People who say global warming is not a major concern should have gathered at a January 30 meeting of the seven states dependent on water from the Colorado River. They would have had a rude awakening in reality. At that meeting, hosted by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, most of the Governors from the Upper Colorado … Read more
Arizona has real problems. Relentless heat. Shrinking water supplies. Homelessness. A housing crunch. A healthcare system under strain. A climate that is becoming increasingly hostile to human life. So naturally, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature choose to look busy by pretending to worry about imaginary threats in the sky. This session, Republican lawmakers are advancing … Read more
Arizona Legislative Republicans are back at it at the State Capitol, playing the same old MAGA-White Nationalist-Religious Extremist broken records of voting suppression and taking away reproductive freedom, sponsoring measures designed to take people’s rights away in both areas. In both chambers, Arizona Republicans want to circumvent a probable Gubernatorial veto by sending a ballot … Read more
The renewal of the previous 20 year (2006 to 2026) Regional Transportation Plan/RTA is coming up on a March 10 special election ballot in Pima County, for a half cents sales tax increase, called the RTA Next. The RTA original plan widened E. Broadway Blvd., built the Sun Link streetcar (almost 4 miles of track), … Read more
2026 is shaping up to be another year where just a few seats will determine which political party will control the Arizona State Legislature in 2027. Arizona Legislative District 13 in Chandler in the East Valley of Maricopa County is one of them. In this campaign, human and voting rights legal advocate Kristie O’Brien is … Read more