The “Grim Reaper of Democacy,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, did not want a 2022 Midterm legislative agenda. McConnell: No legislative agenda for 2022 midterms: Mitch McConnell has told colleagues and donors Senate Republicans won’t release a legislative agenda before next year’s midterms, according to people who’ve attended private meetings with the minority leader. On … Read more
Above: Classic David Fitzsimmons cartoon, still true after all these years. Michael Bryan posted on Tuesday, Arizona House Passes Resolution to Waive the AEL and Prevent the #AZFiscalCliff for AZ’s Schools: Today, 17 Republicans joined all 28 present Democrats to pass HCR 2039. Now the spotlight turns to the AZ Senate to pass the matching … Read more
Above: Teddy Roosevelt, Trust Buster, during the last corporate Gilded Age. Time to break the monopoly power of corporations again in this new corporate Gilded Age. Even as the omicron variant spread rapidly earlier this winter, employers have been eager to hire, a sign of a resilient economy. The winter spike in infections briefly tripped … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey and his office have released his last proposed budget. Like previous budget proposals, there are good components to it. There are increases (some paid for by American Rescue Plan dollars: the funds Mr. Ducey calls Socialist) in K-12 funding, water augmentation, road infrastructure, and kinship care. Veterans and their spouses could receive … Read more
The Circus – that is the GQP-controlled Arizona Legislature – is back in town this week. “No man’s [and especially a woman’s] life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” – Gideon John Tucker. The Circus arrives at a time when the Omicron Covid-19 variant is surging and slamming Arizona hospitals into … Read more