In my previous post on HB 2912 I addressed the grave threat to public health enforcement this bill contains. Please read it, if you have not yet. That aspect of the bill is even more damaging to Arizonans in this time of health crisis than the aspect I discuss here. In the medium and long term, this … Read more
UPDATE: Please also consider reading my analysis of the changes to legal process contained in HB 2912. HB 2912 is a wide-ranging grab for power over state public health regulations and our court system by the Arizona legislature. It very well may be unconstitutional in some of its goals and specifics, which I will address … Read more
On Thursday, May 21, 2020, the Arizona State House of Representatives passed SB 1397, a Senate bill sponsored by State Senator (and former Arizona House Speaker) JD Mesnard on a 59 to 1 vote. On March 3, 2020, it cleared the Senate on a 30 to 0 vote. The bill, which will prevent insurance companies … Read more
The latest polls in Arizona are potentially good news for the people who want: To take Arizona and America forward for everyone. Good government that can keep the people safer and more prosperous. To get rid of reactionary policies that are divisive and move the country backward. Captain Mark Kelly has a double-digit lead over … Read more
Today was another wacky day in the Arizona House. We are back in session and primarily debating and voting on unnecessary Republican bills, as if the COVID-19 virus had never happened. Yesterday, I posted about the unnecessary and non-emergency insurance industry bills that were passed, primarily on a party line vote. Today, May 20, was … Read more