Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego had a lot to talk about at the United States Conference of Mayors this week in Washington D.C. First, she touted how the recruiting of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) has led to other foreign companies setting up operations in Phoenix, including the the breaking ground this week of Sunlit Chemical. … Read more
What does Phoenix have in common with cities like: Amman, Jordan. Bogata, Colombia Butuan, Philiippines. Istanbul, Turkey. Hermosillo, Mexico. Freetown, Sierra Leone Kigali, Rwanda. Kumasi, Ghana. Paterson, USA Rochestor, Minnesotta. Rourkela, India. Vilnius, Lithuania. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Wellington, New Zealand. All 15 Cities are the 2021 winners of the 2021 Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Mayor’s Challenge. … Read more
President Joe Biden made a lot of news in the close to two hour press conference a day ahead of the first anniversary of his Administration. Some of it was good. Some of it was well…not so much. Pointing out the progress his Administration has made since coming into office in COVID vaccines, the American … Read more
Increases in Child Care Assistance. Supporting a ballot initiative to remove the expenditure cap on public education funding. Expand access to affordable higher education. Fully fund public schools. Giving comprehensive dental care to all adults through Medicaid. Expand KidsCare and eliminate the three-month waiting period to enroll. Increasing funding for KinCare. Expanding access to SNAP … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey and his office have released his last proposed budget. Like previous budget proposals, there are good components to it. There are increases (some paid for by American Rescue Plan dollars: the funds Mr. Ducey calls Socialist) in K-12 funding, water augmentation, road infrastructure, and kinship care. Veterans and their spouses could receive … Read more