Political Calendar: Week of January 8, 2023
January 8, 2023
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political
(UPDATED) Not a Good Beginning for Transparency at Tom Horne’s Department of Education
January 7, 2023
Remember when Republicans in Doug Ducey’s office and the Arizona Legislature wanted to take away control and oversight of the Empowerment Scholarship Program (E.S.A,) from Superintendent Kathy Hoffman because she actually believed in reporting who was applying and where the monies were being spent? Well, those fears among the pro-plutocratic and Christian-Nationalist wing of the
President Biden Showed What Leadership Looked Like while Kevin McCarthy Did Not
January 7, 2023
While Kevin McCarthy was giving away the country so he can get the coveted position of Speaker of the House, President Joe Biden showed this week why the majority of the country was wise to vote him into office two years ago. While McCarthy was working to make a deal with the fringiest of the
Faust Would Not Have Made the Bargain Kevin McCarthy Did
January 7, 2023
Subpoena avoiding Kevin McCarthy finally has what he has always wanted since becoming part of the Republican leadership team and a member of the “Young Gun” Trio of Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and himself. After 15 ballots, fourteen of them contentious, he is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. But what will this selfish
The AZGOP Will Seek to Squeeze the Tax Ratchet on State Corporate Income Taxes AGAIN This Session
January 6, 2023
Arizona House Representative and Chairman of the Appropriations Committee has made it clear one of his priorities will be to further permanently reduce the Arizona corporate tax rate over the next several years from the current rate of 4.9% down to 2.5% over the coming four years with HB2003. If case anyone doesn’t know, we
UPDATED: Former AZ Speaker Rusty Bowers Honored by President Biden with Presidential Citizen’s Medal
January 6, 2023
Arizona’s former Speaker of the Arizona House during MAGA’s 2020 attempted coup, Rusty Bowers, was honored today with the Presidential Citizen’s Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor that recognizes an individual “who has performed exemplary deeds or services for his or her country or fellow citizens.” The Medal salutes Rusty’s courage and steadfast adherence to the
AG Kris Mayes Asks Court To Postpone School Capital Funding Trial To Allow For More Time For Settlement Negotiations
January 6, 2023
Above: From The Arizona Center for Economic Progress, More Than Two Decades of Underfunding Arizona Public School Facilities Hurts Low-Income and Rural Communities the Most. The Arizona Republic reports: Just days before a school funding trial five years in the making is set to begin, Arizona’s new Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, has asked for
You Can’t Negotiate With People Who Don’t Want Anything But To Watch Democracy Burn
January 6, 2023
Above: WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 04: Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) talks to fellow members-elect during the second day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images). Mona Charen at The Bulwark gets it exactly right, It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer
