AZ Politics

In Arizona’s MAGA Republican Controlled State Legislature, Helping Pigeons Gets Attention over Giving Arizonans Paid Family Leave

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The ads really do write themselves in this case. On March 18, Arizona Legislative District (LD) Eight Representative Brian Garcia posted the below social media video where he chastises MAGA Republican Legislators prioritizing attention to pigeons over consideration of legislation to give Arizonans Paid Family Leave. In the video, he said: “Today we had the … Read more

Hobbs, Sundareshan, and De Los Santos Say MAGA Republicans Betray Families in Budget Negotiation/Prop 123 Impasse

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Governor Katie Hobbs is furious that Arizona Legislative MAGA Republicans are stubbornly clinging to unpopular positions like: Hobbs authorized her Communications Director, Christian Slater, to release the below statement: “Legislative Republicans are holding teachers, students, and parents hostage to their partisan agenda by refusing to discuss Prop 123 proposals in budget negotiations. Public education funding … Read more

$200 Oil is Coming. Get Ready to Pay $7 per Gallon at the Pump.

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A month ago, anyone predicting $200-a-barrel oil would have been dismissed as alarmist. Not anymore. Today, Brent Crude is trading around $102–$108 per barrel, after touching highs near $119–$120, according to Reuters. At that price: When oil prices reach $200 per barrel, analysts predict U.S. gasoline prices will surge to $6 to $7 per gallon in Arizona … Read more

Ciscomani Gets an F in Foreign Policy, Trump Fails the Whole War

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A Thai tanker burns after Iran attack in the Straits of Hormuz (Agence-France Presse news agency) Congressman Juan Ciscomani jumped to attention to support two major armed incursions by his boss, Donald Trump. Ciscomani extolled the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro: “a critical step toward disrupting…deadly [drug] trafficking operations.” He also jumped to the … Read more