Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan Discusses the Upper Chambers Sprint to Finish Legislative Business at the State Capitol Last Week

With her first year as the State Senate Leader in the Arizona Legislature, Senator Priya Sundareshan graciously took time to discuss the upper chambers sprint to the legislative finish line last week headlined by the passage of two bipartisan measure: a 17 billion dollar budget and a water security bill that will protect urban water … Read more

Just When You Thought It Could Not Get Worse, The Senate Republicans Released a Budget Blueprint More Hurtful Toward the People Than the House

Honestly, this should not be a surprise to the American People. Since the time of Reagan, Republicans before Donald Trump have been proposing historically discredited supply side trickle down economics budgets that make the rich richer, the poor poorer, the middle class smaller, and the national debt higher. With Trump doing their bidding, this third … Read more

As a State Representative from LD 27, Deborah Howard Vows to Do Her Damned Job for the People in Her District

After a strong performance in the 2024 elections in Arizona Legislative District (LD) 27, Deborah Howard has decided that the second time is the charm and has declared another run for one of the House seats that serve people in Peoria, Glendale, and Phoenix. , A former Republican, public affairs professional in the non-profit, government, … Read more

(UPDATED) Leading Arizona Democrats Call on Congress to Not Gut Funding that Creates Manufacturing and Clean Energy Jobs in the Grand Canyon State

A report from the Arizona Commerce Authority, hardly a bastion of socialism and left wing liberalism, found that if MAGA Republicans follow through on their commitment to gut forward provisions like clean energy tax credits in the Biden/Harris Inflation Reduction Act, the Grand Canyon State will lose $58 billion in investments and 69,000 good paying … Read more

UPDATED 6/28 with DGT VIDEO: Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan Describes Budget Negotiations at the State Capitol

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.  Editor’s Note: Senator Sundareshan joined TheDGT.org for a discussion of the budget and session results on Monday July 23rd at Noon via Zoom. What the Senator describes is … Read more