AZ Politics

Representatives Nancy Gutierrez and Alma Hernandez Get Bipartisan Support for Legislation to Feed the Hungry

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Score two bipartisan victories for Arizonans fighting hunger and starvation at the Arizona State Legislature. Democratic Representatives Nancy Gutierrez and Alma Hernandez, and their bipartisan supporters, were able to steer both HB2579 and HB2683 through several House Committees this week. Representative and Assistant House Leader Gutierrez’s bill would fully fund school meals. Gutierrez helped steer … Read more

AZ AG Kris Mayes Files Expert Testimony in Tucson Electric Power Rate Case Finding +%10 Padding of Requested Rate Increase

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Attorney General Mayes has filed expert testimony with the Arizona Corporation Commission (AZCC), which approves utility rate increases on a case by case basis in a quasi-judicial hearing that suggests that TEP’s requested rate hike could be slashed from 14% to just 4% and still provide a reasonable return on investment to their shareholderes. That … Read more

Three Dynamite Democrats Launch Aggressive Bid to Flip Legislative District 17

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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

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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

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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