Better late than never. The 2022/23 Arizona Legislative Session has finally ended. Sine Die is here. Fortunately, it ended with, after much deal-making with Republicans who detested light rail in the Phoenix area, the bipartisan passage (with mostly Democratic votes) of the headline bill designed to refer Proposition 400, the measure that will fund various … Read more
Pima County Republican Party Chair David S. Smith will be the keynote speaker at a MAGA-inspired ‘school values conference’ in the Catalina Foothills School District. This is part of an ongoing campaign of menace by Smith, who has organized disruptions of meetings of the school district and Pima Supervisors. The Pima GOP is impotent, so … Read more
Climate Change is an existential threat to the nation and the world. Those were sentiments of President Joe Biden who was joined by Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg at a virtual White House Event announcing additional steps the Administration was taking to combat extreme heat this summer and in the … Read more
For the last two legislative sessions in the Arizona State Capitol, Republicans have enjoyed razor-thin majorities of 16 to 14 in the Senate and 31 to 29 in the State House. With those narrow majorities, did they team up with Democrats to find solutions to move the state forward and lift people up? On some … Read more
With a harsh heat wave engulfing most of the country, especially in the South with record setting high temperatures, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego all spoke out to address the situation. Governor Hobbs issues Directive to help Workers Avoid Harsh Heat Exposure. Governor Hobbs, worried about workers … Read more