Last week (February 10, 2025,) the organization Climate Mayors mailed a letter, signed by 133 Mayors and local officials, to the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of both the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees calling on them not to repeal the clean energy tax credits contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. Originally reported … Read more
Arizona’s Democratic Congressional Delegation has had a busy Presidents Day Weekend, journeying the state and calling attention to the bad effects Musk/Trump/Vance policies have had on Arizonans. House Congressional District (CD) Three Representative Yassamin Ansari hosted a town hall in Maryvale to discuss the “latest egregious actions” of Trump’s policies on people in her district. … Read more
UPDATED 5/11 at 9:30pm: Tucson voters appear to have roundly rejected Prop 414 by a roughly 70/30 ratio. This is a stinging rebuke of the city council and Mayor’s approach to backfilling likely cuts in state shared revenues resulting from tax cuts by the GOP caucus in the legislature. Either voters don’t want more taxes, … Read more
Get out Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’s veto pen. MAGA Arizona House Republicans passed HB2703, a voter suppression bill that would, after an amendment from Representative Alexander Kolodin was approved: MAGA Republican Senators have a mirror version of the House Legislation. Please click here to read the Anti-Democratic details. In a show of unity, Governor Katie … Read more
Tuesday night’s (February 11, 2025) Scottsdale City Council meeting was a heart-wrenching experience that leftthe hundreds of attendees sickened and dismayed. It was obvious that five of the seven council members came to the meeting to vote to eliminate Scottsdale’sdepartment of diversity and decades-long commitment to being a welcoming, safe, and accessiblecommunity for all. Council … Read more