Today, 17 Republicans joined all 28 present Democrats to pass HCR 2039. Now the spotlight turns to the AZ Senate to pass the matching Senate Concurrent Resolution 1050, also by a 2/3 majority. The Democratic House Caucus released the following statement: “It was inspiring to see our entire caucus step up once again for our … Read more
Eureka! There may be a light at the end of the tunnel to avert the financial doomsday for the Grand Canyon state’s traditional pubic schools. On Arizona’s birthday, the Republican and Democratic leadership of the Arizona State House and Senate have offered bipartisan measures in both chambers to lift the spending limit cap limit. If … Read more
Apparently, small ball is just as prevalent in Washington D.C. as it is in baseball. While the big headline bills of Build Back Better, increased voting rights, immigration reform, and justice reform languish (for now,) other less “controversial” (to Republicans) and vitally important bills are garnering widespread support. According to reporting by NBC News, Congress … Read more
The former party of Lincoln, still officially known as the Republican Party has continued its transformation into an Authoritarian It Can Happen Here Entity that would make 1984’s George Orwell cringe. After decades of catering to white grievance to win the Southern bloc and scare suburban residents in battleground states, the party, as previous Blog … Read more
The Washington Post reports, ‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education: Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose … Read more