Most people know that when houses or buildings are built, a solid foundation is needed for the structure to remain standing. With their 2023 budget proposal, Arizona Republicans have presented a financial blueprint that, if it is approved as is, threatens the long-term foundational funding of K-12 schools in future fiscal years, putting it on … Read more
While continuing high rates of inflation is a valid concern for the long term prospects of local, regional, and the national economies, job growth, for now, is still maintaining strength. In May, the nation reported 390,000 jobs were created across the country. That is slightly down from the 436,000 jobs created in April. The Unemployment … Read more
Above: Remember this from 2015? It was all a Big Lie. The Arizona Constitution requires the state legislature to enact a state budget before the start of the new fiscal year on July 1. In addition, the legislature really only had two priorites to address this year: (1) the school funding cliff that the last … Read more
The April jobs number came out last week and showed continued strong job growth. The New York Times reported, Job Growth Shows Continuing Vigor of U.S. Economy: The U.S. economic rebound from the pandemic’s devastation held strong in April with another month of solid job growth. Employers added 428,000 jobs, matching the previous month, the Labor … Read more
In remarks to the White House Press Corp before meeting 600 United States Olympic athletes, President Joe Biden again reminded the American People that it is the Democratic Party that is the political organ that promotes policies reduce the deficit, hold government accountable helping/lifting individuals up, and putting the American People first. On Reducing the … Read more