Lynn Shapiro 
Moratoriums on the death penalty have been the rule in Arizona for the last seven years, resulting from the torturous death of Joseph Wood in 2014. Wood took almost two hours to die when Arizona Corrections Department officials injected him with 15 doses of a lethal cocktail. One of the drugs used to kill Wood was midazolam, a … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey must be delighted with the abortion and gun-rights cases the Supreme Court will decide in June 2022, five months before the midterms. However, there is sure to be a backlash the governor doesn’t recognize. Ducey signed a bill banning abortion if the fetus has a genetic defect such as Down Syndrome. The law … Read more
Democrats have the advantage in next year’s Senate race as Trumpians are eating their own, resulting in the retirement of old-guard Republicans: Pennsylvania’s Patrick Toomey, Missouri’s Roy Blunt, and North Carolina’s Richard Burr. Pennsylvania’s seat is rated by CNN as the state most likely to flip. With long-time Senator Richard Burr retiring, there’s a good … Read more
The Biden administration’s choice of Richard Cordray, former President Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) chief, to head the $1.6 trillion federal student-loan program, couldn’t be better. “As CFBP chief, Cordray led the bureau’s crackdown on consumer abuses in debt collection, student loan servicing, and for-profit colleges, garnering the respect of advocates and drawing the … Read more
Shut out of the federal banking system, legitimate cannabis companies are seeking passage of the SAFE Banking Act to free them from getting credit from loan sharks and “vulture capitalists.” David Belsky, Founder and CEO of Flowerhire, and Sloane Barbour, Chief Revenue Officer described the difficulties cannabis operators face without the services of US banks. … Read more