UPDATED 5/11 at 9:30pm: Tucson voters appear to have roundly rejected Prop 414 by a roughly 70/30 ratio. This is a stinging rebuke of the city council and Mayor’s approach to backfilling likely cuts in state shared revenues resulting from tax cuts by the GOP caucus in the legislature. Either voters don’t want more taxes, … Read more
Ever notice how the media likes to introduce billionaires as if their wealth alone makes them fascinating? You’ll rarely hear about their actual credentials (or lack thereof). It’s as if hoarding obscene amounts of money is a job title. And yet, these billionaires don’t just sit on their mountains of cash; they actively use their … Read more
Donald Trump wants to do for Public Education in America what Republicans have done in Arizona. Screw it! Earlier this evening (January 29, 2025,) Mr. Trump issued three Executive Orders dealing with Education. One of them, an attempt to end the teaching of “critical race theory” in public schools across the country will be addressed … Read more
The United States Congress went into session on January 3. The Arizona State Legislature did so on January 13. What is the first legislative proposals to come down the pike to help the people in Arizona and across the nation? Not a whole hell of a lot. While measures are debated on the House floor … Read more
The constant theme in Governor Katie Hobbs’s third State of the State Address before a joint session of the Arizona State Legislature was the need to work together to fulfill Arizona’s Promise. Whether invoking the legacies of Arizona political stalwarts like Sandra Day O’Connor, Bruce Babbit, Raul Castro, Barry Goldwater, and John McCain or saluting … Read more