due to numerous changes and additions to the contract it has been extended to November 30, 2016. Plans are to build a new overpass over the railroad tracks and widen Houghton Road to six lanes to match the...