AZ Democrats Warn That Consumers Will Be Hurt and Pollution Will Increase if HB2679 Passes

HB2679, a Republican sponsored bill that would, according to critics, including those in the legislature and former Arizona Corporation Commission members, reward corporate utility interests and profits over consumer protection and provide a financial lifeline for unclean coal industries in the Grand Canyon State is on its way to the State Senate for consideration. The … Read more

Attorney General Kris Mayes and Other State AGs Sue To Save the Domestic Peace Corps Program, Americorps

Americorps, the Clinton/Gore Era National Service Program, was envisioned as a domestic version of the international Peace Corps to help vulnerable populations in the United States. When I had my charter school, we required students to participate in service learning projects around the community. Some of the projects dealt with cleaning up elderly people’s homes, … Read more

Majority of Americans Now Believe Trump Is a ‘Dangerous Dictator’

A majority of Americans view President Donald Trump as a “dangerous dictator” who poses a threat to democracy, new polling data has revealed—including nearly a fifth of Republicans. A wide-ranging poll released on Tuesday to mark the president’s 100th day in office found 52 percent of voters agreed he was “a dangerous dictator whose power … Read more

Governor Katie Hobbs Celebrates Thousands of Good-Paying Construction Apprenticeship Jobs

Fresh off signing a bipartisan agreement and legislative victory to fund the Division that will assist children with disabilities, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs celebrated the creation of 3,000 construction job apprenticeships and announced the recipients of the second round of BuilditAZ Initiative Grants, totalling one million dollars from the Office of Economic Opportunity, that will … Read more