Thanks to all the federal pandemic relief aid provided to Arizona by Congress, which Gov. Ducey and the GQP-controlled legislature want to redirect to corporations and their wealthy campaign contributors in yet another unwarranted tax cut – in direct defiance of the express prohibition in the federal legislation that it be used to backfill budget … Read more
Mary Gaudio has spent much of her adult life volunteering to help children and their families in the Plano and Allen Independent School Districts of North Texas and as a community leader in her hometown of Phoenix. Having overcome poverty as a child, Ms. Gaudio’s 25 year devotion to helping children in schools stems from … Read more
We survived another week of the #AZGOP legislative terrorists’ domination of our #AZLeg, much to our State’s detriment. All the bills that have not passed their assigned committees in both the House and Senate are now officially dead; but we know that often the dead will rise to stalk the living once again until Sine … Read more
Today, the House Appropriations Committee on the Arizona State Legislature considered a striker amendment to SB1269 which would revamp the Arizona Public School funding system for the first time in 40 years. Republicans on the committee felt 30 minutes, with limited debate, was all that was needed to consider the bill before passing it on … Read more
AZ Blue Meanie already reported earlier today (March 24, 2022,) that Republicans in the Arizona State House passed two measures, SB1138 and SB1165, that would: Ban certain types of medical care for transgender youth. Prevent transgender athletes from participating in school sports. This is sickening that a major political party and its leaders would strive … Read more