Arizona Senate to sine die today; House GOP in revolt

It seems Republican legislators have divided into warring camps and are fighting amongst each other, and with the governor. The Arizona Capitol Times reports, A majority under pressure reveals legislative fissures: Early the morning of May 7, a Thursday, a motley crew of senior Senate Republicans and their Democratic counterparts, disregarding a chorus of conflicting … Read more

Gov. Ducey silences the scientists who told him what he didn’t want to hear (updated)

The Arizona Republic reports, State health department tells university COVID-19 modeling team to stop work, limits data access: The Arizona Department of Health Services told a team of university experts working on COVID-19 modeling to “pause” its work, an email from a department leader shows. The modeling team of about two dozen professors at Arizona … Read more

The Arizona State Unemployment System is Broken and Needs to be Fixed

Close to half a million people, mostly because of the Coronavirus, have filed for unemployment protection. Some have not seen their first payment. Approximately 175,000 of these people, because they had to leave their job for health reasons or because they were contractors/gig workers are waiting to receive their first check. Why? Because the Arizona … Read more