There are stupid bills dropped every session of the Arizona Legislature, no doubt, but these two really take the cake: Senate Concurrent Resolution 1001 and Senate Bill 1084 may just be the dumbest ideas this session. SCR1001 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution, pursuant to A.R.S. 26-303(F), declaring that the COVID-19 emergency, declared by Governor Ducey … Read more
The Arizona Unemployment Rate for December was 7.5 percent. The National Rate is 6.7 percent. The state benefit for Individual Arizonans on unemployment is $240.00 a week. Only Mississippi in this country is worse. The Arizona Unemployment system discourages people from accepting part-time work before they find a full job again because the “limit to … Read more
It is getting hard keeping up with the treasonous activities and sheer lunacy of elected Arizona Republicans. Every day, there seems to be an article about an Arizona Republican (either Kelli Ward, Kelly Townsend, Mark Finchem, Paul Gosar, and Andy Biggs) who was instrumental in encouraging the January 6, 2021, Trumpist Domestic Terrorist Insurrection at … Read more
Today was a great day for the Arizona Democratic Party. Raquel Teran, a State Representative from Legislative District 30, became the new head of the Arizona Democratic Party with 75 percent of the vote on the first ballot. Trumpist Coup Plotter Kelli Ward barely won a second ballot victory to retain her position as head … Read more
Update to Democrats Advocate For Voting Rights; Republicans Advocate For Voter Suppression. Last year, the Queen of GOP voter suppression, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale), tried to remove voters from the PEVL list who do not return their ballots in two consecutive election cycles. Her bill died in the legislature only because COVID-19 shut down the … Read more