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. What the Senator describes is a negotiating situation that is somewhat frustrating because Republicans, acting like strongmen, will not allow them in the room where the discussions are … Read more
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed HB2867, a measure that, if it had become law, would have prosecuted teachers under the guise of saying they were promoting Anti Semitism. In her veto letter to Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro, the Governor touted her credititionals supporting the Jewish Community in the Grand Canyon State, including expanding Holocaust … Read more
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
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
For most public policy wonks, the messy political divorce of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, given the Felon in Chief’s being on bad terms with a substantial portion of his first term team, is not surprising. Many saw it as a good possibility shortly after Trump let Musk create DOGE. Suffice it say, House Democrats … Read more