Budget Pauses as #AZLeg Focuses on Fire (video)
Governor Doug Ducey has called the Legislature into special session to address the seven fires raging across the state and their aftermath. This is obviously not Arizona’s worst fire season … yet … but this is the first special session to address fire. In fact, 2020 was our worst fire year on record. Why didn’t … Read more
Sedition Caucus Reps. Paul Gosar And Andy Biggs, Implicated In January 6 Insurrection, Vote Against Honoring The Capitol Police (Updated)
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday bestowing the Gold Medal — the highest congressional honor — on all law enforcement officers who responded to the violent seditious insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. House Passes Bill Awarding Gold Medal To All Officers Who Responded To Capitol Riot: It was the … Read more
Budget Reconciliation Train Is Leaving The Station, Sens. Manchin And Sinema Had Better Get On Board
The Huffington Post reports, Democrats Fret They’ll Get Hoodwinked On Infrastructure: Democrats are growing anxious about a bipartisan deal reached last week by a group of moderates that is aimed at overhauling the nation’s infrastructure system. The bipartisan framework, which totals approximately $1 trillion, deals only with physical infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and … Read more
President Biden’s Historic Pace of Judicial Nominees
Yesterday I suggested that Senate Democrats really need to pick up the pace in confirming federal judges: With Judge Jackson’s confirmation, there are eight vacancies on the federal courts of appeals, which are the last stop for thousands of cases. The president has announced nominees for six of those seats. Of the more than 80 … Read more
Recall Finchem Campaign Falls Short
With only 18,000 signatures out of 24,775 needed by July 8, the Arizonans for Rural Accountability announced it will not collect enough signatures to force a recall election of Rep. Mark Finchem in Arizona’s 11th Legislative District. “For too long, Finchem’s extremism went unanswered and in many cases even unnoticed. That is not the case … Read more
Referenda Petitions Being Prepared To Keep The “P” In PEVL, Maintain Ballot Curing
An Arizona progressive group announced today that they are preparing petitions to refer two Ducey-signed laws that would make it more difficult for Arizonans to vote and make sure their ballots are counted. “Arizona Deserves Better” has been a registered PAC since 2019, with Janie Hydrick and Eric Kramer as its officers. Kramer indicates that … Read more
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The GQP Primary For Secretary of State
Heather Digby Parton explains, It’s not voter suppression, stupid. The GOP’s new — and old — weapon is vote nullification (excerpt): [T]he civil rights groups and Democratic Party officials who have been fighting for the right to vote for years don’t have a lot of experience dealing with this specific type of assault on the … Read more
Op-Ed By AZ Secretary of State Katie Hobbs
Arizona Secretary of State (and 2022 gubernatorial candidate) Katie Hobbs has an op-ed in the Washington Post today. I’m leading the fight for voting rights in Arizona. We need the Senate to step up, now. – Are you listening now, Senator Kyrsten Sinema? Democracy is under siege in Arizona. As part of the “big lie” … Read more
