Economics

David Lujan Discusses The Arizona Center for Economic Progress and Children’s Action Alliance Priorities for 2022

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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

Initial Democratic Reaction to Governor Ducey’s Last Proposed Budget

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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

Infrastructure Week in Tucson

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The last seven days may truly be called “Infrastructure Week” in Tucson. On January 11, 2022, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, accompanied by several local dignitaries, helped celebrate the installation of an electric charging station at the Hotel Congress. Commenting on this advancement in Tucson’s Electric Vehicle Readiness Road Map Initiative, Mayor Romero posted on social … Read more

The ‘Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism’ In The Corporate Media Are Downplaying The Economic ‘Biden Boom’

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So the corporate cable jockeys are predictably doing their scripted freak-out today over the annual inflation rate for 2021, the second year of a lingering Coronavirus pandemic – a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” – which is still causing global economic disruptions during an economic recovery. I can almost guarantee you that not one of these … Read more

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly at the Ducey Super Spreader Event; Democrats React and Offer Alternative Positive Vision

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In his final State of the State Address that also doubled as a potential Coronavirus superspreader event, Governor Doug Ducey struck familiar notes as in his previous speeches to the Arizona State Legislature on economic stewardship, education choice, water, and the border. 2022 Governor Ducey State of the State He also recited the extreme right … Read more