Governor Ducey, under pressure from local leaders across the state, the media, and “at the recommendation of public health officials who are tracking data specific to Arizona” (whomever that might be is unclear), has finally issued a Stay at Home Order to all Arizonans. One major problem remains: Ducey’s EO prohibiting the closure of essential businesses … Read more
It is official. Children and educators will not be attending school in person for the rest of the school year. In a joint statement released by Governor Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Instruction Kathy Hoffman, they wrote: “In alignment with yesterday’s updated federal guidance, today we are announcing the extension of school closures through the … Read more
Welcome, Washington Post Columnist George Will to the bandwagon of objective political observers that thinks Arizona can go blue in 2020. In a column titled “A loose brick in Republicans’ red wall,” Will pointed out several reasons included in previous reporting (like Ronald J. Hansen, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Pamela Ren Larson’s piece for AZ … Read more
Due to the very limited testing across the country (entirely the fault of President Trump), official tallies of verified COVID-19 cases undoubtedly represent only a small fraction of the actual numbers. Arizona is dead last in per-capita testing in the nation, and has not even attempted contact tracing or active screening for infections or antibodies. For every verified case … Read more
Democrats are shocked and saddened about the death of Richard Elias, Chairman of the Pima County Supervisors (shown above with PCDP Executive Director, Cat Ripley). He was an effective leader, a progressive Democrat and a good-natured man who made friends easily. He died at home on Saturday, March 28, 2020. He is sorely missed. Richard … Read more