Pamela Powers

Long-time blogger and political activist, Pamela Powers holds a masters’ degree in public health from the University of Arizona and a bachelors’ degree in journalism from the Ohio State University. She has worked for many years in communications and public relations. Powers stepped down from her position as the managing editor of the American Journal of Medicine to serve Legislative District 9 in the Arizona House. Powers won her seat in November 2016 and won her re-election bid in 2018. She continues to work part-time social media editor for the journal. In addition to Blog for Arizona, she writes her own blog, The The Tucson Progressive and has contributed political stories to the Huffington Post. Powers Hannley is co-director of Arizonans for a New Economy, Arizona’s public banking initiative. Political website: PowersForThePeople.net Facebook Page: Pamela Powers Hannley for House Tucson Progressive on Facebook: Tucson Progressive Twitter handle: @p2hannley Instagram: p2hannley

#AZ House Passes Insurance Bills, Ignores Calls for #COVID19 Special Session (video)

August 27, 2020May 20, 2020 by Pamela Powers

OK, I’m back in the saddle again. Back in the Arizona House, that is. To be safe, I am doing Floor sessions on the Floor with my mask and gloves but all other meetings remotely. Today, we had a very interesting Democratic Caucus meeting in the morning. ASU data modeling scientists presented data and answered … Read more

Arizona House Resumes 54th Session on May 19. Now What?

August 27, 2020May 19, 2020 by Pamela Powers

The Arizona House of Representatives has been adjourned since March 23, 2020, due to the COVID19 pandemic. Some of us wanted to vote to sine die (end the session) on March 23 and come back later for special session(s) focused on COVID19 public health and economic issues. Others– mostly Republicans– wanted to stay in session and … Read more

#COVID19: Should Grandma ‘Take One for the Team’? (video)

August 27, 2020May 18, 2020 by Pamela Powers

The House Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday, May 14, to hear testimony from several California experts on opening up Arizona’s economy. The two primary presenters were scientists whose recent research shows that COVID19 infection in the population could be much more widespread in the population than we had thought and that the virus has been in … Read more

#AZHouse HHS Committee to Hear Experts on Opening Economy on May 14 (video)

August 27, 2020May 14, 2020 by Pamela Powers

Amid the nationwide controversy regarding when it is safe for states to open up their economies during a pandemic, the Arizona House Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet to hear presentations from open up experts. What about hearing from the public health experts, too? The HHS meeting will be Thursday, May 14 at … Read more

#AZ Senate Votes to End Session. What about the House? (video)

August 27, 2020May 12, 2020 by Pamela Powers

I drove to Phoenix last Thursday (May 7) because Speaker Rusty Bowers and President Karen Fann had called the Legislature back for a sine die vote (a vote to end the second session of the 54th Legislature). We have been adjourned and working remotely since March 23. Unfortunately, I made that trip for nothing. On May 7, … Read more