The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) of Arizona, along with several Asian Pacific Islander organizations sent a letter on April 9 to Arizona’s Governor Doug Ducey, against the anti-Asian violence across the nation. In Arizona a Filipino American man Juanito Falcon was attacked and killed in Phoenix in February. There have been a number of … Read more
Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council, after consulting their legal counsel, have decided to retain their local mask mandate. Issuing a statement after the decision, Mayor Gallego said: “I stand with the majority of the Phoenix City Council who agree that the governor’s unilateral decision to order cities to abandon mask requirements is … Read more
Starting with the words “Not Again,” the pro-public school organization Stand for Children released an ad late last week decrying the Republican attempts to pass Senate Bill (SB) 1783, the JD Mesnard bill that, despite what fringe lawmakers like Shawna Bolick would not like to say publicly, would seriously undermine the funding for Invest in … Read more
While it may be difficult to find Republican support and votes in Congress for the Biden/Harris Administration American Jobs Plan that takes monumental steps to upgrade and modernize the nation’s infrastructure (Come on Moscow Mitch! What is wrong with investing in electric cars and charging stations and paying for it with taxes on rich corporations,) … Read more
The word is out. Republicans in the Arizona State Senate have finally found their auditors to conduct a review of the Maricopa County Election Results for the 2020 Presidential Elections. YSR 3-31-21 (1) Most objective-minded Arizonans already have a clue how much of a sham this process will be given two already completed audits that … Read more