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

Why I Voted to Raise the #AZLeg Per Diem

August 27, 2020May 27, 2019 by Pamela Powers

[On Monday, May 27, the Arizona Legislature voted to raise the per diem compensation. This is my floor speech to explain my vote.] When I decided to run for office in January 2016, I stepped down as managing editor of the American Journal of Medicine and became social media editor. With this step, I took … Read more

#AZ Republican Budget Cuts Taxes by $386 Mil & Shortchanges K-12 (video)

May 23, 2019 by Pamela Powers

One of the prevailing messages from the grassroots in 2018 was: no more tax giveaways until the schools are fully funded. Republicans didn’t get that message. They also didn’t get the Invest In Ed message that we — the people– think the rich could pay more in taxes to help fund education. The Republican budget … Read more

#StopTheBans Pro-Choice Rallies Draw 100s in #AZ (video)

August 27, 2020May 22, 2019 by Pamela Powers

Across the nation today, men and women were protesting stringent anti-abortion bills that have passed in at least eight states recently. There was an impressive rally with close to 200 people at the Capitol today in Phoenix and even more in Tucson. Alabama’s bill is the most recent and the most stringent. It is essentially … Read more

Coincidence? ‘Charter School Week’ Is the Same as Brown vs Bd of Ed Anniversary (video)

May 17, 2019 by Pamela Powers

Is it a coincidence that Charter School Week is the same week as the landmark Supreme Court Decision Brown vs the Board of Education? On May 16, Arizona House Republicans stood to honor Charter School Week while a proclamation was read. A few minutes later Rep. Gerae Peten reminded us all that Friday, May 17, … Read more

Boyer Lashes Out at GOP Substitute Bill on Child Sexual Abuse

May 17, 2019 by Pamela Powers

For the past few years, Senator Paul Boyer has been trying to pass legislation that would lengthen the time that people can come forward to make complaints about past child sexual abuse. Currently, Arizona’s laws favor the sexual predators, not the victims, according to Boyer. Boyer introduced SB1255 to lengthen the time to complain about … Read more