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House Committee Approves Increase In Arizona’s Unemployment Benefit
February 16, 2021
Arizona trails only Mississippi for the lowest unemployment benefit in the nation, at a maximum benefit of $240 per week. Back in September, Republican Governor Doug Ducey declared that he’ll save money on hand, won’t increase unemployment pay: “It’s on Congress,” the governor said Thursday when asked about the rapidly depleting federal account that is
There They Go Again: the Arizona State Senate Passes Another Voucher Expansion Bill
February 15, 2021
The Governor and Arizona State Legislature should be: Spending education dollars on helping traditional and charter public schools bring all of their ventilation systems up to standards that could help combat the spread of the Coronavirus. Funding an increase of the staff of the Arizona School Facilities Board so proper inspections can be made of
The DNC Must Reform Its Presidential Primary System
February 15, 2021
Is it too soon to talk about reforming the presidential primary system? Reforms take a long time, so no, it’s not too soon. (It was a rhetorical question). Longtime readers know that I despise the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary retaining their “first in the nation” status. Their lily white rural populations have been
GOP War On The U.S. Postal Service: DeJoy To Slow The Mail, Increase Rates
February 15, 2021
Update to Time For The Biden Administration To Save The U.S. Postal Service. The Washington Post reported on Friday about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s continuing sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service. Postmaster general’s new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is preparing to put all
Redistricting Wars Over Delayed Census Data
February 15, 2021
Donald Trump’s attempt to manipulate census data to exclude undocumented immigrants from congressional reapportionment, and rushing the census deadline last fall during a coronavirus pandemic produced a deeply flawed census, resulting in his administration’s missing the January deadline to get that census data to Congress. Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census data:
Want to Change the Direction of the Country: Support Bidenomics
February 15, 2021
The next few months will likely determine the direction of the country for the next four years and perhaps longer. The new Administration has done much to undo the Trump legacy through a barrage of Executive Orders. One of those started today with the three-month extension of the opening of the Obamacare/Affordable Care Act Marketplaces.
Without Sex Education, Children are Prime Victims of Internet Pornography.
February 15, 2021
Once again Arizona legislators are bound and determined to prohibit any kind of sensible, fact based, age appropriate sex education in AZ. Without sex education in school, children get their sex education on line and that’s not good. January 28thDr. Gail Dines, Professor Emerita of Sociology and President of Culture Reframed spoke about
Will Georgia Prosecutors Rescue Us From The Pathetic Lindsey Graham?
February 15, 2021
If I were to ask you “who is the worst Republican senator?,” you literally could just “pick one” and I could make the case to support your choice. But if I were to ask you “who is the most pathetic Republican senator?,” I’m reasonably certain that the consensus choice would be John McCain’s former puppet boy,
