Economics

Education Activists Across Arizona Gather Petition Signatures to Save Voter Approved Invest in Ed-Proposition 208

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Across Arizona, today (July 17, 2021,) Education Activists set up petition signature sites across the state to save voter-approved public education funding increases from the flat tax-cutting-anti democratic efforts of Governor Doug Ducey and the Republicans in the State Legislature. Saying “Arizonans have been loud and consistent in their support for public education funding” with … Read more

President Biden and Vice President Harris Hail the Start of Child Tax Credit Payments to the Middle and Working Classes

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The significant tax cut for the middle and working classes and cutting of child poverty in half all provided by only Democratic votes with the expansion of the Child Tax Credit which went into effect today with millions of households with children receiving their first monthly payments. To commemorate this occasion, President Biden and Vice … Read more

Senate To Vote On Fictitious Gang Of Twenty ‘Bipartisan’ Infrastructure Bill On Wednesday

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is basically telling the bipartisan Gang of Twenty senators that they have wasted enough of everyone’s time with their endless “bipartisan” negotiations on their fictitious infrastructure “agreement,” and it is time for them to either put up or shut up. Shoulda done this long ago, Chuck. The Hill reports, … Read more

Romero and Gallego lead Bipartisan Group of Arizona Mayors Supporting a New Amtrak Rail Line Connecting Phoenix and Tucson

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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and nine of their mayoral colleagues have sent a letter to the Arizona Congressional Delegation, asking them to support a proposed Amtrak railway expansion plan in Congress that would connect Tucson to Phoenix. Regional Mayors Letter of Support – Amtrak Corridor Development Program FINAL (1) It would … Read more

Child Tax Credit Payments Begin Today – Thank A Democrat

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Update to PSA: Child Tax Credit Payments To Begin July 15 . Today, families across the country will see the first payments from the Child Tax Credit expansion enacted in the American Rescue Plan – $3,600/year for kids under 6 and $3,000/year for kids over 6. Unlike the 2017 Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, these tax … Read more