Robert Gundran grew up in the Southwest, spending equal time in the Valley and Southern California throughout his life. He graduated from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in 2018 and wrote for The Arizona Republic and The Orange County Register.
Robert Gundran
Latest from Robert Gundran
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In Arizona, the worst floods start as wildfires—and climate change is fueling both
When wildfires strip the land bare and bake the soil, monsoon storms can run straight off those areas and turn into flash floods and debris flows.
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Failing grades: What the new ‘State of the Air’ report says about Arizona
The Phoenix-metro ranks fourth worst in the nation for smog, and it’s affecting over 1 million children.
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Breaking: ‘Protect Education Act’ turns in 400,000+ signatures to SOS
The measure only needed 255,949 valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
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Arizona GOP rushes last-minute ballot measure to kill voter-driven voucher reform
If approved by voters, HCR 2048 would make it impossible for voucher reform to pass in 2026.
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Extreme heat deaths aren’t freak accidents—they’re a public safety problem in Arizona
Longer, hotter seasons are filling the state’s emergency rooms and morgues, and the people most at risk are the hardest to reach.
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They don’t have children in school anymore. They’re collecting signatures anyway
Ruth Lambert and Jean Cooper decided to become pro-public education advocates despite very different education experiences.
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Explainer: How Trump defunded Planned Parenthood in Arizona, and how it could happen again
The “Big Beautiful Bill” actually cut reimbursement for non-abortion services Planned Parenthood provides to Medicaid patients.
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This director of a Phoenix resource center is trying to fill the gaps federal Republicans left with SNAP cuts
A Phoenix family resource center is absorbing the fallout from federal SNAP cuts, with demand up 20% and 70 fresh-food bags now disappearing within 30 minutes of distribution.
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Arizona teachers see SNAP cuts and voucher costs hit the same families
One person gathering signatures said she sees ballooning voucher costs and plummeting SNAP enrollment as evidence that some politicians do not view public services as worth funding.
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Arizona mom pushes for more accountability in school voucher program
Kathy Boltz’s son has been part of Arizona’s ESA program since 2017, but she believes the program has moved far away from its original intent.
