Pamela Powers Hannley 
The Grand Canyon Institute is a “centrist think tank” that provides a great service to our state by analyzing economic issues and producing independent reports. (You can read many of these reports at this link on their website.) Below is June 8, 2021 press release from the Grand Canyon Institute. It incudes key findings from … Read more
Two of the 11 bills that make up the Republican budget for Arizona — HB2899 and HB2900 — were defeated 30-30 in the Arizona House on Monday, June 7. These bills include the disastrous Flat Tax proposal and the income tax cap at 4.5%. Together, they are an attack on the will of the voters … Read more
The House Appropriations Committee was debating the budget as I drove to the Capitol on Tuesday morning. The Republicans started the budget process by introducing the 11 bills that make up the coming fiscal year’s budget on Monday, May 24. Except for leaked documents and rumors, this was the first time the Democrats and the public were … Read more
UPDATE: On the afternoon of May 27, 2021, the Arizona Senate adjourned until June 10 because the Republicans don’t have the votes to pass their budget, which was created behind closed doors by a handful of their members. ORIGINAL POST from earlier that day: As I reported yesterday on Facebook, some Arizona Republicans are feeling … Read more
Senate President Karen Fann and newly minted lawyer Senator Warren Petersen are the primary sponsors of the Arizona Senate’s bogus audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots. Dubbed the “fraudit” on social media, the Senate’s “audit” of an election that has already been audited and certified is a dangerous joke that attempts to perpetuate the lie … Read more