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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Condemns Inquisition…Sorry… Committee Examining Her Actions and Record
April 6, 2024
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and her team at the AG’s office have not made life easy for individuals and businesses whose campaign donations and political persuasions steer toward the MAGA political spectrum. Since being sworn in on January 2023, the Attorney General has worked to: These actions, in service of everyday Arizonans, have earned
In a New Ad, Ruben Gallego Presents Himself as the Candidate Who Will Work to Make People’s Lives Better
April 6, 2024
Fresh off raking in $7.5 million in 2024 first quarter campaign donations, Arizona House Congressional District Three Representative and Candidate for the United States Senate Ruben Gallego has released a new ad, called “Breathe Easier” that presents himself as the person who will work to make life better for Arizonans. Representative Gallego is competing in
More Reaction to Tom Horne Recommending a Twenty Percent Budget Cut for Arizona’s Title One Schools
April 5, 2024
More reaction has emerged since the Blog for Arizona reported on Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne’s recommendation that Title One Schools may have to endure a twenty percent cut to their budgets for the 2024/25 school year while not doing anything to contain the growth of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, a private school voucher program that largely
Bidenomics on the March: More Good News from the Job Market
April 5, 2024
Economists were predicting 200,000 jobs were created last month. Fortunately, they were wrong. The numbers in the March jobs report showed approximately 303,000 positions created and a drop in the unemployment rate to 3.8 percent. It is the 26th straight month where unemployment has been below four percent. Historically, the last time this trend occurred
“Civil War” futuristic movie coming to the Loft Cinema
April 5, 2024
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 12 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES PASSES NOT ACCEPTED 4/12 – 4/25 “From filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina) comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman and
Reaction to Tom Horne Announcing a Recommended Twenty Percent Cut to Title One Public School Funding
April 3, 2024
When his own Empowerment Scholarship Account Director recommended common-sense reforms to the ESA handbook that included greater regulations like increased oversight of potential “luxury items” purchase requests, Arizona Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Horne persuaded the State Board of Education to defer revisions to the handbook until next year to allow for greater community feedback.
Seven Years Since Gorsuch, Elections Have Consequences
April 3, 2024
Conor O’Callaghan is running for Congress as a Democrat in AZ01. He is an Irish immigrant who grew up in Congressional District 1. He excelled in Scottsdale public schools, which took him to an Ivy League university. Conor has a B.S. in Economics, a B.A.S. in Engineering, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the
Hank Stephenson of Arizona Agenda and Rep. Analise Ortiz Discuss the Power of Housing Zoning Reform to Create Affordable Housing
April 2, 2024
An Interesting discussion ensued on Arizona Agenda’s (please consider becoming a paid subscriber, like me!) boozy livestream tonight about Gov. Hobbs’ veto of a bi-partisan zoning and code reform bill to override some city restrictions that prevent the construction of lower cost housing. The first third of the session with Rep. Ortiz (her TikTok is
