The first month of 2024 has seen Phoenix, building on the achievements from the last few years, make many advances to help move the city forward and lift its residents up. On January 9, the Phoenix City Council passed a prevailing wage measure that will mandate construction workers on city projects earn a fair wage. … Read more
When only one poor child can not get health insurance, that is one child too many. That is the primary motivation for Arizona State Senator Brian Fernandez who introduced SB1487 on January 30, 2024. This measure, if it becomes law, would expand eligibility for impoverished families at 250 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to … Read more
One of the most remarkable – and lamentable – features of the MAGA movement is its utter lack of serious thought about American national security and grand strategy. In essence, the most important issues of America’s strategic security have been reduced to whether Donald Trump sees personal and/or domestic political advantage in any particular aspect … Read more
Former Biden/Harris Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services, Attorney, Public Interest Advocate, and 2018 Democratic Arizona Attorney General Nominee, January Contreras is having a “wonderful” time as the new head of the Arizona Children’s Action Alliance (CAA.) A 35-year-old bipartisan organization dedicated to the … Read more
Governor Katie Hobbs has released her proposal to extend Proposition 123, a Ducey-led measure from 2016 to use contributions from the State Land Trust to increase aid to Arizona Public Schools. In the current version of Prop 123, the plan trust currently contributes 6.9 percent of its revenues, to help public schools. This fiscal year, … Read more