In a pair of moves this week, both Arizona’s Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes took steps to make energy in the Grand Canyon state affordable, safer, reliable, and cleaner. Earlier today, Governor Hobbs awarded $15.6 million through the Governor’s Office of Resiliency’s Arizona Grid Resilience Grant Program, towards four grid resiliency projects … Read more
The stars are aligning for Democrats… …If they do the work and avoid complacency. Those are the sentiments of Matt Grodsky, Vice President of Matters of State Strategies, political consultant, and former Arizona Democratic Party Communications Director, who spoke with Blog for Arizona to discuss Democrats’ electoral prospects heading into the 2026 campaign. The questions … Read more
Is the American Middle Class the same as it was over 50 years ago, before the Energy Crisis, the Great Inflation, and the decades-long misguided Republican institution of the economic policies known as Trickle Down Reaganomics? The answer, according to many, including Senator Ruben Gallego, is no. In part one of a new social media … Read more
While Donald Trump spent part of last week by taking American Energy progress backwards with his announcement of reducing national fuel standards, Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego released his “Fostering American Energy Innovation and Affordability” plan which, if enacted would “take an all-of-the-above approach with an eye to ensuring future investments are focused on the most … Read more
A post on Persuation by Jeff Tyler Syck about the problems with Trump’s MAGA prescription for revitalizing rural American communities caught my interest recently and prompted a post-length comment on his newsletter that I thought would work as the basis for a post here on the Blog. I suggest reading that post before diving into … Read more