Lynn Shapiro 
Gabriella Cázares-Kelly, the first Native American to win an election for Pima County Recorder at age 39, landed her seat at a time when serving as a progressive Recorder is more urgent than ever. When asked if early voting– which helped Democrats gain votes during the pandemic– might be in danger, Cázares-Kelly breathed a sigh … Read more
Exxon Mobil funneled money to US Senators of both parties, as shown in an undercover video Greenpeace UK released on YouTube, to help the oil and gas companies undermine the climate proposal included in President Biden’s sweeping infrastructure bill. At the same time, Exxon was pretending to support climate solutions. These are the 11 U.S. Senators called out … Read more
The Supreme Court declined to hear a Colorado medical cannabis dispensary’s challenge to Internal Revenue Code 280 E that awards no tax exemptions to businesses “trafficking in illegal substances.” Due to the conflicting federal policies on cannabis, a ban on interstate use or cultivation may “no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal … Read more
Consumers suffered a major blow on June 25 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in TransUnion v. Ramirez against thousands of plaintiffs who were falsely labeled potential terrorists by the credit union. The 5-4 majority opinion, written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, stated that only those plaintiffs who have already been harmed by TransUnion’s defamatory practices … Read more
While the midterm elections won’t be decided until next year, one thing is certain: The QAnon crazies in the Arizona legislature are about to face a reckoning, as rational Republicans run from the party of Trump. The spike in the GOP exodus came in the days after the January 6 insurrection. There were 233 Republican … Read more