Three Dynamite Democrats Launch Aggressive Bid to Flip Legislative District 17

Three Democratic candidates launched a forceful campaign Monday to flip Arizona’s Legislative District 17, targeting Republican attacks on education funding, voucher accountability and legislative dysfunction at the state Capitol. The trio — Edgar Soto for state Senate, and Holly Lyons and incumbent State Rep. Kevin Volk — are targeting a district rated Republican-plus-eight, banking on … Read more

A Dozen Years at B4AZ

Well, it’s that day again, the Feb. 11 anniversary of when I started up here in 2014 at Blogforarizona.net, invited by our former colleague AZ Blue Meanie. He/she (still anonymous) is retired from blogging now, but I remember him/her well for his/her 20 year history with us. What a prolific blogger. Anyway, so I’ve been … Read more

D.C. Grand Jury Denies Trump’s Desire to Indict Mark Kelly and Five Other Democratic Congressmen

American Duce Wannabe Donald Trump was so incensed at the November 18, 2025 video made by Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Maggie Goodlander, Representative Chrissy Houlahan, Senator Mark Kelly, Representative Jason Crow, and Representative Chris DeLuzio that reminded active United States Service Members that they could disobey illegal orders that he sicced acting U.S. Attorney and … Read more

Representative Consuelo Hernandez’s Bill to Provide Dental Care for Low Income Pregnant Women Clears House Health and Human Services Committee

Making life affordable for Arizonans again, along with quality and accessible health care. That was the purpose of Arizona Legislative District 21 Representative Consuelo Hernandez’s bill (HB2958), which passed the House Health and Human Services Committee on February 9. If it passes the whole State Legislature and is signed by Governor Katie Hobbs, this measure … Read more

Our Citizen’s Initiative Limiting ESA Vouchers Lets Voters to Do What AZ’s MAGA Legislators Flatly Refuse to Do!

Spokespersons for the new citizen’s intitiative (David has a great rundown of the outline, so I won’t repeat) say It’s time to bring accountability, transparency, and safety standards to Arizona’s billion-dollar ESA voucher program, protect the vast majority of our kids’ educational opportunities, and give Arizona taxpayers the accountability and transparency we deserve. Damned right … Read more