Over one million unemployment claims were filed last week, according to data from the Department of Labor (DOL), rising to a seasonally adjusted 1.106 million for the week ended Aug. 15, from an upwardly revised 971,000 in the prior week. The national economy has regained only 9.3 million of the 22 million jobs lost between … Read more
What’s at stake in the 2020 election … the course of the next decade. The Arizona Mirror reports, 138 apply for redistricting commission, including some notable names: One hundred thirty-eight people applied to serve on the next Independent Redistricting Commission, which will determine the boundaries of Arizona’s congressional and legislative districts for the next decade. … Read more
Next January, Colonel (Ret.) Felicia French may very well have a new title: State Senator. A candidate with an impeccable background from her service in the military and in the local community (including a month helping members of the Navajo Nation during the recent Coronavirus outbreak) Colonel (Ret.) French is the Democratic nominee for the … Read more
In a unanimous ruling by the Arizona State Supreme Court this afternoon (August 18, 2020,) a lower Maricopa Superior Court ruling taking the Invest in Ed Ballot Initiative off the November ballot for an incomplete explanation of the measure has been overturned. Arizona’s Children and Educators have won. Invest in Ed is back on the … Read more
Maricopa County has been trending increasingly blue since 2016. Looking at county and legislative district results in the 2016 and 2018 elections, Maricopa County Democrats have made gains in the State House and Senate. They have taken the County Recorders and Sheriffs office. They have made inroads on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and … Read more