Last week, AZ Central journalists Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen held a podcast gaggle to discuss the political situation in Congressional District (CD) Eight. Current CD Eight Representative Debbie Lesko took part in the gaggle. The reporters also questioned some voters about what they thought the important issues were and their views on how … Read more
The Arizona Republic reports that Arizona’s explosion of COVID-19 cases since Governor Ducey falsely claimed that the state was on the downward-side of the curve (Arizona did not meet any of the White House Guidelines for reopening the economy) when he reopened the economy in mid-May, has forced the governor to backtrack on reopening. Arizona … Read more
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
Republicans have been trying for years to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren — an agency responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Republicans were unsuccessful in killing the CFPB, but today the Supreme Court did give the president the freedom to fire the CFPB director. Donald … Read more
In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down a TRAP law from Texas requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors performing services at abortion clinics in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The state of Louisiana then enacted the very same TRAP law as the Texas law already struck down by the high court, for a do-over attempt at … Read more