The Republican leadership of the Arizona legislature and Governor Ducey pulled a Ross and Rachel from Friends: “We were on a break!” for the past week because they did not have the votes to pass the bogus budget + flat tax proposal negotiated between the Republican leadership and the governor – excluding Democrats who represent … Read more
With funds from the American Cares Act, the Phoenix City Council last year provided funds to the Phoenix Public Library to loan out laptops and hotspot devices for residents in need. On June 4, 2021, at an event at the Burton Barr Central Library, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman of the Arizona Department of … Read more
Maybe someone should notify Rep. Marjorie “Q” Greene, who likes to troll unhinged comparisons between wearing a mask for COVID-19 to the Holocaust, McCarthy condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparison of Covid rules to Holocaust, and from Haaretz, The Long List of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Antisemitic, anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theories, that there is an actual comparison to the … Read more
Nearly 30 years ago Arizona began offering the ability for citizens to vote via an absentee ballot. In the decades since, the state has refined election laws to make voting easier for Arizonans. The majority of the state votes by mail. In the 2012 general election, 61% of Arizona voters cast an early ballot. By … Read more
Tempe City Councilwoman Jennifer Adams is seeking a second four-year term on the Tempe City Council. A civil and public servant for 40 years with ties to various local community organizations, Councilwoman Adams would like to continue working on the projects she specialized in her first term. Those include: Increasing affordable housing opportunities for the … Read more