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Mayor Regina Romero and the Tucson City Council Approve Changes to the City Code for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
August 24, 2022
With Tucson receiving funds courtesy of the Bipartisan Infrastructure grant and the passage of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act which made great investments in clean energy technologies, Mayor Regina Romero and the City Council, using the provisions of the Tucson Climate Emergency Declaration, “made code changes to require electric vehicle (EV) charging in parking areas
Arizona Fair Elections Initiative Appears Poised to Go on the November 8 Ballot as Proposition 210
August 23, 2022
Score a potential victory for the power and will of the people. Despite a recent court challenge that may result in the disqualification of thousands of signatures, the Arizona Fair Elections Initiative appears poised to go on the November 8, 2022, ballot as Proposition 210. In a letter to Governor Ducey’s office and a certificate sent
Katie Hobbs Rebukes Kari Lake’s Plan to Impose the Hillsdale Curriculum on Arizona Public Schools
August 23, 2022
After she lost her primary election in 2018 to Frank Riggs (who would fall to defeat to Kathy Hoffman that November,) then Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas called on the State Board of Education to replace the State Education Standards with the Hillsdale Curriculum, a private school program that originated in Michigan. At
Donald Trump And/Or His Incompetent Lawyers Are In Big Trouble For Lying To The FBI About Retaining Classified Documents
August 23, 2022
Donald Trump’s lawyer, Evan Corcoran, drafted a statement which Trump’s Lawyer Christina Bobb (formerly an OANN TV host who promoted Trump’s stolen election lie and the Arizona “Fraudit”), who is said to be the custodian of the documents, signed. It asserted that, to the best of her knowledge, all classified material that was there had been returned,
The Primary is Over – on to the General
August 23, 2022
Today, there are 77 days to Election Day 2022; but there are only 50 days to ballots dropping in the mail. The primary election is over. Some of the intra-party competitions have been extremely civil – for instance, Jevin Hodge and Adam Metzendorf vied for the CD1 nomination largely by presenting their own views and
2022 Judicial Retention Ballot
August 23, 2022
The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review (JPR) is responsible for developing performance standards and thresholds, and conducting performance reviews of justices and judges who are merit selected and subject to retention elections. Currently this includes judges and justices serving on the Arizona Supreme Court, Court of Appeals Division I, Court of Appeals Division II,
Arizona Sued (Again) For Jim Crow 2.0 Violations Of The Voting Rights Act
August 23, 2022
Arizona has a long, sordid history of voter suppression, and it has only gotten worse Since Chief Justice John Roberts, who spent his legal career working to destroy the Voting Rights Act to make America safe for wealthy white Christian males who are Republicans, finally succeeded in gutting the Voting Rights Act with Shelby County
Judy Schwiebert Wants to Continue the Work She Has Started in the Arizona State House
August 22, 2022
Believing “we all do better when we listen and work together so that everyone gets their chance to thrive,” Arizona House Representative Judy Schwiebert would like “the honor of trying to continue to work on those issues important for the people of my community” in the new Legislative District Two, “rather than lead us all
