Economics

UPDATED 6/28 with DGT VIDEO: Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan Describes Budget Negotiations at the State Capitol

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Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan graciously sat with Blog for Arizona to describe the latest on budget negotiations with Legislative Republicans and Governor Katie Hobb’s office.  Editor’s Note: Senator Sundareshan joined TheDGT.org for a discussion of the budget and session results on Monday July 23rd at Noon via Zoom. What the Senator describes is … Read more

Arizona House Democratic Leader De Los Santos and AEA President Garcia Blast House MAGA Budget that Robs from Vulnerable Children

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What do MAGA Republicans, especially in the Arizona House at the State Capitol have against vulnerable children? This legislative session, they seem to take delight in threatening to cut off funding for poor children’s school lunches or assistance for kids with disabilities. How sick is that? Well, House MAGA Republicans, finally returning from an undeserved … Read more

Arizona Legislative Democrats to Working Class Arizonans on the State Budget “Their Priorities Are Our Priorities”

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With budget negotiations gaining steam at the Arizona State Capitol, Democratic Senate and House Leaders released their current goals and assessments of what they want to see for fiscal year 2026 and how the process is proceeding. In a social media video released yesterday (June 10,) Senate Democratic Senate Leaders Priya Sundareshan and Catherine Miranda … Read more

(UPDATED) Trump and MAGA Republican’s Project 2025-Death Trap Budget Projected to Kill 51,000 People a Year If They Lose Their Health Insurance

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51,000 That is the number of people projected to die from a Yale University Study on the cruel effects of the Trump/MAGA Project 2025 Republicans Social Darwinist cuts in Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare. In a June 3 letter to Senators Ron Wyden and Bernie Sanders, the analysts at Yale concluded that the current … Read more