On her first day in office as Tucson Mayor, real estate developer Randi Dorman will rivet her attention on five key sectors of the city economy, finding new businesses to come to Tucson and boosting businesses that are already here. She will accomplish this by fully staffing the city Economic Development office, promoting Tucson as … Read more
In case you missed this, The Phoenix New Times reports that “Arizona’s Republican lawmakers and its attorney general want to create a $530,000 “voter fraud unit,” despite the fact that voter fraud is pretty much nonexistent in the state.” GOP Arizona Lawmakers, AG, Want to Create Unit to Probe Nonexistent Voter Fraud: Contrary to claims … Read more
On Thursday Donald Trump crossed the Rubicon — the event in 49 B.C. that precipitated the Roman Civil War, which ultimately led to Caesar becoming dictator for life and the rise of the imperial era of Rome — when he gave his incredibly corrupt Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping new authorities to conduct a … Read more
On Friday, the Arizona House approved the state budget package after two straight days of pulling all-nighters. But “just a few hours after saying she was ‘bound and determined’ to pass a budget Friday night, Senate President Karen Fann sent senators home for the night without voting on an $11.8 billion spending plan.” House passes budget … Read more
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