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Tucson City Council Election Update: Marshall Home™ has some explaining to do
June 11, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star today reports Both Democratic hopefuls for Tucson mayor are challenged: Tucson resident and Democratic activist Luke Knipe filed a challenge alleging Marshall Home shouldn't be able to run on two fronts – that he doesn't meet residency requirements and that he never had his civil rights restored after
Pearce Republicans fiddle while Arizonans burn
June 10, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …not the best title ever written, but it's better than the original – "Ya gotta be [bleepin'] kiddin' me!" On Friday, the Arizona legislature was supposed to meet to make a change to Arizona law that would allow nearly 15,000 of Arizona's long-term unemployed to collect an additional 20
AZ Republicans to the unemployed: No more benefits for you unless corporations get more tax cuts
June 10, 2011
by David Safier The Friday special session is over. Nothing happened. They're supposed to reconvene Monday, but even fewer people will probably show. Republicans said No to a one word change that would have extended unemployment benefits. Brewer even threw in a few punish-the-unemployed goodies to entice the Rs, but they said, Not Enough. Feed
Tea-Publican Tyranny in Michigan Update: Gov. Snyder, up to 15 legislators target of recall
June 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The state of Wisconsin will have an unprecedented nine state senators up for a recall election this summer. Taking their cue from Wisconsin, the citizens of Michigan are launching their own recall effort. Up to 15 GOP legislators — in addition to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder — have been targeted for recall
Arizona legislature fails to act, lets jobless benefits expire on Saturday
June 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Keep in mind that this is something that was addressed by the Democratic Caucus and which could have been dealt with in the regular legislative session, but Tea-Publican legislators refused to act. Governor Brewer made lame excuses for the past several weeks for not calling a special session, only to call a
TeaNN, ‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’
June 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The second GOP presidential candidate debate in "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" will be hosted by TeaNN (formerly CNN) in partnership with WMUR-TV/New Hampshire Union Leader on Monday, June 13, 2011. Candidates Announced for First New Hampshire GOP Primary Debate: It will be the first debate in the “First in the Nation”
Study: People who attended preschool benefit as adults
June 10, 2011
by David Safier A long term study published in "Science" adds to the evidence that benefits from going to preschool stay with people into adulthood. A group of 900 Chicago children — low income, mostly African American — who attended the Child-Parent Center Education Program were studied for up to 25 years and compared to
Fareed Zakaria: Create a ‘national infrastructure bank’
June 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Fareed Zakaria has an important opinion with a pragmatic idea worth exploring for job creation. Getting past the paralysis on jobs – The Washington Post: Every week brings fresh evidence that America’s unemployment crisis is much deeper and more systemic than predicted — yet Washington seems unwilling or unable to do anything
