AZ Politics

Leading Arizona Democrats Call on Congress to Not Gut Funding that Creates Manufacturing and Clean Energy Jobs in the Grand Canyon State

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A report from the Arizona Commerce Authority, hardly a bastion of socialism and left wing liberalism, found that if MAGA Republicans follow through on their commitment to gut forward provisions like clean energy tax credits in the Biden/Harris Inflation Reduction Act, the Grand Canyon State will lose $58 billion in investments and 69,000 good paying … Read more

Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan Describes Budget Negotiations at the State Capitol

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Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan graciously sat with Blog for Arizona to describe the latest on budget negotiations with Legislative Republicans and Governor Katie Hobb’s office.  What the Senator describes is a negotiating situation that is somewhat frustrating because Republicans, acting like strongmen, will not allow them in the room where the discussions are … Read more

(UPDATED)”If They Will Do This in Public, Middle of the Day, to a Sitting Senator While Being Recorded – What will They Do to Others Behind Closed Doors”

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That above quote from Arizona Democratic Senate Director of Communications Calli Jones says it all. Today, in a public press conference, California Senator Alex Padilla, in attempting to ask Homeland Secretary/Dog Killer/Habeas Corpus Illiterate Kristi Noem a question, was assaulted and handcuffed by F.B.I. officials after identifying himself. Noem and Speaker Mike Johnson have already … Read more

Climate Change: Privatizing the Benefit and Socializing the Risk

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The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have an excellent story in their spring 2025 edition on how the fossil fuel industry, like the tobacco industry and big pharma, has gaslighted the country for decades. The DOJ was in London earlier in the year to argue for the extradition of a private investigator for hacking into … Read more

Governor Hobbs Vetoes Bill That Would Target Teachers Under the Guise of Saying They Promote Anti Semitism

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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed HB2867, a measure that, if it had become law, would have prosecuted teachers under the guise of saying they were promoting Anti Semitism. In her veto letter to Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro, the Governor touted her credititionals supporting the Jewish Community in the Grand Canyon State, including expanding Holocaust … Read more