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

If the #AZLeg Opens on May 1, Dems Will Wear Masks (video)

August 27, 2020April 25, 2020 by Pamela Powers

Thanks so much to Greer Warren, Merrill Eisenberg, and everyone who has been volunteering for weeks to make 1000s of cloth face masks to give away. You may have heard that the Arizona Legislature has been called back to work on May1 (next Friday). On Thursday, the word on the street was that the Senate … Read more

Prison & Long-Term Care #COVID19 Data Needed to Judge Virus Spread in #AZ (video)

August 27, 2020April 23, 2020 by Pamela Powers

Forty percent of Arkansas’ COVID19 cases are prisoners. In a Marion, Ohio prison, more than 1800 prisoners and 100 guards have tested positive for novel Coronavirus. That is 73% of the inmates in that prison. Although prisons and jails are hotspots for the novel Coronavirus across the country, Arizona has no clue what in happening in … Read more

Keep Yourself & Others Safe: Wear a Mask (video)

August 27, 2020April 23, 2020 by Pamela Powers

It’s been exactly a month since the Arizona Legislature adjourned on March 23. Jim and I have been social distancing, sheltering in place, cooking three meals a day, limiting shopping trips, and wearing masks and gloves when we do go out. We are healthy, and I hope you are, too. There have been protests recently … Read more

#AZLeg, Inquiring Minds What to Know: Are We Done Yet? (video)

August 27, 2020April 3, 2020 by Pamela Powers

Many of you have recently asked me what the Legislature is up to. After all, we haven’t been at the capital since March 23. Today’s video is meant to answer the question: Are you done or what? OK. We’re not done for the year. On March 23, the Legislature passed a “skinny budget” with the … Read more

With #AZ #COVID19 Cases Now at 1157: #ItsTime for Statewide #StayAtHome Order (video)

August 27, 2020March 30, 2020 by Pamela Powers

The number of confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus in the state of Arizona has gone from two on March 3 to 1157 on March 30, 2020. It’s time for the governor to declare a statewide stay at home order, as several Arizona mayors have already done.