“Phoenix’s Best Days Have Arrived”: Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Delivers an Optimistic, Cautionary, and Forward Agenda in Her Annual State of the City Address

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Saying Phoenix’s best days have arrived and the future is here, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered her annual State of the City Address before a packed house of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Hotel on Third Street. In her usual mix of optimism, policy wonkiness, and forward vision, Mayor Gallego summarized … Read more

Hungary and Arizona

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What does Hungary’s electoral tsunami mean for Arizona? Hungary is far away, it’s a country, not a U.S. state, and it is different from us in many, many other ways. But we can learn from what just happened there, especially as we contemplate moving past the Trump era. A pro-democracy candidate, Peter Magyar[1] not only defeated Orban, … Read more