This is an old story. When following the news, most are drawn to the stories involving some sort of scandal. Unfortunately for the country, the 45th occupant of the Oval Office is a perennial tar baby to scandal, whose numerous ethical and legal quandaries (his latest trial featuring the combined improprieties of corruption and sex) … Read more
Through their largely unsupported policies of restricting reproductive freedom, shifting public funds to private schools that benefit the wealthy, tax cuts that help those that do not need it, and attempting to suppress the people’s access to the ballot box, Arizona Legislative Republicans have opened the door for Democrats to potentially gain the majority in … Read more
Pro-ban: April 27, 2024: Republican US Senate Candidate Kari Lake says ‘unfortunately‘ Arizona isn’t enforcing the 1864 abortion ban, flipping again. Anti-ban: April 11, 2024: Lake says, “This total ban on abortion that the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled on is out of line with where the people of this state are,” in a video … Read more
The third time is the charm. As Michael Bryan and other media outlets across the country reported yesterday, the Arizona State House of Representatives finally, with all Democrats and three Republicans, voted to repeal the Civil War Era Abortion Ban by passing Representative Stephanie Stahl Hamiliton’s one sentence bill (HB2677.) Before the vote, the Representative, … Read more
In an often emotional and contentious Committee of the Whole meeting today in the AZ House, House Bill 2677 passed by 32/28 in a largely party line vote, opening the way for the AZ Senate to act to repeal the 1864 abortion ban. Most of the GOP caucus seemed determined to keep and seek to … Read more