“How can Arizona increase education funding?” has been an ongoing question since the Tea Party started hollowing out public education and doling out tax breaks ten years ago. This week the Legislature is hearing a few education funding bills. The Senate Education Committee is hearing two bills related to education funding on Tuesday, January 28: … Read more
Last week CBS news reported that a White House “confidant tells CBS News that GOP senators were warned: ‘vote against the president and your head will be on a pike.’” House manager Adam Schiff worked this CBS News report into his closing argument on Friday. Schiff said: “CBS News report that a Trump confidant said that … Read more
Should the Arizona Legislature help Microsoft pay its APS bills? Tuesday was a light day at the Capital. There was no floor action, but I had time to catch up with colleagues and sign some of their bills. I wanted to tell you about the conversation I had with two Microsoft lobbyists about the tax … Read more
Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reports, Government gets green light to implement “public charge” rule pending appeals: Today a divided Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request for permission to enforce a rule known as the “public charge” rule, governing the admission of immigrants to the United States. The government had argued that it would suffer … Read more
Bloomberg News reports, Arizona Ballot Laws Tossed, U.S. Supreme Court Review Likely: An Arizona election law restricting who can return early ballots was struck down by a federal appeals court because it discriminates against minorities, a decision that sets up a likely showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals … Read more