After meeting with fiscal bomb throwing MAGA “Free Caucus” State House Republicans, an incensed Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs issued the below statement, calling their position “a farce” and “pointless political grandstanding” that hurts hardworking Arizonans. She also reiterated that their move to pass a continuation budget would “meet her veto pen.” “For months I have … Read more
Arizona House MAGA Free Caucus Republicans led by Speaker Steve Montenegro, the ones who decided to take a one month siesta away from the State Capitol and ignore the people’s business have chosen to whine and ignore a bipartisan FY26 budget passed earlier this morning in the Senate and forge a continuation budget that will … Read more
Honestly, this should not be a surprise to the American People. Since the time of Reagan, Republicans before Donald Trump have been proposing historically discredited supply side trickle down economics budgets that make the rich richer, the poor poorer, the middle class smaller, and the national debt higher. With Trump doing their bidding, this third … Read more
After a strong performance in the 2024 elections in Arizona Legislative District (LD) 27, Deborah Howard has decided that the second time is the charm and has declared another run for one of the House seats that serve people in Peoria, Glendale, and Phoenix. , A former Republican, public affairs professional in the non-profit, government, … Read more
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 will be joining TheDGT.org for a discussion of the budget and session results on Monday July 23rd at Noon via Zoom. Please consider attending … Read more