The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week by the most in two months, to 898,000, a historically high number and evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession. For context, the previous record for weekly unemployment claims was 695,000 set in 1982 — a record that has now … Read more
Recently, Arizona State Congressional District (CD) House Candidates have held debates in CD One and Nine. The topics in the debates included: COVID 19 and Coronavirus Relief Legislation. Rural Broadband. Mitch McConnell’s obstruction on legislation including COVID 19 relief while people are dying. Law Enforcement Reform. Bipartisan Cooperation. Climate and Environmental Science. Forest Management. Border … Read more
Arizona Legislative District (LD) Six Democratic State Senate and House Nominees Felicia French and Coral Evans appeared at the Clean Elections Debate on October 6, 2020. So did Independent State House Candidate Art Babbott. They were there to discuss the issues the residents of LD Six and Arizona are facing going into the November 3, … Read more
My colleagues David Gordon and Clyde Steele have written extensively about State Senator Vince Leach’s autocratic governance compared with the Legislative District 11 Democratic challenger, JoAnna Mendoza, who is as salt-of-the-earth as Kamala Harris. Mendoza is a Marine Corps veteran, a Redrock resident, and mother to a 4-year old son. She is one of the … Read more
The Trump campaign’s closing argument for the last three weeks of the campaign is a “spread the pandemic tour” of rallies in swing states. The Trump death cult is quite literally trying to spread COVID-19 to as many Americans as possible in pursuit of what our “Dear Leader” called “herd mentality.” Well, his sycophant MAGA … Read more