I covered this from a macroeconomic impact in ‘Trump Taxes’ would be paid by American consumers on Mexican goods, but the Arizona Republic covers the microeconomic impact on Arizona. Arizona leaders predict ‘terribly damaging’ effects from Mexico tariffs “Trump taxes”: Arizona leaders in business and economics reacted to President Trump’s Mexico tariff plan with harsh … Read more
KGUN 9 did a nice job with a special report on the whole border situation: a little heavy on the kinetic energy cinematically, but the interviews with stakeholders are worth the price of admission (about 40 minutes of your time). What really grabbed my attention are the interviews with Arizona’s Senators (both women! Yay!), but … Read more
Add a “science background” and “a big math background” to Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar’s CV, right next to “DDS” and body language expert. Gosar (R-CD4) received national attention last year for telling FBI agent Peter Strzok that his experience as a dentist also made him a body language expert. In another Congressional hearing this week, Gosar … Read more
Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar may have violated House Ethics rules when he gave his Congressional staff $44,000 in holiday bonuses from his campaign committee’s account last year. The rules limit the campaign work that the Congressional employees can participate in and be compensated for, and there is not yet any indication that Gosar’s office and … Read more
Senator McSally is one of only 8 Senators to vote in opposition to HR 2157, providing more than $19 billion in additional funding to disaster-related Federal agencies: the money is expected to help redress the imbalance in disaster aid received between Puerto Rico and several U.S. States. What does McSally have against Puerto Rico that … Read more