The results of Tuesday’s election in Virginia in which Democrats completed taking full control of the states legislative chambers, after taking full control of statewide offices two years ago, may have far-reaching consequences for the nation. Amanda Marcotte at Salon explains that Virginia going blue means there could be 38 states completing ratification of the … Read more
It was a good night for Democrats on November 5, 2019. The Virginia State Legislature has shifted back to Democratic control for the first time in a quarter-century. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, despite an election-eve Trump, attended rally, appears to have defeated unpopular extreme reactionary Mark Bevin for the Governorship. Republicans did prevail in … Read more
Today is an important day for Arizona’s children and educators. Across the state, 50 public school districts are holding either bond, override, or maintenance and operation override elections. If these districts prevail in their requests at the ballot box, schools, depending on the need, will be able to: Build new schools or classrooms and renovate … Read more
In case you missed it, this happened this past week. Arizonans for Fair Elections filed an ambitious ballot initiative that includes a laundry list of election reforms that I have advocated on behalf of for years (and a few I hadn’t even thought of). The Arizona Republic reported, Effort underway to significantly change elections in … Read more
Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell is a living example of the local mayor working for the good of the local residential and business communities depicted in works like Bruce Katz’s The New Localism and The Metropolitan Revolution. A professed pragmatic progressive problem-solver, Mitchell has served as Tempe’s Mayor since 2012. Previous to that, he was a … Read more