Son of a teacher and a building manager. A Bachelor’s in economics. A Master’s in international relations. A Lieutenant Colonel in the Arizona Army National Guard. A Financial analyst and auditor. With that resume, Jacob Weinberg wants to take his considerable skills to the Arizona State Legislature as one of the next state representatives from … Read more
These are the proposals contained in the Progressive Caucus’s New Affordability Agenda, unveiled yesterday to show the American People that Democrats have proposals designed to make their lives better while also combatting corporate and MAGA Republican greed and the top one percent first policies. Speaking at the Wednesday unveiling of this new affordability agenda, which … Read more
Arizona Legislative Republicans have released their budget proposal, and, in a move signaling the probable restart of negotiations, Governor Katie Hobbs has responded to it. Dead on Arrival. In a statement released by the Governor and her team, Hobbs wrote: “I applaud Republican budget negotiators for releasing their budget proposal to the public. I’m thrilled … Read more
In 1952, with Dwight Eisenhower at the head of the ticket and McCarthyism in its popular phase, Republicans ran on a simple slogan attacking the Truman Administration on three words: Korea (while the war was going on and Truman had fired conservative darling Douglas MacArthur), Communism, and Corruption. While most historians concede that the popular … Read more
Saying Phoenix’s best days have arrived and the future is here, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered her annual State of the City Address before a packed house of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Hotel on Third Street. In her usual mix of optimism, policy wonkiness, and forward vision, Mayor Gallego summarized … Read more