Republicans have long used their party’s opposition to abortion as a rallying cry and a way to turn out their base voters. The emerging 2020 GOP strategy is a culture war to make abortion the core issue. Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortion: A key component of the strategy: painting … Read more
Mayor Jonathan Rothschild delivered his annual State of the City address at today’s luncheon hosted by the Tucson Metro, at the Tucson Convention Center. The Mayor has announced that he will not seek his third four-year term, so this will be an open seat for the November General Election, 2019. Full text of … Read more
Last Friday was the deadline for bills to get a hearing in committee in the Arizona legislature. The Arizona Capitol Times reported, ERA, criminal justice reform, legislative immunity bills left to die (excerpt): Equal Rights Amendment Perhaps the most high profile legislation that failed to get committee hearings before the deadline carried national implications for … Read more
The worst vote of the 54th session has to be the Republican passage of the sub-minimum wage on Thursday. Rep. Travis Grantham’s HB2523 would allow employers to pay full time students, who work part time and are under 22, the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour, instead of the voter-approved minimum wage of $11/hour. Republicans and … Read more
In the 20th Century, medical science perfected vaccines for polio, smallpox, and MMR: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). Governments and health officials around the world adopted eradication programs to vaccinate every human against these deadly diseases. Polio was once a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralysing mainly children for life. WHO is a … Read more