Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the House Democratic Caucus: Advertisement GOP sucker punches Arizona with more massive cuts to schools STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Democrats are holding House Republicans accountable for their irresponsible budget that increases class sizes, steals money from voters and raises taxes on middle-class families. House Republicans’ passed through committee … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how Republicans whined for a year about Democrats in Congress "ramming through" and jamming through" legislation in Congress without adequate time for committee hearings, debate and GOP amendments? (Even though there were numerous committee hearings, extended debate and hundreds of GOP amendments adopted). Well, it works a little differently here in … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the House Democratic Caucus: House Democrats: ‘Pressure’s on for GOP to restore transplants’ STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Transplant patients and House Democrats are urging Republicans to act now to restore transplants after Gov. Jan Brewer reversed her stance today after six months of opposition to grant the life-saving procedures. … Read more

Posted by AzblueMeanie: A quick aside: The political media will focus on the politicians caught up in this scandal, but I would encourage the political media to focus on the real villains here – the lobbyists. The political corruption of our government is due to the fact that we allow lobbyists to run our state … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A package of budget bills started moving through the Arizona House on Thursday. During the hearing on the education budget there was an exchange that deserves special mention. Arizona budget plan targets health care, education – East Valley Tribune: Brewer’s budget also proposed cutting state aid to universities by $170 million. The … Read more

By Michael Bryan Well, that was hardly as trivial an undertaking as I expected, but I think we finally got the BfAZ FB Page working. Try it out on the sidebar to the left and at the address www.facebook.com/BlogForArizona. Thanks for all your feedback and suggestions while we got this thing up and humming. After this … Read more

by David Safier Florida says to Arizona, "I'll see your guns-in-the-classroom and raise you no-gun-questions-in-the-examining room." Florida clearly wants to do Arizona one better in the Guns R Us competition. Two legislators have put together bill HB155 that prohibits doctors from asking a patient about guns stored in the patient's home. A pediatrician explains why … Read more