Following Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs State of the State Address, Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan and House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos issued a social media video pledging to support the Governor’s agenda and reaffirmed their commitment, expressed in a joint interview with Blog for Arizona, to fight to improve the lives of Arizonan … Read more
The constant theme in Governor Katie Hobbs’s third State of the State Address before a joint session of the Arizona State Legislature was the need to work together to fulfill Arizona’s Promise. Whether invoking the legacies of Arizona political stalwarts like Sandra Day O’Connor, Bruce Babbit, Raul Castro, Barry Goldwater, and John McCain or saluting … Read more
Shortly after the November elections, I presented an article calling for Democrats to articulate a pragmatic progressive program that would move the country forward and lift working and middle class Americans up. Borrowing the phrase “A Better Deal,” the policy proposals included many ideas that the Biden/Harris Administration proposed in their original Build Back Better … Read more
When the new Arizona Legislative session begins in January, Democrats in both the House and Senate will continue to advance policy goals targeted to improving the lives of middle- and working-class families. With a laundry list of policy prescriptions including fully funding K-12 schools, free community college, reducing health care costs, making housing affordable, expanding … Read more
One hopes that in two and four years time, Arizona Democratic Leaders across the state, from local district to Representative to Senator to statewide officeholders will campaign on how they (without hardly any Republican support,) along with their partners in the Biden/Harris Administration brought future forward infrastructure, semiconductor, and clean energy industries to the Grand … Read more