Environment

Phoenix Mayor and Climate Mayors Chairperson Kate Gallego and Other Western Mayors Call for Increased Federal and State Assistance with the Colorado River

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Last week, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and other Western Mayors committed to combatting climate change released a document outlining several strategies for the federal government to assist with providing additional water security for western states and cities that rely on the Colorado River. The authors of the document, from the bipartisan organization Climate Mayors (which … Read more

Arizona Democrats React to the MAGA Proposal to Have a Fire Sale of Federal National Monuments and Public Lands

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Since the MAGA friendly Justice Department issued an opinion two weeks ago, giving Felon and Liar in Chief Donald Trump the green light to revoke the national monument status of millions of acres of currently public lands and freeing them up for private corporation mining exploitation, pollution, potential environmental contamination, and probable financial rewards for … Read more

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

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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

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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