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#AZGOP Budget Has Flat Tax & Tax Breaks But Lacks Votes (video)

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

Biden’s List and Peoples First Budget

While Republicans in Washington D.C. and across the country are doing their best to do what is worst for the American People, President Joe Biden and the Democrats are busy trying to enact programs that will help them and move the country in a forward direction. Yesterday, President Biden visited  Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, … Read more

Western Mega Drought Threatens Arizona Water Supplies

Back in April, scientists sounded the alarm bell: The American West May Be Entering a ‘Megadrought’ Worse Than Any in Historical Record: Drought has scorched western North America for the better part of two decades, withering crops, draining rivers and fueling fires. Scientists now warn that this trend could be just the beginning of an … Read more

Still Red for Ed

#AZHouse Adjourns with No Budget. Et Tu, #AZSenate? (video)

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