AZ Government

Phoenix is One of 15 Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Mayor’s Challenge Winners for 2021

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What does Phoenix have in common with cities like: Amman, Jordan. Bogata, Colombia Butuan, Philiippines. Istanbul, Turkey. Hermosillo, Mexico. Freetown, Sierra Leone Kigali, Rwanda. Kumasi, Ghana. Paterson, USA Rochestor, Minnesotta. Rourkela, India. Vilnius, Lithuania. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Wellington, New Zealand. All 15 Cities are the 2021 winners of the 2021 Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Mayor’s Challenge. … Read more

Murphy Bannerman Would Like to Bring a Solutions Focused Approach to District Six of the Phoenix City Council

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Murphy Bannerman has spent a large portion of her adult life dedicated to serving the public. She has been a photo journalist, a community organizer, a leading member of the Arizona Legislative Campaign Committee, a major organizer for the Women’s March in Phoenix, a Co-Director of the We the People Summit, and Deputy Director of … Read more

David Lujan Discusses The Arizona Center for Economic Progress and Children’s Action Alliance Priorities for 2022

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Increases in Child Care Assistance. Supporting a ballot initiative to remove the expenditure cap on public education funding. Expand access to affordable higher education. Fully fund public schools. Giving comprehensive dental care to all adults through Medicaid. Expand KidsCare and eliminate the three-month waiting period to enroll. Increasing funding for KinCare. Expanding access to SNAP … Read more

Mayor Kate Gallego Slams Governor Doug Ducey for Wanting to Spend American Rescue Plan Monies on Schools with No COVID Mask Requirements

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The Biden/Harris Administration has had enough of Doug Ducey wanting to use American Rescue Plan dollars to award millions of dollars in grants to schools that do not encourage the wearing of masks to protect students and staff from the Coronavirus. After informing Mr. Ducey and his team in October, 2021 that this $163 million … Read more

Initial Democratic Reaction to Governor Ducey’s Last Proposed Budget

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Governor Doug Ducey and his office have released his last proposed budget. Like previous budget proposals, there are good components to it. There are increases (some paid for by American Rescue Plan dollars: the funds Mr. Ducey calls Socialist)  in K-12 funding, water augmentation, road infrastructure, and kinship care. Veterans and their spouses could receive … Read more