With Arizona Republicans like Legislative District Three Senator and Senate Leader John Kavanaugh embracing MAGA, Plutocratic, and Conservative Christian positions on private school vouchers, tax cuts for the rich, taking away LGBTQ rights, and the compromising of constitutional due process and voting rights, educator and school board member Jeff Fortney sees an opening to appeal … Read more
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
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
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
This week, Senator Ruben Gallego continued adding to his menu of policy proposals to help expand the Middle Class in the country. After introducing plans to increase access to affordable energy and housing, the Senator unveiled The Strong Start Act, which builds on one of the few positive policy components of Trump’s Big Billionaires First … Read more