Above: The GQP Arizona Freedom (sic) Caucus in the Arizona legislature. Last February, Michael Bryan explained What is the Aggregate Expenditure Limit and How Screwed Will Your School Be on March 1st? ahead of the brinksmanship by Arizona Republicans over public school funding at the time. These anti-public education Republicans agreed to a one year lifting … Read more
In terms of immediate financial and quality of life impacts on average AZ people and families, the most consequential policies emerging from the new political strength of Democrats in Arizona are likely to be efforts to address our housing crisis. In Arizona, and across America, we have an affordability and availability crisis, a homelessness crisis, … Read more
Raquel Teran, the new Democratic Senate Leader, and current State Party Chair sees opportunity with Katie Hobbs presiding as Arizona’s Governor on the ninth floor of the State Capitol. An opportunity to finally get more of the Legislative Democrats’ agenda, called the Blueprint for a Better Arizona, passed and sent to the Governor’s office for … Read more
What a difference a Governor makes. With Democrat Katie Hobbs sitting in the Governor’s seat, progressive-minded organizations like the Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) and its affiliate, the Arizona Center Economic Progress (ACEP) finally see opportunities to secure legislation that will move the state forward and lift the most vulnerable residents up. Among the possibilities for … Read more
We have seen this movie before. In 1995 and 1996 when Newt Gingrich’s Republicans (the political grandfathers of the current fringe election-denying insurrectionist vintage in the House) mistakenly thought they could bring Bill Clinton to his knees by shutting down the government if he did not adopt their draconian budget proposals. At the end of … Read more