Three and a half months of sheltering in place — with the novel Coronavirus just one chance encounter away — have given us time to perfect our strategies for survival during the current government-created public health crisis and to make plans for a safe, more equitable, more enlightened future. COVID19 turned the spotlight on the glaring … Read more
If you live in District Four of Maricopa County (west of 43rd Avenue,) Suzanne Story needs your help on August 4, 2020. Ms. Story is running to become the next County Board Supervisor from that district in the November elections but she needs the residents of that area to write in her name on the … Read more
NBC News reports Appeals court rules funding for Trump border wall construction ‘unlawful’: The Trump administration does not have the authority to use military funding to pay for construction of a border wall, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday. In a 2-1 ruling, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that … Read more
Earlier this afternoon, Governor Doug Ducey, after consulting with Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and other local education leaders, issued an Executive Order that detailed how approximately $270 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) will be allocated to qualifying Arizona’s Public Schools. Major features of the Executive Order (please click … Read more
Arizona Democratic Leaders at the State Legislature have released the economic and social justice policy initiatives to combat the socioeconomic effects of the Coronavirus they would like to pursue when Governor Ducey decides to call a special session this summer. Broken into the sections of a Stronger Arizona, Strong Schools, Healthy Communities, Indigenous Peoples, and … Read more