The Legislative District 9 Team — Senator Victoria Steele and Reps. Randy Friese and Pamela Powers Hannley — held a virtual town hall on Thursday, June 18. In order to avoid being hacked again, this event required preregistration and other precautions. The 100 free tickets went fast. Unfortunately, the security measures created a barrier for … Read more
Two out of every three Coronavirus fatalities in Maricopa County, according to a citation made by House Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick, Ruben Gallego, Raul Grijalva, and Greg Stanton in a May 27, 2020 letter to the Director of the Acacia Health Center, was elderly residents receiving care in nursing home facilities. In the letter, (reported by … Read more
Imagine a construction crew excavating the Christian Catacombs under Rome or the grounds under the Dome of the Rock and Western Wall in Jerusalem without consulting with local religious leaders at the Vatican, Israel, or the Arab World? What do you think the reaction would be? That is what the Trump Administration is doing by … Read more
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) needs only one more state to ratify it before it can become an amendment to the US Constitution. Although State Senator Sandra Day O’Connor and Arizona State Rep. Sister Claire Dunn proposed ratification, Arizona is one of the laggard states that never ratified the ERA in the 1970s. Both Senator … Read more
Today’s the day! Arizona’s 38 Miles for the Equal Rights Amendment begins today. I’ll see the marchers today at the noon press conference. Establishment forces are trying to silence ERA supporters at the Capitol. It’s time for us to stand up and fight for our rights. Arizona could make history in the coming weeks as … Read more