Knock Yourselves Out, House Maga Republicans
One definition of insanity is committing the same act again and again even though there was no positive benefit to the action. MAGA House Republicans want to force the Democrats (and even some Senate Republicans) to agree to their draconian spending cut proposals (including repealing many of the clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction … Read more
Best and Worst States to Work in – Three guesses where Arizona is
Oxfam has put out their fifth annual report on the best and worst states to work in, including the 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. They added a new feature this year to compare the rankings to additional measures of well-being, including: The hypothesis was that when companies and governments invest in workers, not … Read more
Apparently, Not Quite Everyone is Sick of Sinema… Just Arizona Democrats – Independents, Too!
An interesting tidbit from some of Sinema’s Democratic colleagues inside the Beltway from Julia Ioffe… The Sinema Lovefest: One of the more counterintuitive themes to emerge from my recent conversations with Senate Democratic sources is that Kyrsten Sinema, who officially left the party late last year, is surprisingly now being seen by many inside the party as … Read more
Jim Messina is Right: Democrats Need to Stop “Bedwetting” Over One Poll 14 Months Before the Presidential Election
This has happened before. Democrats were pessimistic about Bill Clinton’s reelection prospects after the 1994 midterms. He left office in 2001 more popular, thanks to his economic policies (budget surpluses, record employment, the CHIPS Act for Child Healthcare) and opposition to Republican ones than when he was first elected, even after getting impeached on flimsy … Read more
ADP State Committee Meeting Results
Today was the state committee meeting of the AZ Democratic Party, of which I am a member. Bottom Line Voting Results: There was an election to replace our Senior Vice Chair Yamanata, who recently resigned. The candidates were Bonnie Heidler of Pima County and Elisabeth Tyndall of Cochise County. Ms. Heidler was elected 269/219. We … Read more
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Announces New Paid Family Leave Benefits for State Employees
Yesterday, (September 7, 2023,) Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced a pilot program expansion of paid family leave benefits for qualifying state employees. The new benefits, made retroactive to September 2, 2023 would “provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave to eligible employees following the birth of a child, or new placement of a foster … Read more
(UPDATED) Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Helps Launch Water Leak-Detection Pilot Program to Further City Conservation Efforts
Since becoming Mayor of the Fifth Largest City of the Country in 2019, Mayor Kate Gallego and other members of the Phoenix City Council have been constant leaders in addressing water security and conservation efforts. Among some of the measures the Mayor and the City Council have pushed are: Today, the Mayor, along with representatives … Read more
