About Lynn Shapiro

Lynn Shapiro, a former reporter for the American Legal News, began reading The Blog for Arizona in time to catch the midterm Blue Wave coverage and has been an acolyte ever since. In her writing career, she has covered gun laws, LGBT rights, cannabis litigation, Obamacare, and obstruction of justice for many publications, including Newsweek. Before writing about law and politics, Lynn wrote about medicine and prior to that, Wall Street. Lynn is a graduate of Hampshire College, and studied journalism at the University of Massachusetts. She lives in New York City for the time being.

October 2020

Flipping the State Legislature for the First Time in 50 Years: A Distinct Possibility

By Lynn Shapiro|2020-10-22T14:12:48-07:00October 14th, 2020|AZ Politics|

My colleagues David Gordon and Clyde Steele have written extensively about State Senator Vince Leach’s autocratic governance compared with the Legislative District 11 Democratic challenger, JoAnna Mendoza, who is as

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Steve Diamond is the Only Choice for Pima Dist. 4 Supervisor. Steve Christy is an Abomination.

By Lynn Shapiro|2020-10-11T15:49:26-07:00October 12th, 2020|AZ Politics|

After listening to a League of Women Voters debate, it is clear that Steve Diamond -- the first Democrat to run for Pima County District 4 Supervisor -- is the

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September 2020

Will the New Conservative Court Impede Medical Aid in Dying Laws?

By Lynn Shapiro|2020-09-29T16:37:33-07:00September 30th, 2020|National Politics|

Trump and Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Although staunchly Catholic Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, has never weighed in on medical aid in dying legislation, she

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