Local Government

Eureka: After a Week of Needless Theatrics from MAGA Republicans, the State House Finally Passes the Bipartisan Senate Budget Bill

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After a week of posturing and needless theatrics from MAGA “Freedom Caucus” Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature that resulted in two vetoes from Governor Katie Hobbs, the House Republicans, after gaining some cosmetic face saving fiscal tweaks, passed the Bipartisan Senate Budget days after they had rejected bringing it up for floor consideration. With … Read more

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

Democratic Reaction to MAGA House Republicans Taking State Employee and Teacher Pay Hostage if the Governor Does Not Sign Their Starvation Skinny Budget

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Arizona MAGA House Republican Appropriations Chair David Livingston has thrown down the government shutdown gauntlet if the State Senate and Governor Katie Hobbs does not agree to the “Freedom Caucus” Skinny Budget. With many Freedom Caucus MAGA Republicans members, encouraged by their Senate Puppetmaster Jake ‘Indicted Troll Farm” Hoffman, still pouting and whining that the … 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