According to the April 21 edition of Capitol Notes, It appeared last week that the Republican leadership at the State Legislature, Senate President Karen Fann, and House Speaker Russell Bowers, had an agreement for legislators to return to the capitol on May 1 and then quickly adjourn the legislative session Sine Die. Democratic leaders and … Read more
For the politicians and businesses who are in a hurry to open up Arizona’s economy… SOON… the data, the computer models, and the small-government Arizona Way are not on your side. Arizonans are suffering through a perfect storm of economic, ideological and medical circumstances that are working against us as our state government limply responds to the Coronavirus … Read more
With the revelation that the state may have as much as a $1.1 billion budget deficit over the next two years (as well as a reduction in sales tax revenue,) the worry that vital programs that help our most vulnerable, including children, would be on the chopping block if legislators enacted, like in the foolhardy … Read more
Thanks so much to Greer Warren, Merrill Eisenberg, and everyone who has been volunteering for weeks to make 1000s of cloth face masks to give away. You may have heard that the Arizona Legislature has been called back to work on May1 (next Friday). On Thursday, the word on the street was that the Senate … Read more
Arizona District Legislative Six Senator Sylvia Allen, the chair of the Senate Education Committee, is no stranger to controversial remarks. Over the years she has: Said the Earth is 6000 years old. Openly worried that the nation would look too much like South America (she apologized and said her comments were misconstrued.) Wanted to exclude … Read more