There are four medical marijuana bills (not all good) on the House Health and Human Services Committee agenda for Thursday, February 20. One of them is my bill, HB 2840. This and my other 2020 medical marijuana bill HB2838 are patient choice legislation. If you have been following my healthcare bills this year, you know … Read more
If you were counting on your local newspaper or local television newscast to tell you what happened in the Arizona legislature yesterday, you were sorely disappointed today. Here is the agenda from the House Elections Committee on Tuesday: HB2125 from Rep. Bob Thorpe would prohibit a school district or other district created by law from … Read more
A lot has happened in Democratic Arizona Legislative District 20, an area that includes all or parts of Phoenix, Moon Valley, and Glendale since 2019. Two candidates, Judy Schwiebert and Doug Ervin have emerged to run for the District’s State House and Senate seats. P.C. recruitment is up. Fundraising is up. Community Outreach has expanded. … Read more
There are 1800 classrooms in the state of Arizona that do not have a qualified instructor leading children in the lessons of the day. Classroom sizes are high. The average counselor to student ratio is 905 to 1. School Buildings are crumbling and in need of repair or replacement. Arizona Schools have not been fully … Read more
Arizona Republicans are on the attack in 2020. We have heard anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ, anti-voter, and anti-immigrant legislation so far, and now to round out the set– we have anti-union legislation. Today’s featured bad bill is HB2872 proposed by Majority Leader Warren Petersen. It is an anti-union model bill from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). … Read more